Today is one of those days. You know the ones–the ones we wish we didn’t remember. One year ago, a massive attack against civilians occurred. Since then, this old world has become even more divided with h@te speech and actions ramping up even higher.. I normally do my best to stay above the fray and my opinions to myself. I wish more people in the public eye would do the same. It doesn’t matter which side you’re on, you’re gonna make at least half the country mad. I’ll sum this up by saying that any group that attacks–and then hides behind–civilians are nothing but craven cowards. My heart goes out to the people caught in the middle. Moving on…

Last week was full of Real Life jumping in front of me and throwing detours along the way. That was good though. I had a doctor appointment and the news was good for the most part. Eyesight is such a slow process but the eye I’m legally blind in is actually getting a tiny bit of improved vision. Yay. Then there was a Wallyworld expedition. Given all the changes in the store layout, it truly is an expidition these days. Then there was the morning where Only and I played musical cars before the school day started because she needed Drover for a weekend roadtrip and an emergency chaperone for the church youth group campout. That roadtrip necessitated new boots for Drover, ie. 4 new tires. The old one were okay for my piddling around the neighborhood–like the 3 mile round trip to Starbucks. Anyway we, LG found a deal, Drover is has shiny new boots and Only arrived and returned safely.

In other news, my Cowboys lost again. 😞 This gives me a big sad. In baseball news, the playoffs have started and I actually don’t care who wins so I’m getting to watch some really good baseball. Yesterday was also soccer day. Stormy had two games. We made it to the first one, which his team won. It was too hot for Jake and me to hit the second game, which they lost. Only and I also played musical cars again, her ‘Stang going home (we picked up Stormy to get him to the game while Baseball Boy dealt with a school function). Only got there in time for the game. Anyway, I’m sure y’all find this fascinating. 🙄

Editing continues. Despite the RL interruptions and delays last week and over the weekend, I did manage some good forward progress. I’ll be starting Chapter 42 today. The MS is standing at 119+K words and 223 single-spaced pages. With 12 chapters and a short epilogue to go. See? Progress! Sadly, I keep waffling between “this sucks” and “wow, this is good stuff.” At least my betas will be honest. I can fix suck. I can celebrate good stuff too. Easy peasy. Anyway, if I can do 3-4 chapters a day, I might just be done and this puppy off to betas and proofreaders by the end of the week. 🤞🏼

That’s pretty much my world at the moment. Edits and more edits. It’s too hot and dry to do anything outside. When I do have to go out, I shake my cane and yell, “Go home, Mother Nature! You’re drunk!” It isn’t helping but it makes me feel better. What about y’all? Any cane shaking in your world?