Last week, I staycated. That word kind of annoys me, but I understand its value and so okay. It’s what I did.

I went camping with some dude friends and did dude things like smoked and drank bourbon and ate copious amounts of meat and built big fires, big like up to my chest big.

We went to the zoo, and that was cool and fun and I took some photos with my new camera, but I don’t have Photoshop on my laptop yet, so I am not posting any in this post.

We went on a 10.5 mile backwoods hike in southern Indiana. I didn’t take pictures there, but there was plenty to take pictures of had I had my camera. Nature is pretty. Nature can be ugly, too. But mostly, nature is pretty, and I like it.

I read some books, too. I am reading through the Harry Potter series finally. I wish I hadn’t been such a douche when they were first coming out, because now that I’ve gotten most of that lit snobbery out of my system, I can read these and see how good they are, and appreciate why they became such a huge sensation. And all hell, they got so many children and so many adults and so many people in general to love reading again.

I also am half-finished with the first draft of a children’s book I’ve been mentally composting for the past few years, and finally got to hammering it out late last Tuesday night. I’m hoping to have a first draft done maybe by the end of the month. That’s a good goal.

I should get back to work now. My lunch is over, but I wanted to say hi. I have other things to say, and maybe I’ll say them soon.

Until then, take care, take care, take care.