I'm just going to dread and resent work every day until I get a new job and that is going to be the reality until these new feelings about the current situation find their place. With all that in mind I'm trying to remember to have fun, go outside, stay off my phone, and talk to people I care about.
Sunday is meal prep day, and today I've made Paleo pancakes with plum compote and curried chicken salad. I will also make a kimchi tofu soup before the day is out -- right now the chicken stock is stocking.
Work on the final part of the first half of novel is going decently and it should be on track to finish up in the next month or two. I'm happy about that and I'm also happy about the prospect of putting the pen down on this book for a while. I would really like to write about other characters doing other things for a while before returning to a dystopian science fiction universe that features a cold war that never ended and characters living in perilous conditions in occupied territory.
D&D is going well. Two of my three teams have graduated from episode 02 into episode 03, with the third team about 2/3 of the way through episode 02. Episode 03 is my most non-linear, modular campaign component I've ever done and I can say with confidence: I'm not doing that again. It is way, way too much work. However, I am quite proud of how it came out and I like how the environments and characters ended up. To me, the maps feel crowded and frenetic, full of people to talk to, just like a bustling city neighborhood on a holiday weekend should.
Semaglutide seems to be working. I've lost 12 lbs so far and it's starting to feel like clothes are fitting differently and such. I was hoping for a more dramatic push at the beginning, but if it's just like a slow, steady progression alongside a lack of food noise and concomitant food anxiety, I'll take it.














