Here is the list of goals I hoped to achieve by June 30:
Writing:
1)
Publish
my Covid Chronicles in paperback form. Done.
2)
Publish “Holding All the Aces”, the memoir
about my sister. Done.
3)
Get back to work on my next novel, working title of “New, Old Spies.” Read through it and I wrote maybe 300 words.
Reaching:
1)
Promote
all three of my latest works, “Prior to Now”, “Chris Coping with the Covid-19 Crisis” and “Holding All the Aces” twice a week. Okay, it was only once a week.
2)
Prep
for and promote the vendor sale on July 3. Started to.
3)
Research
other vendor sales. Nope.
4)
Sew
eight book bags to sell at my book sales. Yes.
Reading:
1)
Read
two books. Yes. One
was horrible and one was pretty good.
2)
Read
and study four chapters in the Book of Acts for my Thursday Bible study group. Only one because we only
had Bible study one week.
Retiring:
1)
Clean
the camper and get it ready for camping. Pretty much got it done. Just need to start packing the
nonperishables and wash the outside.
2)
Research
my trip to Cambodia in the fall. Been working on it.
3)
Sign
up for that expensive health insurance. Done, and because I can’t get my MRI until next
week, I have to pay for another whole month of it. Argh.
Ranching:
1)
Thoroughly
clean one room in the house. Who was I kidding? I can barely vacuum the
kitchen floor, much less deep-clean anything! I did clean my desk in my office and cleaned out one of
the book cases. So a start.
2)
Plant
some flowers in the yard. Done.
Hubs and I also planted some tomato plants and he has been diligently watering
them for me.
That’s not too bad, considering I still spent a lot of my time laying on the couch on a heating pad, an ice pack, or the TENS unit because my back is still awful. As you may have noticed above, I do have an MRI scheduled for next week. Not that it is going to help at all. Having worked in health care for 35 years, I’ve noticed that the majority of MRIs come back saying something like, “the patient is a mess but there is nothing that can be done to fix it.” Or they send you to a specialist to fix it, and six months and several thousand dollars later you aren’t any better.
I will somehow muddle through. I’ve
been trying really hard to be optimistic and just deal with the back and keep
doing as much as I can.
Anyway, what’s up for July?
Writing:
1)
Write
4,000 words on my next novel. I need to keep that goal if I plan on finishing
the rough draft by the time I leave for Cambodia in mid-September.
2)
Edit
the latest devotional that I started writing. Oh, I should have added that as a
bonus goal above. I compiled forty-plus devotions from my other blog, all of
which deal with how a person (me!) gets through pain. Still no title for it.
Reaching:
1) Promote one of my latest works, “Prior to Now”, “Chris Coping with the Covid- 19
Crisis” and “Holding All the Aces” once a week.
2) Attend vendor sale on July 3.
3) Research other vendor sales.
Reading:
1)
Read two books.
2)
Read and study four chapters in the Book of Acts for my Thursday Bible
study group.
Retiring:
1)
Go camping one week.
2)
Research my trip to Cambodia in the fall once a week.
3)
Secure cheaper health insurance by the end of July, assuming I won’t
have to stay on the expensive
insurance, because now my back is a pre-existing condition.
Ranching:
1)
Thoroughly clean one room in the house.
2)
Complete a sewing project. I was thinking about sewing a pair of pants
to take to Cambodia; we’ll see.
3)
Work on my family tree once a week.
Well, that should keep me busy. Just praying that my back gets better or at least that the MRI gives me some answers.
