It’s Wednesday evening, and I’m on headset in Discord, getting ready to play video games with some friends, like we do every Wednesday. Mike Baltar said, “Where’s the blog post?” and so I have him to thank for keeping me on track. More on that in the main topic.

Personal News

Bryanna’s hard drive appears to have died. She’s the first of us to get an M.2 drive. I think the only thing I can do is replace it, which is a bummer.

I’ve got some work to do on my gaming system, as well. Maybe when I get her a drive, I’ll look at putting one in mine.

Upcoming Events and Such

Boskone is still the next event. As an alumni, I can now register and pay for the Writing Excuses Retreat happening in September. I’ll talk with Melissa about it. I think we still want to do this, though there must be some point in time where it doesn’t make sense to attend.

The Topic: Juggling

I learned to juggle my Junior year of High School, when the band was between uniforms and we dressed as clowns for one of the half-time shows. I can’t do more than 3, but I have the basics down. And, that’s not the kind of juggling I mean to talk about tonight.

For my Day Job, I have a number of responsibilities and high priority tasks in front of me. Today, I needed to focus on several of them at once. Then one of the high-availability services we maintain started making itself unavailable, and I needed to focus on that, too.

As I was finishing putting out that fire, Bryanna came over with her broken PC. I wrapped up the work day, hooked her system up in place of mine, and started troubleshooting. It goes straight to BIOS, and while it looks like it can see the drive, any tests we run on the drive locks the BIOS up completely.

Then there’s all the rest of the things an adult must do to maintain their home and health. I tend to neglect those, a bit.

That’s why I almost broke my streak tonight. I have too many balls in the air, and if not for the reminder of a friend, I would have dropped this one. Blog writing, by the way, is one of the ways in which I’m maintaining my mental health.

There’s too much to do, and pairing this with my thoughts from yesterday, most of the tasks don’t make me happy.

On that note, I think I’ll take a break from responsibility and get back to gaming with my friends.