Journal

Catching Up

As you will know, the past few days have been a little rough. It’s also been far busier than I anticipated. This implies that I’ve had less time than I would’ve thought I’d have. It also means that I’ve kind of had to readjust, to get back into some kind of working rhythm.

Well, that’s really the wrong tense. Because I’ve yet to do it. So, I have to get back into some kind of rhythm.

That starts today, I think. I hope. I have my fingers crossed very tightly. It’s not easy simply because there’s so much to do, and the sheer ahem variety just makes you lose your balance. I don’t know where to start, and I don’t know what I’ll have a realistic chance of completing.

I suppose I shouldn’t find it curious how completely unrelated things can get in the way of one another, but I do.

I’ll do what I can. Today I hope to sort out some administrative things, start work (planning, at least) on two essays, and invent some kind of contingency plan. The contingency plan is most worrying for me, mostly because it means that I’m running on faith and it could very well spell disaster. It’s for my project. Apparently, our current solution may not step up to the mark. I need a new one, and I need it fast. The fact that the preceding sentence is an action movie staple will hopefully mean that this will have an action movie happy ending.

Oh yes, I also need to write. But the uh volume flow rate will probably have to go down a bit in these more trying times. This is exactly what I’m always afraid of. Life has a habit of getting in the way. And some people say that as long as you’re disciplined enough, you will always make time for writing. While I think that’s true in a way, it also seems to suggest that you write in the same way no matter the circumstance, which can’t be true.

Of course, it’s not to say that I would’ve fared any better if things hadn’t turned out the way that they did, so let’s not worry about that and make the best of the remains of the… week.

(Ouch.)

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