A Break in Scheduled Programming: Things Are Looking UP!

Hi Everyone!

I hope you're all having a great week. Up here, the week seems to be galloping by, and in all kinds of positive ways. However, with all the extra busyness, I'm especially noticing how hard it is to stay connected and keep blogging with no internet connection in easy reach. And that thus far I've fallen far short of what I promised to write about this week!

So, grabbing a moment between finishing up some editing, finishing up caulking some windows, mulching a raised bed, making lunch, and heading to writers' club in a few minutes, I just wanted to give a little shout that things are turning to the better.

Does anyone else find themselves relying on cacao or caffeine for extra energy and then observe an inappropriately addictive relationship building with it, to the point that you have to quit cold turkey? I can't have caffeinated tea or coffee at all at the moment but have lately been using cacao in that way - and I love the taste, love the antioxidants, and it improves my appetite, which is supposed to be a good thing. But since yesterday, I've been off it cold turkey - no cacao nibs in my barks, no cacao in my morning smoothie, etc. I was starting to get unpleasant itching symptoms as well as just wanting more and more of it. This is maybe the third time I've had that dance with cacao. Would love to hear others' experiences.

So far yesterday and today, my energy has been lower and less consistent, as has my appetite. That's probably partly due to the lack of the 'cacao crutch,' but I'd been going full on for several days with enormously less rest than I'd been needing for a long time previously, and it's likely that that caught up with me a bit too.

Otherwise, my job/money worries seem to have found fairly quick resolution. One translation job that I thought was finished has come through with a lot more work. Some more editing too. And another completely new part-time job that I inquired about seems to have come through (still a couple things to iron out). I'll tell more about it when I know that it's for sure, but suffice it to say, for now, that it'll be a contrast to everything else I'm doing, whilst utilizing my relevant experience and skills, and should be a really good complement to everything else. There are also a couple of unpaid tasks that I'm taking on in addition, to help contribute more to the literary world and the environment-sustaining world.

Do you believe that you'll always find the work that you need, when you need it?

I hope you enjoyed all the photos yesterday! There will be more, from now on! It feels good to add things in and start to get the hang of them.