There's the day job, of course, which never seems to let up. And week-ends are barely enough to catch up on all the routine maintenance chores. When I have week-ends, that is.
Three major arts and craft shows since the end of October have taken up three of those week-ends.
Not only does that put me behind on the routine maintenance schedule, but I've been trying to squeeze in time to build inventory to replace what's been sold at the shows. And I can't complain that there's been a lot to replace! But I have five shows coming up after the first of the year, and my stock is very depleted.
Then there were the ongoing problems with the brand new heating/air conditioning system I had installed in the house last March, after the old one completely failed. Three more visits from the service people, including one four-hour session during which they installed a whole new air-intake system, now seem to have it working properly, but of course we won't really know until summer.
The Thanksgiving holiday gave me a big break, allowed me to make up for some of that lost time, but I was also dealing with a major vehicle issue -- yes, the transmission went out, again -- which took time and energy and a large amount of cash, while also causing a horrendous amount of stress.
Now December is fully upon us. I'm anticipating a holiday visit from my daughter and her family, so there are arrangements to be made, quarters to be prepared for them to stay in, and various activities to schedule. Let's not even talk about trying to shop for gifts or put up decorations, because if we talk about that, I'll be even more overwhelmed.
So no, I haven't been writing, except for the occasional post on GoodReads or BookLikes. I'm still settling in at the latter, still trying to catalog all the books, still trying to figure out the site and how to decorate my blog there. Nor have I even been reading very much.
All of that is going to change.
I'm going to make it change.
You just watch and see. ;-)
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