Mid-June Check-In

 Hey, how is everyone this fine Monday night?

I would say I can't complain, but we all know that's what I do best, so let's just say, it's a Monday and be done with it.

So, what's been happening since I last posted?

Not much. Just living in a sub-tropical sauna and trying to stay cool. That's about it.

I could talk about so many things like birthdays and finances and health. I'm not going to. I just don't feel like sharing that anymore. I could talk about writing and books. But I don't write or read anymore. Not really. I was working on a story I abandoned a couple years ago, but I'm at 70k words and it's just running in circles without knowing what it is or if there's an ending in sight. Not a clue, so I'm letting it go. I just don't have the mental capacity to write anything anymore. I could run it through AI and let it finish it, but hell, I'd rather never write another word than do that. I could just write a whole bunch of short sex scenes and call them books and be done with it. But I can't not plot. Everyone must have tragic backstories. You get a trauma and you get a trauma. 

I don't want to write about trauma anymore. My trauma won't let me write happy shit because it does not know what that is... if that makes sense.

And honestly, my oldest kid is approaching middle-age, I feel so weird writing about young people hooking up. No, 56 is not middle-aged. I'm old. I do not expect to make it 70 much less 112. I can move into a seniors only community. I can get AARP. I can't apparently get senior discounts without showing my ID, so I guess I still have that going for me.

So, there we have it, I'm old and out of touch. Maybe if I can settle the finances down a bit so I'm not constantly stressed, I'll start writing Golden Girl type stuff. Gen-X retirement home shenanigans set to Motley Crue and Milli Vanilli. That would be hilarious. Metallica and Madonna?

Anyway, that's what's going on. Hoping you're having a decent summer (or winter if you're in the other hemisphere), I'll chat at you later.

Peace,

Mercy