It’s that time of year again… The cherry trees have blossomed. The teachers are changing schools. Luckily, I am not moving this year, so it’s another year here. It’s not a bad school. There are some pretty good kids and there are some pretty bad kids. Like any school really.

The moving and meeting rituals can be a little stressful every year but I just push through. It’s nerve wracking just introducing yourself in general but try it in another language with the appropriate body gestures… gets me every time.

I hit the creative wall pretty damn hard last week and this week. This 100 days of flash is really a challenge. I have to keep reminding myself to be kind and generous and not mad or depressed. I am writing, and if I can’t finish a complete flash every day, it’s not the end of the world. But man some days are garbage lol

Good news though… I did write something new yesterday that I felt good about. Don’t know if it is false confidence but I wrote it and it’s not garbage.

More good news! My short story “To Ever Love One Girl” which first appeared in Milk Candy Review will be on Micro podcast on April 18. I have to admit it was really difficult to read that story. I cried every time. I think I tried to read it almost ten times and had to stop because I was sobbing. It was rough. I eventually was able to get through it once with some inflection and dialect but I was a wreck after that.

My progress report on my daily challenges:

100 Days of Flash: Acceptance this week for publication on April 14! Writing more CNF than I thought I would.

Art: Started a new month of daily doodle prompts. I have been favoring my Pentel brush pen pretty heavily.

Music: Learned the chord melody for the Pink Panther theme. Chord melodies are hard lol

Exercise: Thinking about starting a daily yoga practice too as well as adding other exercise challenges by the week or month to my daily running/walking routine.