Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
25 May 26 May 27 May 28 May	A new problem† Shaving “Wilden Klausen” to fit a publication it’s thematically perfect for. Getting “Wilden Klausen” off on its way. Catching up on correspondence	More than I’d like 131 words removed and a pint of sweat. Bon voyage, monster-filled figment of my imagination! Half of it.	Fuliwen 2024 Sheaffer Balance Statesman Pelikan th.INK Montblanc 32	Diamine Oxford Blue Skrip Black Herbin Poussière de Lune Diamine Bilberry

† As we gear up at The Regular Job for post-COVID operations, there’s been some shuffling, and one of the effects this has upon me is taking both barrels in the face of this question: “You don’t mind covering the front desk over lunch, do you?”

It’s not a big deal, but the Selfish Artist trope who is among the multitudes which I contain is grumbling. I still have, technically, the full length of my lunch break, it just doesn’t start until 12:45. However, acting upon that seriously truncates the afternoon. I think I may have mentioned that I am extremely busy with Real Job lately?

This is likely to become less of a problem as we get back to more usual staffing levels (like many, I desperately hope that COVID marks the turn of an epoch, and the world will not simply return to status quo ante, but at a personal level… more people on-site to help with the lifting at Regular Job, please). It’s also not what I’m used to, and that is frequently enough to make a thing onerous.

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