Been putting in some good work, recently.  The mentor tournament has been going well so far, I'm trying my best to route these mentees through the seeds, somehow they've managed 4-1.  I've learned one or two things along the way, so that's always a good thing, too.

Rhythm Quest work continues and I'm really putting a lot of time into the settings menu refactor, which feels really good.  I have a devlog drafted for all of the work I've done over the past two months, just need to capture all of the gifs for that tomorrow and hope to publish it.  I was going to work on that part of it today too, but instead I took care of some other things, including some household research and then also getting my package ready to mail out for Sakuradragon's stationery swap.  Nice to have those things checked off!

Chicky needs a nail trim as always; hopefully I'll be able to manage that tomorrow.  We seemed to have stopped one of the intruders but there's definitely still a problem, found one of them living in the food dispensers again =(  I ordered a treadle feeder to try and help, I'm not sure whether it will work out but I figure I might as well try, assuming I feel like it's safe for them to use (TBD).

Besides the Rhythm Quest work I have some letters to write (really haven't had too much writing time recently...).  I haven't been taking great care of the other normal household stuff (been keeping up with regular vacuuming at least, but haven't been managing the kitchen as well as I feel like I normally do), and I've had some uncharacteristic misses on my meals too, but I think that's just bound to happen sometimes.  It happens.

Weirdly enough I've been feeling some energy/dopamine problems near the end of the days, something feels a little off.  Maybe it's because I'm just exhausting my reserves earlier in the day, or maybe I just need a little more sleep, or whatever, but I've noticed that despite working really nicely and feeling good I've been hitting this point where my motivation kind of falls off a cliff, it's not just like the work motivation either, like the play motivation really peters off too.

I guess being in the summer months doesn't really help, though I don't think it's the heat sapping away my energy (otherwise it'd be worse in the afternoon...).  But it probably won't hurt to try and make sure that I'm taking care of myself in all of the usual ways, a little extra.  You know, eating a little healthier, trying to make sure I can get some good sleep, all that stuff.

I have another trip coming up, I'm looking forward to it!  I don't feel like I have a ton of stuff to take care of before then, just a few things that I think I'll be able to take care of okay.  My main question mark is whether I'll end up making time to head south before then, but I think either way is okay, honestly.