December books: 2/4 (Rockin’ Around the Chickadee and For Duck’s Sake)
By which I mean I got sick and have thus not done any more writing, and, frankly, am unlikely to do anymore between now and tomorrow.
(Maybe I will find some motivation, but mostly I’m just coughing my lungs out.)
(If anyone knows any surefire ways to get rid of a cough, send them my way. I’m about ready to leave half an onion out on my nightstand.)
Yesterday my boss sent me home early (because of said cough) and Tuesdays are my best days for doing stuff for myself (the oldest kid, who gets out of school first, has an afterschool club, which gives me 3+ hours after work to myself), so I could have, in theory, written a ton!
Instead I watched a four-hour documentary on Disney animatronics and read 80 pages in a book.
Today I have made it all the way through the work day (with some side-eye from my boss) and have run some errands, so I am doing better in general, but still not sure I’m up for anything creative. Mostly I’m thinking I’m going to play some computer games.
I tried out two of the three I bought on Black Friday over the weekend. The first, Plate Up, sounded fun but is horribly frustrating in practice. Maybe it’s not really designed to work on a computer. Or I’m just out of practice with controlling a character with WASD keys. But I couldn’t even figure out how to place new objects down in my kitchen.
I’ll give it another go, but for first impressions, it was bad.
The second is called Oxygen Not Included and is a colony builder on a randomly generated asteroid. I set up a non-survival one to try it out (I played this after Plate Up and figured I was done with frustrations for the day) so I could get a sense of how the game is supposed to go. No tutorial, so you just have to figure it out as you go, so non-survival is definitely the way to go for now.
The third was DREDGE but that’s going to be a lengthy one, and I’m going to leave it alone for now.
So today I might go back to Oxygen Not Included, or I may start another game that I’ve had my eye on for a while. We’ll see.
Or we’ll take a nap. Jury’s out.
Anyway, happy December, squiders. I hope you’re doing well, and good luck for whatever holidays you subscribe to. Here’s hoping you get everything done in a non-stressful, controlled way.
See you!
