I’ve been knocked out of so many of my routines over the past two months or so.
The first two that come to mind are getting up early to write, number one, and number two my workout routine that actually wakes me up and gets me out of bed. Moving is the main reason I fell out of both of those, but it was also just stress; stress caused a extremely painful neck injury, for example. I was kind of grooving with my morning workouts up to that point. And same with the writing.
I’m going to re-start both of those tomorrow. It means I’m not going to get enough sleep tonight, given how late I’m going to bed, but it must be done. I can take a nice long nap in the afternoon—or even around lunchtime if I really need to…but I have to do it. It will help make sure I get my ass into bed on time.
I also need to make myself some new sets to write to. I’ve spend a lot of time finding music I like listening to, and I finally have some space in the new house where I can set up the DJ controller. I need to find time this week to do that. It will pay massive, massive dividends with my writing focus, energy, and excitement.
The house, meantime, is coming together. Still slowly, in fits and starts, but it is coming together. The kitchen is pretty much all put away. The living room is getting there. The taping room/Joe’s bedroom is mostly set up and completely functional. We recorded several auditions in there this past week. The bedroom is basically good to go, as is our bathroom. The closet is definitely not, but it seems like that’s one of the last places we’ll put a surge of effort into wrangling. Same with my office. It’s fine right now. Functional, if not organized or near completion…but those, too, will be done.
It’s all getting done. Slowly but surely.
And I am feeling less exhausted all the time. Tomorrow is our last day having responsibility with the building. That’s mostly going to be a stress off of Liz’s plate, but it’s off mine, too, because of it. That will be…weird. And a huge relief.
I don’t feel settled yet. I haven’t re-found my routines yet. But…it is there waiting for me. I will get there. Eventually.