A Piece Of My Heart

May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii

Hello hello hello! I've been working from home for seven weeks now and honestly .... I'm settling in fairly well. Besides the fact that I have less work to do, I still have enough to keep me occupied, and I'm making good progress on long term projects that would have otherwise been put on the back-burner. I have my standing desk set up in the house, which I absolutely love. I also love that I don't have to put on "work clothes" to go to work. I can get out of the shower and immediately go to my desk and start working. Okay ... head out of the gutter, people. I have PJs on!

My dogs are also thrilled I'm home all the time now. I don't know how they are going to cope when I have to go back to the office. My job has been very accommodating with allowing everyone to work from home, and I think it might be the new normal for many of us. I can do everything I need to do from home, it saves me time, and I'm still productive, so what's the harm? I think many good things will come out of this crisis including more virtual meetings (less wasted travel time and carbon emissions) and more lenient remote working policies, especially for people with young kids and new parents. I also think there is opportunity for many folks to pursue activities that will better themselves. With so many "bored in the house, in the house bored," new hobbies could be formed, new workout routines, new family bonding activities, and so much more. We can still be productive during this time, and I hope we take advantage of it.

Anyway, let's get into the goals:

In April, I only wrote one thing and didn't get to enter all the contests I had planned to:

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Kernel  (13+) There is something deep within clawing to get out #2219576 by Emily

In May, I will:

Read:
For "CLOSED!The Monthly Reading Challenge" , "Little Mouse Loves to Read"  and "Angel Product Reviews" 
"The Power"  
Book Two
Book Three

Enter Contests:
"The Bard's Hall Contest"  for "The Contest Challenge" 
November 2017 "The Humorous Poetry Contest"  (allows old poems)
December 2017 "Rebel Poetry Contest" 
February 2018 "The Taboo Words Contest ~ On Hiatus" 

I need to make a plan for catching up in the "The Contest Challenge" , so here's the months I have left to do (I won't finish them all this month, of course, but this will make it easier to copy and paste into next month) Schnujo's Doing NaNoWriMo? would be proud!:

April 2017 "The PET NEWS CONTEST" 
May 2017 "The 4 Controversies Contest"  (Round open: June 15-July15) non-fiction, at least 1,500 words, subject: COVID-19)
June 2017 "Invalid Item" 
July 2017 "WEIRD TALES CONTEST "  or "Zodiac Contest/CONTEST CLOSED" 
August 2017 "Invalid Item" 
September 2017 "Write from the Heart Poetry Contest" 
October 2017 Everything closed, use: "The Bard's Hall Contest" 
November 2017 "The Humorous Poetry Contest"  (allows old poems)
December 2017 "Rebel Poetry Contest" 
January 2018 "Write from the Heart Poetry Contest" 
February 2018 "The Taboo Words Contest ~ On Hiatus" 
March 2018 "The PET NEWS CONTEST"  or "The Dialogue 500" 
April 2018 "Zodiac Contest/CONTEST CLOSED"  or "Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest " 
May 2018 "WEIRD TALES CONTEST "  or "The Science Fiction Short Story Contest" 

Contests to use if nothing is open ▼

"The Bard's Hall Contest" 
"Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest " 
"Rebel Poetry Contest" 
*Note that these are to be used if nothing is open or the only thing open is offensive.

Continue Regular Commitments:
Normal review crediting for "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group"  and "Anniversary Reviews" 
Prompting and judging for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" 

Take care!
-Emily