Sometimes timing is everything.

I usually have horrible timing and I just try to prepare for it knowing that things will go wrong.  But sometimes, just sometimes, things go well. And sometimes they even go really well.

I try to do my taxes early, and I finished them online last month. Or at least I *thought* I did. It turns out they were not actually submitted even though the website said "Your taxes are done". I just found out today (17th) and I thought I'd be hit with a late fee, but this year taxes are due on the 18th because of Washington D.C. Emancipation Day.   That was a nice surprise.

Another shockingly good case of timing has been my lease renewal.  At this moment, I may not want to get into another year long lease, so I renewed for only 3 months which now gives me much more flexibility.

Now I'm starting to worry all this good timing is going to swing back, but then maybe my daily, low-level bad timing just keeps building up until I get bursts of good timing.  I guess that's not a bad way to have it :) 

I am back from my business trip and it has been a reminder to me that there are many jobs out there where one doesn't need to travel.  In fact, I dare say that most jobs in the world do not require getting on a plane to spend an entire week sleeping on a strange bed.  

That's not to say anything against who live that lifestyle or get fulfillment in the sense they are part of the 'movers and shakers' depicted so often in airline or hotel commercials.   But I rather believe there is a good amount of moving and shaking that can be done within one's own locality, and I have never had any need to find fulfillment in unfamiliar places.

Also unpacking sucks. 

I've had to go on a business trip for a full seven days, so my writing has gotten stymied.

Traveling seems to be a mix for me when it comes to creativity.   A change of pace or scenery can be helpful to come up with new ideas, but at the same time, many authors recommend having a set schedule and place where you do your writing.  Plus I can't think of anything more horrible than needing to travel to break out of writer's block.

When I have managed to write anything in strange hotel rooms, it may seem like I'm doing something worthwhile, but once I get back and read it, there's nothing worth keeping.  Maybe this time there will something from my efforts.

Traveling is also a massive time sink.   Not only is there all the planning before the trip but the post-trip issues the laundry, the empty fridge, dead plants etc.  Now if you're doing it for a vacation, there's a theoretical pay off for your troubles.  If you're doing it for work, the pay off is not getting fired.  Not really great incentive to travel for me.

Anyway, I'm hoping when I get back, the relief of not needing to travel again (hopefully) any time soon and return to my familiar writing area will help me actually complete the next eBook in the Shadowlust Series.

(I am also freaking throwing away this stupid undersized keyboard I bought because my laptop keyboard died right before the trip,  I should have just bought a full sized one, it's amazing how shrinking a keyboard makes it so hard to use, like learning to type all over again)