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Thoughtful Thursday - Short Weeks

Sometimes short weeks feel longer than regular ones. The first time I heard that, I shrugged it off in disbelief. But this week, I feel it. I think the phenomenon can be best described as Vacation Brain. It's where your thoughts continually drift toward weekend plans. This is often experienced on Friday afternoon during regular weeks, but seems to happen for much of the day before a getaway. Productivity becomes as slow as the clock, whose seconds seem like hours. I have a busy weekend ahead including a wedding and a family visit. They are in two different cities. I have some things to do yet like laundry and packing, but now that it's finally the evening, my heart's into cuddling and watching a movie. I figure I can manage a bit of play time in with the responsibilities. Laundry mainly washes itself... A few other things to do before leaving town like an oil change. It seems there's always something. I think I'm getting very close to being caught up though. Pretty

Make-it Monday - October Plans

It's a new month, so some goal tweaking and other changes are in store. 1. Reducing Facebook use: The app has been sucking up too much of my time, so I've disabled it on my phone. I'm keeping messenger, but I'll only use Facebook sparingly going forward. 2. The Page & The Magician : I'm targeting the end of this month to have my edits complete on it. 3. Movie logging: I'm moving away from keeping an album on Facebook related to my movie watching and switching to Letterboxd. I was using Letterboxd earlier this year and stopped for no real reason. I think it'll generally be less maintenance and I can connect it to Facebook anyway. 4. NaNoWriMo Prep: I'll also be taking some time to get ready for National Novel Writing Month. I plan to add as many words as possible to The Blood Waitress Club in November. That's it for now. I'm hoping some allergy medicine kicks in soon as I've got an allergic rash that's making it hard to fall asleep. I