Let's write!

I think I've been feeling the writing itch again lately, but I'm not entirely sure what to do with it. I'm still six chapters shy of having finished editing of my longfic, and I won't let myself start anything new until that's totally, completely, entirely done, or else I'll never get to it. That, and life feels awfully full already, though largely in a good way. 

Work had me running ragged for a few months, but we've finally reached the end of the busy period, and I've managed to schedule a vacation next week. Everyone keeps asking where I'm going, as if travel is a required part of vacation. I've already been on several trips this year, all for work, all across the country, and once on fairly short notice. No thank you! I would like to be home! And enjoy my house and my cats and my city. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy traveling too, but more of it does not sound like a relaxing time right now and I'd rather just take it easy. Catch up on some projects. Make some progress on the programming courses I'm taking. Visit the music store and buy CDs and pretend it's still the '90s. Help set up the homelab, as if I know anything about networking (but hey, hands on is the best way to learn, right?).

I've been trying to get back into reading lately, too, but it's tougher going than I'd like. The issue is the books I typically most like to read tend to be heavy and dark, political non-fiction or memoirs. But there's enough of the heavy and dark in politics these days as it is, and I'd like my mood to not be completely in the shitter all the time. I feel like I'm the kind of person who should really enjoy fantasy and sci-fi, which is often what I'm recommended, but while I certainly don't dislike it, it often doesn't quite catch my attention in the way I'd like. That, and I'm sure my attention span has suffered in the modern digital landscape, even with my phone fairly well void of most of the kinds of activities that distract. Ah, well. 

But the garden is going strong! Lots to do out there yet, but I'm very happy with how things are coming along. I've been working on clearing out old supplies to make room for new harvests. Combining tinctures into blends, as much for space efficiency as anything else. I've got cute little labels now, with a little logo and everything, for the products that I make, though I still don't plan on selling. Happy to provide to the gift economy and not put pressure on myself to make sacrifices to the gods of Capitalism and Profit. They have their dues already in this world, and I can direct my talents elsewhere.