I had a certain blog post scheduled for today. Often I write my Monday post on Sunday and schedule it for posting Monday morning. This weekend, however, was extremely busy. I won’t go into details. Suffice to say I had a long list of chores to accomplish. I got all but two of them done. One I might do tonight; the other will have to wait till next weekend, when I’m home in the daylight.

My computer time was limited to trading accounting on Friday evening, and household budgeting on Saturday morning. I read blogs, kept up on Facebook and e-mail, but otherwise I didn’t go near the computer.

What took my time was editing. Of my completed novel Preserve The Revelation. I got a little done on this last Wednesday and Thursday (or was it just Thursday?). My goal was to get to page 200 in it, having gone through just page 30 as the weekend started. I figured if I could get to page 100 on Saturday, I had a good chance of making my goal. Alas, when I went to bed Saturday night I was a little short, maybe around page 90 to 95.

So Sunday, after church and lunch, I went to our sunroom, with a mug of coffee, my smart phone, and the notebook with the manuscript. Reading carefully, I spent about 3 hours out there and got a lot done. I even made two batches of Chex Mix, keep the door to inside open so I could hear the oven timer go off and know when to stir it. I felt good about where I was by supper time, but I was still 30 page short of my goal.

I didn’t watch the Super Bowl, not wanting to jinx the Patriots. I kept up on things on Facebook, saw they were losing big time, so kept on editing while a Harry Potter movie was on the television. Later, of course, I learned the Patriots tied it in regulation and won in overtime. I went to the kitchen television and spent close to an hour watching the post game ceremony, the interviews, and the highlights.

That took me to about 10:45, still a little short of my goal. That’s about the time I start getting ready for bed these days, but last night decided to stay up a little late and get some more pages done. I did one more chapter, finishing after 11 at page 201. I made my goal. The manuscript is 293 pages, so I’m getting near the end of the first round of edits. I’ll shoot for 30 pages a night, and hope to finish Wednesday.

So I never got my intended blog post written. It’s a book review, and will take more time than this post will. I’ll do that for Friday, and push others back. I’m happy to do so. Happy at the end of this weekend, with a bunch of work done, my manuscript much farther along, and the Patriots again the NFL Champions.