Monday 7 April

Was up lateish. Brushed. Managed to get cleaned well. Waiting for my parcel. Kids and baby minds swirl around me, angry for the losses in America. Everyone is on edge. This is how the end times begin, too bad it's also in mindspace.

Past 2pm and no sign of my parcel for the second day running. I guess I will cancel the order tonight if it somehow doesn’t arrive. Thinking of editing my novella and submitting it to a publisher for a traditional publishing contract. I need to write about Claire, Frederick’s wife a bit more, and maybe why exactly Marjorie went to the rim of fire.

Rowdy kids stirred up some trouble outside our shoebox. Don’t know if it’s related to the Liew witches. Guess I’ll get to work. Meanwhile Tell is stalled on a mysterious null matches bug. It’s not easy to solve with so many crowded into my mindspace.

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Made the final prototype for project T -the game I'm planning to sell. It's such a simple concept and is cheap to manufacture as well. I'm purposely making it as simple as rule-less as possible. Sometimes, it aids the gameplay, making everything more real. Was thinking pieces shouldn't be shoved about or hopped over, even captured. But some gameplay testing will solve that. Also the number of pieces should be capped maybe at under 30 per side. Was also thinking that stacking pieces is unnecessary and a complication to the enjoyment. The proto I'm using to test gameplay with is a mini set, the size of an A5 paper with a pretty compact battle area and just 20 pieces aside.

Showered and changed into fresh clothes. I had two good loos today and am feeling comfortable. Dinner was okay and I think I want to edit Inexact Science tonight and submit it -just for the hell of it. I think Claire is the reason Marjorie goes to the fiery rim.

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Took my meds and worked out. It’s circa 10pm, just an hour or so till bed. Looking forward to tomorrow and what it may hold. Friends are increasing. Attacks in mindspace decreasing. Opportunities multiplying. Will 2025 be a good year for me?

2 weeks till fresh funds come in. Until then I have to be frugal. As I mentioned before, we live in interesting times, times of change and sorrow, and wonder. Many who are last will be first to enter the kingdom. Not surprisingly -the modernity of the end of age requires it.