Seasonal Writing – The Climb #829

Monday 31^st May 2021

I’m not sure what it is but there seems to be times of the year I’m better at writing books. There’s a May – June – July window and another one in November. The latter could possibly be attributed to NaNoWriMo. Even if I’m not taking part, there’s long been a tradition of writing in November.

I’m not so sure about the May / June period though. Maybe the better weather lifts my mood and that results in my wanting to write more.

The trouble is that with this time of year comes the good weather. And what do I end up doing? I end up sat at home, indoors, writing.

Today was a bank holiday and incredibly rare for a bank holiday – it was sunny. So I decided to pack up early today and enjoy the afternoon.

In truth it was a little too hot for me. My vitiligo means I need to cover up and as a result, hot quickly becomes too hot for me. But I stayed outside in the shade for quite a long time.

C and I decided to do beers and BBQ today, if only because they messaged me and asked what the bank holiday plans were and I joking said BBQ and beers… and then thought, why not?

I was listening to something today that said how alcohol use has skyrocketed during the pandemic as people find unhealthy coping mechanisms for the various lockdowns. I went the other way, drinking less alcohol than I do normally… which was already not much. As a result, from a crate of 12 smallish bottles, I had 3 (with food) and promptly went inside and fell asleep on the support bubble sofa.

I was tempted to do another geocaching walk after logging my weekend finds today. However, after such a long walk my legs are still swollen and I decided to let them rest a bit longer. I did make the effort to go with C to the shop to buy all the BBQ stuff though and then due to my back playing up and the heat, wished I hadn’t.

Ordinarily I’d feel bad for having a bit of a bank holiday, especially where there is so much to do. However, I woke up early today and got a bunch of work done, including an important legal letter and two writing sessions.

So today ended up being a chill bank holiday without the normal guilt of having not worked. Tomorrow I’ll go back to feeling guilty about all the things I have to do. After feeling on top of everything a couple of weeks ago, it seems the secondary tasks have mounted again.

But I’ll deal with those tomorrow.