Change is nice - really nice. It's been a weekend of change, so without further ado, the usual suspects, analyzed hit-list-style.
Work: I'm in the process of transitioning at Meijer. I'll eventually be working Tuesdays and Thursdays instead of Mondays and Wednesdays, which will make my job a lot easier, and make focusing on school a lot easier too. Today was my first Monday off work. I did go in briefly to train my Monday replacement (Austin!), but it was a nice change of pace. I'm looking forward to working fewer days per week.
School: We are so far into the semester that I've stopped counting the weeks. I'm just "in the thicket of things," so to speak, and I'm holding up amazingly well. I've been budgeting my days according to my academic needs, and so far by putting homework before anything else in my life, I've been succeeding quite well - I'm way ahead of myself, grade-wise, compared to this time last semester. Unfortunately, I'm beginning to notice that it's taking a toll on my relationship, so I'm worried about how to deal with that in the coming week, especially since I have a fantastic piece of fiction coming together right now.
Fiction: ...which reminds me, Almost Gone is simply wonderful. The new plotline, story arc, and overall direction of the story is now novel-length, and thanks to my English class with Lawrence Coates, I'm working on it at a very professional level. Unfortunately, because my first workshop date is next week, and because I'm rewriting the opening chapter from scratch, I have a lot of work ahead of me, and not enough time or space to get it done. Which leads me to...
Games: I've budgeted a little bit more time for games in my life (on a weekly basis, anyway). I budget games like I budget school work now: work diligently on one game, then move on to the next... no A.D.D.-style hoping between games every five minutes. The Wii's Virtual Console has been a huge help to this: I get to play through old favorites and move on to another without leaving my couch. I played through 1080 Snowboarding last week. I just completed Donkey Kong Country 3 today. But guess what? The next game on my list is a doozy: Harvest Moon (SNES) was just released today, and within two minutes of it's launch, it was on my Wii. Excellent game, plain and simple. More importantly, it'll take me a while to get through it, which will be nice, as the Wii makes playing through long games easy since I can squeeze in quick play sessions without losing any progress (state-save feature).
Love Life: Can't complain... right? I'm certainly happier than I give myself credit for, that's for sure. That's also about all I want (or care) to say right now, especially on such a public forum as my blog.
Alrighty - time to get back to work on Almost Gone. See you peeps later.
B3 out.
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