summer goals

 So, the school year is over. I've already posted about this on Instagram, but I have set a few goals for myself over the summer. Some of them are fairly self-explanatory; actually, most of them are pretty self-explanatory, but I figured I would explain them anyway. 

• Move
• Steven and I are planning on moving thirty miles down the interstate to be closer to the school we will both be teaching at come fall. We cut the commute in more than half. This is looking good--we're going to go and look at an apartment tomorrow.
• G'N'R Tattoo 
• I had my students vote on what tattoo I should get over the summer, giving them three options, and they decided I needed a Guns'n'Roses tattoo, so sometime this summer I've gotta make that happen. I didn't get any tattoos last summer, with COVID and all, so I'm excited to get back in that chair. 
• PTK Test
• This is for my certification.
•  English Test
• This is also for my certification.
•  Read 100 books
• I've read... two, so far. But I've got a lot of time left! I'm 40-some pages into Brave New World! It can happen!
• Buy 0 books
• Not gonna lie, I think I believe 'read 100 books' more than I believe 'buy 0 books.'
• Publish a book
• The last book I published, not counting the hardcover of Iscariot that is now available, was The Crucifixion of Craig Knox back in... October? November? I dunno. Either way, I've got books simmering right now that I'm working on finishing up, but I want to get at least one of them out into the world before summer ends. My guess is that it'll either be a set of short stories/essays or the next Pentalogy book. 

 But those are my goals for this summer! I've got just under three full months to work with, so let's do this shit.