Fall 2020
Cover photo taken from my backyard on October 10, 2020 in Spokane, Washington
Hello friends. It's been several months since I have posted anything on this website. It begs the question, where have I been? Please do not fret (I know you were); I have been up to stuff. Some of it fun, and some of it not so fun but important, or at least that is what people tell me. Let me tell you about it.
School has been a thing. Technically I still have two more weeks of classes, but there is so little work to do that, to be honest, I've checked out. The plan at Gonzaga was always to move to entirely online after Thanksgiving break, and since this move was anticipated, my professors crammed most of the work into the first three-quarters of school, leaving these last few weeks sparse.
I had many exciting classes this semester, including a couple of political science classes, two entrepreneurship classes, and a journalism class. I've done well despite the barrier inherent in online learning, but I am not sure if that is because I worked hard or my teachers made the course easy. Either way, I'll take it.
I spent most of my time outside of class on two things. One, I have been taking a lot of online classes on Coursera and other learning websites. The two biggest time sinks have been the Google IT Professional eCertificate, and a Finance and Quantitative analysis certificate from UPenn. I wanted to get these done earlier, but 2020 got in the way. This is all part of my grand plan to get hired by someone, as I heard that jobs are where people get their money. I would appreciate having some money. My credit card bill is due in three days.
The other thing has been my book. Yea, I wrote a book. Well, I am still writing a book. I finished the first draft, the second, almost, which just leaves me with the editing. This shouldn't take me longer than a month (the author said naively), so I should finish it by the end of the year. (Update, it took longer than a month. The official release date is now March 31st.) I am proud of the work I have done and am excited/terrified to share it.
There is just a month and some change left in 2020, and I think I speak for many when I say I am just about done with this year and ready for the next. I will have a full-year reflection done at its end. Until then, I hope to start posting more short stories and essays. I have a lot in the pipeline, and I hope you all enjoy them. Until then, stay healthy out there.