I have been having a lot of burn-out at work. The kids are amazing, the school is fun, but at this point of the year I am just exhausted. By the time I get home I am just spent, and cannot function. My wife understands, and my children do to. But this makes me feel worse, because I wish I could spend more time with them.

When the children have gone down to bed, I am able to function mostly normal, but that is 4 hours after school. I get about hour or so where I can talk and play.

Another thing I do to decompress lately is write. I have re-discovered my high school passion for writing, and have been working on a novel. To be fair I have 3 or 4 novels started, and one that I had started but I cannot find my files for (But I wish I still had them).

I don’t know If I will finish my high school novels or not. I was looking through them and my writing has evolved a lot since then, but also the themes I am interested in have changed, and I don’t know if I would want to taint those stories or not. We will see in the near future.

I finished my 2nd draft of the most recent novel, and have sent it off to some friends to critique. I may have to have an editor rip it apart for me. But I feel like I shouldn’t publish it until 3rd or 4th draft have been fixed up. I would also have to find an artist for the covers, if I am to self-publish. No I don’t believe in using AI art if I am to publish it professionally. (I know I use AI Art here, but I don’t get paid here).

As soon as I am ready I will look into publishing. But now you know why I have been so quiet.