Monthly Archives: October 2024

The nature of “RR”, revealed

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The mysterious RR from last week turned out to be the Ruby Retreat, which I was actually attending as I wrote the previous post. Not sure how I missed that!

Despite forgetting its name, the event was well worth it: software, sea cliffs, and lupine intrigue aplenty. The trip back, however, has had something of an aftermath.

I caught COVID on the train. Recovery proceeds; isolation ends; but a little more sleep would probably help it along…

What I did get, was:

  • To sleep, around 1:24 on average, for about 7 hours and 9 minutes a night.
  • To make, 7 things:
    • 4 evening’s worth of progress on my budget. This was my project for the Retreat, and needs some more work to put it online ā€” one or two people did ask me to share it, though it may yet disappoint.
    • A bit of socialisation at the Retreat,
    • Another notebook indexed,
    • Some house paperwork, done;
    • And some decisions that came upon me around web and email hosting.
  • I didn’t finish anything this week, despite many hours of train travel. The lure of the phone, I must resist!

I was, just, well enough for D&D last night. A little flatter than I’d like ā€” the villains were a little behind the 8-ball, so the PCs spent much of the session having a relaxing bath. But the game remains afoot!

And speaking of feet, a footnote: I have, at the last moment, committed to write every day in November. We’ll see how that turns out.

Revenge of the Homework Dog

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The busy-ness I mentioned last fortnight was a roleplaying convention, which was fun … but also very intense.

I’m travelling again this weekend, and to my chagrin I forgot to bring last week’s torn page. So my stats are incomplete.

In the interest of keeping to a schedule, the figures I have show:

  • IĀ got to sleep around 1:30 a.m. on average. I also lost an hour of sleep due to Daylight Savings, but had lots of chances to sleep in to make up for it. Overall, 7 hours a night.
  • I made 7 things:
    • Two nights of D&D prep, now I’ve sorted out the printer;
    • A small piece of writing;
    • Repairs, to some literal loose ends on old clothes;
    • Emails, for metaphorical loose ends ordering new clothes;
    • And I talked to people at the con, which is an activity I need more practice in.
    • Plus, something called “RR” in my notes. I don’t recall what this was, but presumably I thought it was important šŸ™‚
  • Finally I finished reading two things:
    • Exit, by Belinda Bauer, which had some quite pleasant wordplay (and more Pixar references than I expected).
    • Worldbuilding Pasta’s “An Apple Pie From Scratch” series. I’d hoped this would help one of my current stories, and it was super interesting. But I’ve realised what I need to world-build right now is language, which the series hasn’t reached.

D&D continues well.

The PCs, once again, nearly managed to lose all their accumulated clues. But they recovered well, got their bearings, and are now on track for their next target.

The Dog Ate My Homework

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The page I tracked my goals on tore out of my notebook and got lost, and I’ve only just found it. That’s my excuse for now.

I was also busy for other reasons, but those properly belong in next week’s post.

As my torn and crumpled notes show, I:

  • Got to sleep at 1:30 AM, on average. This got me about 6ā…“ hours of sleep a night, after losing some sleep for one rather early start for work.
  • Made 9 things:
    • 5 pieces of D&D prep, counting two evenings fighting with printers (they won, for now);
    • 2 evenings of budget progress,
    • 1 piece of writing, and
    • a reply to a letter I’d been putting off.
  • I didn’t finish anything this week, mostly due to a focus spread too thin.

Despite the lack of sleep, D&D did run and went off fairly well, even without the stuff I was supposed to print. I may need it next game, though.

For now, rest.