This wasn’t a productive week but it was a good week.
Mostly the lack of productivity came from taking Thursday off. I also fell into the trap of having to spread my Local Reporter work over parts of three days. I do my best to concentrate it in one day because that forces me to write a little faster. Once it gets beyond that, the time it takes to write the articles expands. Unfortunately I got an interview late Tuesday and so things stretched over to Wednesday morning. Still the story, about a Carrboro Thanksgiving morning 8k race, came out quite well. My other story, about B3 Coffee, was good but not as inherently interesting.
The Ceaseless Way is now out in paperback, at the initial price of $9.99 (cheaper in ebook) — it’ll go up come the new year. I did some last bits of stuff on the anthology this week and I’ll have another interview post next week, but otherwise, that’s another task checked off.
I did get some work done on Southern Discomfort in the middle of all that but reached one point a little over halfway and I could not figure out how to make it work. It’s nothing insoluble, just that the time left from reporting didn’t leave me with enough clarity to solve it. Definitely done next month, though my cover remains elusive.
And then came Wednesday night. I tend to be obsessively organized; Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s are the few times I turn off and completely go with the flow. That felt great. So did the excellent vegan buffet at Cafe Parizade, where we both stuffed ourselves.
The baklava was exceptionally tasty.
Then there’s Plushie.
Sunday, he puked up in the early morning and TYG thought it might have included blood. She wasn’t sure but we took him to the vet to make certain. Tests and X-rays found nothing wrong but we came back with a bunch of extra meds and some super-bland food.
No puking since. Not only that, he’s perkier and obviously happier and more comfortable than he’s been in a while. That’s great, but also upsetting: he was probably having a low level of tummy discomfort for weeks before he vomited without us realizing there was a problem. Fortunately we have his annual wellness checkup in a week. We’ll talk to the vet and see whether we should keep him on bland food or what.
Still, he is much perkier and that’s a joy to see.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and the good feeling continues (or begins) as we move into holiday season.
