Today was a start. I didn’t get in my second writing session, but the morning session was solid. I got actual outlining done. Walked myself through a section I hadn’t envisioned yet. Happy about that.
We have more heavy rain coming tomorrow, so after I took care of my Netflix work, I went up on our roof and tarped over the couple spots where we’ve been having leaks. I really hope I did a good enough job. WE. SHALL. SEE.
The second leak, man, it’s been a big bummer because it just pours all the way down the wall and then pools on the floor, which fucks up our flooring. I was able to get it dry fast enough and put a fan on it last time so that it didn’t do any noticeable damage, but that was partly the impetus to get up there and try to get us watertight for this next storm. Supposed to get 2”, which is a lot down here.
This winter/spring, man. Been crazy. I think the last one like that was…six years ago? Something like that? And I don’t remember it going on quite this long into March. It’s almost April already. We’ll see if it lets up.
Two things I’ve realized/remembered: first is that I need my mornings to be simple. Get up and write. That’s it. I’m not even going to do my push-up/sit-up workout until after I get my writing done. Keep it simple. The second, and this is rather new, actually: how I get myself set up the night before has a massive impact on how the following morning goes in terms of productivity. If everything is all set out and ready to rock, I’m in my chair busting out those words. So…I need to set myself up for success the night before. I did that tonight. Need to remember that moving forward. Just a little time spent straightening things up, getting stuff set for the following morning, that time spent pays dividends the following morning, and I get shit done.
Whew. Tired. Part of getting the tarps up on the roof was trying to make sure they won’t blow away, which meant hauling up a few dozen bricks. It’s plastic sheeting, not a real tarp, so tying it down with rope wasn’t an option—it doesn’t have those metal rings you can put rope through. So, my solution was to roll it up thick at the bottom and screw it into the eaves, and then anchor down the rest of all the edges up on the roof with bricks. A bunch of them. We’ll see if it holds. And we’ll see if my placement actually works. I went up and over each ridge line above where the leaks are, so I’m hoping I’m good. Rain can’t travel uphill, so…yeah.
We. Shall. See.
Night night.