Musings & Thoughts for Friday, November 24, 2023, or: Long Weekend Update, Part the First

Late Morning, Friday, November 24, 2023, Lithia, Florida

Hi, there, folks. Here we are, the day after Thanksgiving; I hope my American readers all had a nice, drama-free holiday.

My Thanksgiving experience was all right. The food was good. The company was also good. I was sad it would be the last holiday I’d celebrate in the Tampa Bay area, though.

As I write this, it’s chilly – for Florida, anyway – at 61°F/16°C under a mix of clouds and occasional heavy downpours. It’s going to be a cool and somewhat rainy day in Hillsborough County, with scattered showers and a high of 66°F/19°C.

My future destination, Madison, New Hampshire, is experiencing nicer celestial conditions – it’s mostly cloudy there, but – naturally – it’s colder there. The current temperature is 39°F/4°C, and the forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and a high of 39°F/4°C

Long Weekend Update, Part the First

I’ve been up and about since just before 4 AM, so I’ve already brewed coffee and eaten breakfast. Aside from that, my Black Friday has been – no surprise – quiet and uneventful; I didn’t go to Amazon to get anything from there in today’s big sales – most of my stuff is in boxes, and I’m not in the “get more stuff to take up North” mood anyway. It’s bad enough that my last to-be-delivered-here orders (the 4K UHD release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and the 4K UHD steelbook edition of Stand By Me) will arrive on December 5 – one week before the beginning of my road trip to Madison.

Since I’ve been – as I write this – up for nearly seven hours, I’m already a bit tired. And because it’s so gray and damp outside, I doubt that I’ll go for a walk any time soon. If the rain goes away by late afternoon or early evening, I will try to go to the nearby park just to stretch my legs and not feel like I didn’t even try to go out today.

On Writing & Storytelling: Reunion: Coda Update

I made some minor cosmetic changes to Reunion: Coda’s prologue. I didn’t mess with the text much, but I did give one of Jim Garraty’s ex-girlfriends a proper name; before, she was just referred to as “Miss Everything Happens For a Reason.” Now…well, you’ll have to wait till next year to see what her real name is.”  

Aside from that, though, I don’t think that I’ll work much on the manuscript unless I am feeling super energetic, extremely calm, and content, or have one of those “Eureka!” moments when an idea pops in my mind and I can’t shake it off. With the days whizzing by until M-Day, I am not exactly in a good emotional place to write a novel. I worry way too much about the logistics of the move – over which I have little to no control, really – and (of course) I fret about major life changes cos I’m only human, you know?

That’s all the news I have to share, so I’ll close this post here. Until next time, stay safe, stay healthy, and I’ll catch you on the sunny side of things.