"Status Update"

Not a whole lot going on these days. Here’s where I’m at:

• Picking up a new 1-year education visa on October 20th

• Novel is being edited. Will be returned to me around the 1st week of November

• Working with a graphic designer to figure out a cover for my novel

• The last piece is to get someone to do internal formatting after it has been edited, and then I’ll put it up on Amazon

• I'm still working my four jobs. Saving most of it since not a whole lot to spend it on these days

• Tourists are set to return to Thailand (vaccinated from a set number of countries) on November 1st, so we should see some more life breathed into Chiangmai over the next few weeks

• My birthday is in 3 weeks, but no plans yet

• Fighting off the existential dread of being 31, in a rocky relationship, and feeling isolated working from home all day (only 4 hours, but nothing to do when I finish work around 4 pm)

• Looking to sign up for Thai classes once in-person teaching resumes

• I’ve taken to not being involved in the bar at all. I didn’t personally invest, and GF is turning it into a girl bar, which is the opposite direction of what I wanted it to be. There’s also no role there for me. I can either go there at night and spend money, drink (which I don’t want to do), and watch my GF drink and flirt with customers, or I can stay at home while she works all night. She already has a bartender and a cook, and I’m not a hot girl, so can’t talk to customers. I knew it wasn’t going to be good for our relationship, but it’s turning into a headache, and I’m evaluating if this is how I want to spend my time, both alone and with someone who is working in that line of work

• Looking at doing some traveling within Thailand once quarantine is dropped for domestic tourists

That’s about it. I'm almost finished reading Killing Commendatore by Murakami, and I’ll look to finish a few more books before the end of the year.