Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 114

Happy Wednesday! I’m so glad I took a little break from writing You’re Not Sorry to properly set up an ending. Sometimes you just need some space to see things a bit clearly I reread the first 200 pages or so, and that really helped me get back into head space. Right now, there are three parts planned — today, Friday, and Monday. But I don’t know how long each of my planned scenes will take to write, so that may stretch into more updates if necessary.

See you tomorrow around 5!

Update Link: The Archer – Part 6

I am dragging so hard today, and it’s really my own fault. The Phillies had a rain delay, so they didn’t play until 8:15, and I stayed up until they lost (boo), but I didn’t actually manage to get to sleep until almost 1. I should have gone to bed as soon as the game was over. I woke up late, and I’ve felt off all day.  Plus, I’m super behind on where I wanted to be in my curriculum writing because I basically lost yesterday thanks to the electric going out, and all my notes saved on Google. Ugh.

ANYWAY.  Here’s your update for today 🙂

 

Link: Posting Schedule

Recent Updates & Flash Fiction page now up to date!

Well, this was a shining start to the new summer schedule. I had posted over the weekend that I was planning to start updating daily with You’re Not Sorry on Mon, Wed, and Fri this week finishing it up, and then Tues/Thurs for the Archer, then some perks on Patreon.

Literally after I posted that on Saturday, admin reached out to ask me to sub today, so I had to push Flash to this afternoon, but I was gonna make it work. Then I get home, start the Crimson Swift livestreams and my power goes out at 2:30! A truck took out a traffic light which dominoed into our electric line. The entire city was out! Traffic lights and everything! No AC with temps muggy and in the upper 80s. They didn’t come back until around 6:30 and then the Phillies game got a rain delay–

This has been a very stupid Monday.

ANYWAY.

The new posting schedule is up! I’ll be posting Flash every day, 12 PM on M/W/F, and 5PM on Tues/Thurs. If I pick up days at summer school on Mon or Wed, the update time will just shift to that PM.

On Patreon, I’m working on Crimson Swift again this summer, and then on weekends, bringing back the 25 minute sprints where I dust off an old project and try to figure out why it’s not working or fix it. I’m also going to be working These Small Hours.

I’ve scheduled some days off for myself — I decided to make it easy and just pick Phillies off days. So when the Phillies don’t play, writing is optional for me. I also put in some days off for the All Star Break and work related stuff. I’m trying to go lighter on myself this year and not over-schedule myself.

See you tomorrow for our first Flash Fiction!

Update: The Archer – Part 5

Hey! I mentioned yesterday I had a doctor’s appointment in the morning, so I would be getting to my update late. Well, the appointment took longer than I planned, and I have to clock a certain amount of hours each day for curriculum writing so by the time that got done, it was just too late to think about writing. I did, however, have a great time writing curriculum. It’s my favorite thing to do in education other than directly interacting with my students. The great thing this year is I’m planning the final level of the course, so I get to look back and rework all the previous years to align with the ultimate goals.

I find out today or tomorrow morning if I have summer school, so expect some news on the summer schedule this weekend. If I do have 1-2 sessions, I need to make sure I’m leaving time for the teaching and planning (which is fine, since I already have the basic plan ready), working on next year’s plans, writing, AND maybe relaxing a little bit, lol. This is supposed to be summer vacation after all. Appreciate your patience 🙂

Update Link: The Archer – Part 4

Hello! Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is having a great day 🙂 Tomorrow’s update will almost certainly be later. I have a dentist appointment that they just pushed back to 9AM, and the Phillies play at 2, so I’ll probably be updating around 6 or 7, depending on when that gets done.

I didn’t finish the recent updates page, so that’s been pushed back to Thursday.

Still waiting on my summer schedule situation to drop so I can start making more specific plans for content 🙂 Thanks for your patience.

Update Link: The Archer – Part 3

Hello! Happy first Monday of summer! I’m waiting to hear about summer school this week — I should know by Friday’s update because registration finishes on Thursday. I had three French I failures, two French II, and 1 French III, so odds are somewhat better than last year. It’s a useful paycheck in the summer; otherwise, your girl is on rice by the end of August. Once I can get a sense of what time I have available, I can start thinking about summer perks.

The last two weeks of June, I’m also logging curriculum hours for French IV. I have 40 hours to finish before June 30, so my mornings this week are for curriculum, and then I’ll figure that out next week.

This week, I’m absolutely planning to update daily. I’m having trouble visualizing the next part of You’re Not Sorry. We’re at the end, and conclusion scenes are always my weak point so I’d rather let it sit and percolate a little bit before I do anything. I might even need to reread chunks of it to help jumpstart some inspiration, so we’re switchng to The Archer for now.

I updated the Flash Fiction page to add The Archer and put Foolish Games on hiatus. Recent Updates is the goal for tomorrow!

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 113 (lol)

running late, no time to talk! enjoy!

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 112

Hello 🙂 It’s such a crazy part of the year — I’m pretty much done all the grading (handful of projects left to deal with), my desk is cleaned out and I’m just working on packing away things in a way that won’t make me cry in August. Last year, I was so burned out that I feel like I shoved things in closet and was like September me will deal with it. This year, I made a conscious choice to pull back on heavy instruction during this last month which allowed the final few weeks to feel less crazed.

My energy levels are still taking some time to recover, and I think it’s just not enough sleep. As soon as I can turn off the alarm and wake up more about 7, I think I’ll feel better. I’m not as young as I used to be, lol, and I guess the days of staying up until 10:30, 11, or even later for Phillies games and bouncing back the next day are behind me. When they’re at home in Philly, they’re typically done by 9, 9:30 so it’s a little easier but we have one of the earliest start times in the entire sport (6:40!) Anyway, I know you guys don’t care about that, lol.

I am absolutely planning to update tomorrow — it’s my last full day of work where I’m there until 3ish, but I plan to come home, wash my hair because we have graduation the next day, and then update around 6 or 7.

Almost there!

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 111

Can I just tell you how amazing it is to be in the last week of school? I didn’t have to prep a single piece of content, write or post lesson plans, or even touch Google Slides. All I have to do this week is keep the kids alive, finish my grades by 2 PM on Thursday, and I am DONE. The kids are on half day, so I’m basically finishing all my tasks for the day around 1PM and then I have another two hours to kill before I can leave at 3. It’s my favorite time of the year, lol.

The Phillies are playing at 7 tonight, tomorrow, and Wednesday, so I’m writing Flash at 6 and posting at 7. Thursday is an off day, so it’ll probably be earlier, but no promises. Friday, I’m done at 12:30 BUT I have to be back at school for graduation that night, so that’s an optional day.

See you tomorrow!

 

Update Link: You’re Not Sorry – Part 110

Hello! We’re back with the final pieces of this story, which will conclude with Part 114, so four more updates after today. I’ve got all the scenes sketched out, so it should be finished early next week.

We only have one more full day (tomorrow!) and then the kids are all half days next week.

I am not planning to update at all this weekend. I have a ton of household stuff to do (my vacuum broke and I had to get another one, so all those related chores got backed up), but I’m not ruling out 1-2 drop ins. If I do update this weekend, it’ll be The Archer.

See you tomorrow.