08/22 Monday’s Work Shenanigans and Evening Writing

I had a feeling that my supervisors were going to be upset at me for remembering that I was a career employee of over 10 years and not a new-hire that was ignorant of his rights and union backing. They barely spoke to me all morning.

Which…I mean, I fail to see the problem with that. If they leave me alone in the morning, I can actually focus on getting my mail set up for the day and be on the street quicker. Maybe they’ll figure that out someday. (Most likely not, but a man can dream)

Of course, the day job wasn’t exactly peaceful. We’ve been under heavy weather warnings, with the chance of rain being ever-present and flash-flooding an ongoing concern. It’s almost like we’ve been going through a change in climate or something…

But that’s, apparently, a fight between scientists who know what they’re doing and politicians who don’t. What I had to concern myself with was the storm clouds rolling over my head.

This was just before the rain started falling, and I admit that it’s a bit unnerving to see the clouds roll into each other and form storms so fast. The 12 miles were quiet, for all the rain and thunder, and I used my lunch break to begin work on the second Short-Arc Story for Arc 1.

I’m hoping to get this one done quickly, especially since they’re actual short stories and less than 10 pages. I might parcel this one out instead of attempting to write the entire thing out in one day. I do have another Wiki-styled article to write and post, so I’ll focus on getting that done first for the night before I make my evening attempt.

With that, I’m off to plunk away at this keyboard until I get knocked out by my own exhaustion.

Stay safe, readers!

-JB Swift

08/22 Late Sunday’s Updates, and Missing the Deadline by 10 minutes

I was so close.

I told myself this morning, after getting the kids ready to go visit with their grandparents, that I would get a Side-Arc finished by the end of the day. All I had for the Side-Arc was half a page of notes, but I had the story fixed in my mind and knew where I wanted it to go. I wanted to have it finished for Sunday’s posting, knowing I had also planned to have a characters’ wiki article posted.

The article was finished in about an hour, and then I went to work at crafting a Side-Arc short story. All day, every moment I could find, I typed away. I made it to less than 2 paragraphs to go and it was 11:40PM.

Then sleep came up and slapped me upside the head. I woke up at 12:15AM.

That’s … incredibly frustrating.

But it is written, and I have it posted, as well as the Wiki Article from this morning.

I’ll set it up properly in the Timeline, and then I’m going to get to bed. I expect my supervisors will be highly annoyed with me for managing to get the weekend with them unable to say otherwise, so Monday’s going to be … fun.

Good night and stay safe, readers. I’ll see you in the morning at sunrise.

-JB Swift

PS~ The Old Men were also asleep in the room, and I just had to get a quick picture of them.

You’re welcome.