The Patent Dragon's Zone of Soul Retraction

So, what happened on Sunday...? Got both my buses without any problem... but then things started to get complicated. Torrential rain, a distinct lack of town-centre buses - a medical emergency meant my B&B had to book me in elsewhere (just next door).

Okay, the change of accommodation wasn't even remotely a problem - it was nice that someone went to all that trouble to avoid heaping on more hassle. From there on, things definitely took a more positive turn...

Setting foot in the town centre, I could officially put Perth on my list of 5 cities visited that're not on my (quasi-)regular list (Task 19.1), and find some dinner...

To be continued... Sorry, I'm fading in and out here. Back later...

Heh - our "visitors" may be homeward bound, and the "Dwelling Place" in the process of dismantling, but I'm going to have to wait a while before I get to "take it easy". Of course, I'm talking about my weekend excursion, beginning tomorrow, during which I'll doing some more points-scoring for my Mission 101, by way of

19 - Visit five cities not on my regular "list"
90 - Go to at least five concerts

I really do want to put the last two weeks behind me, and redirect my energies for trying times ahead. The path should be smoothed some by the phone call we received last night, which seems to bring the most difficult chapter of recent years to a close at last. "The Move" draws closer - it may be sooner than I expect, and that may be for the best.

Tomorrow should be fun. I hope. It'll be a stripped-down operation, with no computer or internet access, but I'm okay with going "low-tech". I may even *gasp* get some writing done...!

*adds "defrag main PC" to the "To Do" list, in the hope that will improve matters....*

Oooohkay, now - let's see...

Ah yes; yesterday: I managed to make some Mission 101 progress!

7 - Learn to cook 12 dishes

Yesterday was "office coffee morning" day, when people bring cake, usually made themselves. I brought home-baked banana muffins! They weren't perfect, but they went down well enough, and the effort was much appreciated - as was the feedback. Next time will be different - and better!

So that's two dishes now for Task 7. Must find more recipes to try.

Also... Whilst checking the number of the "learn to cook twelve dishes" task, I remembered Task 45

45 - Make regular progress on current and forthcoming "projects"

and on the spot decided to have Darkhawk Season 6 done in 52 chapters - one chapter a week, minimum. However... when I read through the "prep-sheets" for the rest of the Season, the approximate number of chapters required came out as thirty-eight - not much more than half the suggested figure. That would suggest that, just maybe, I could have the Season finished - including Reignfall - by the end of the year...

More Mission stuff... Must remember to check whether Perth counts as a city, for Task 19

19 - Visit five cities not on my regular "list"

- that would mean tackling two tasks in one go on August 1st.

(Update: I'd say "yes" to Perth's city status, based on the existence of perthcity.co.uk...)

Family Matters... My great-aunt's will could be finalised and dealt with very soon. Now that would be very good news, in a number of ways - enough to counteract the potential hassle.

And finally - more comics... So far, I'm quite impressed by Marvel's "Heroic Age". Avengers and Secret Avengers have both started off well - but please, let's not have everything geared solely towards the next "big event". Let's have some nice, "organic" stories for a change. Give the audience time to get their breath back. OK?

Also, at "The Distinguished Competition", the Brightest Day 26-issue maxi-series, which I had almost decided not to buy, is following on nicely from Blackest Night. For every step forward, about half a dozen new questions crop up. It's going to get hectic...