Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1594: Resuming the Ending

So I’ve been doing a bit of work in the background which has dragged out ending the blog, which sucks, but it kind of has to be done. Due to some miscounts, it turns out that the amount of these I’ve done is listed incorrectly, but eventually it will be updated. Hopefully before the end of next week, but the correcting might take longer. As of this writing, this one is at 1594, but it should be at 1602 by the time I’ve finished updating. But it’s taking time, and it means I’ve gone over the amount I wanted to wrap up with, but that also means I’ve a little more wiggle room.

I was hoping to have this wrapped up by the anniversary, then a few days later and this one thing that I need to take care of has put me in a position to draw everything out. That and the almighty fatigue rearing its head as it always does. But I’m persevering. Things are sliding into place, things are getting lined up and soon. Very soon. Hopefully. Just means an intense few days of pumping and creating and all that, and then the final dump of things and I’m free, baby. Free at last and all those other things that sound fun and cool and whatnot.

I’m sitting here, a few days after my return from Melbourne. Sitting here, tired, sore, worn out. Trying to get some things done and getting not much of anything done. Thinking about the best course of action to take. thinking about getting to the end of it all, the last of the things, those sorts of things and things those sorts of and so on and so forth and you get the idea. The main thing I want to get across is that it is happening and it’s getting close.

I do feel a bit shit about how long it has taken, but there’s not much I can do about it at this point. I mean, sure, I could just make this the final thing. I could do that. I feel that’d be a bit of of a mean move. But then again…

So anyway, yeah. Or is it? Not it’s not. But the days have been kind, and so was Melbourne. It was needed and it will be written about. Just need to get my thoughts in order, look over my notes (planning an essay about the trip, but it’ll be about more than that, of course). Process photos, get distracted, do other things, then panic as I’m not doing the thing. Find where everything lies at the end of the day. Piece my life back together, fall apart, fall to pieces, become a doughnut.

Before all that, make dinner and go to bed early. I’m wrecked. I’ve been wrecked for too long. I need my rest. I need my time. I need to look after myself better than I have been, and I am working on it the best I can.

The time it took to write five-hundred words: 06:59:48

Not the best speed, not the worst.

Written at home.

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Driveway to Nowhere

I am certain that this connects to a house, but I could not see it. I have no idea how far away it was.

I think there’s an emptiness to this photo. Sort of an endlessness, too.

I hope you enjoy.

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A Bit of Old Hume

Just a bit of The Old Hume Highway.

I drove this bit without realising, and I don’t recognise it, though it had been decades since I was last on The Old Hume, and it looked a bit different to this.

This road gave a lot of towns a business, and it still speaks of history and culture. It’s sad that it no longer what it was, but things change.

I hope you Enjoy.

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Yesterday’s Sunrise

Got back from my trip a few hours ago. Am wrecked. Got some processing to do, and a draft to start, which will be one of the last things here. Tomorrow things pick back up.

Here’s a photo of yesterday’s sunrise. It was… quietly dramatic, is a way of putting it.

Due to how massive the sun looked and how unobscured it was, it was actually quite difficult to get a balanced amount of light with the gear that I had with me. A VND filter would’ve worked wonders. Alas.

I hope you enjoy.

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Thrashing About

It’s night and I’m currently sitting in my car in Cooma. About to go into a receptionless area to sleep for the night. Was hoping to be there much earlier, but I like to dawdle, it seems.

I was hoping that I’d have something to say about the drive thus far, but right now I have nothing. It has been a long drive, and an emotional one. I’m looking forward to sharing the journey, but it might be a few days. We’ll see.

There are a lot of long roads, and plenty worth travelling if you’re willing to give them the time.

This has nothing to do with the photo below, of course, but I felt it important to say something.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

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Getting Pulled Down

Just some coffee grounds suspended in water.

I hope you enjoy.

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Tree on a Hill

Slowly getting to the end of my photos. Would be writing more, but fatigue and all that.

I saw this tree in December, and it’s also in one of the other recently-shared photos. There were some humps of dry grass and this tree without others that were visible. Was interesting to me.

I hope you enjoy.

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Tern Gathering

More terns.

I prefer the previous photo, but I still like this one. I think it has a nice bit of space to it. There’s a nice sense of size to the group. Still small, bit feels big.

I hope you enjoy.

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Terns

Terns I saw toward the end of last year. There were more of them than this photo shows, but I liked this little group in particular.

I hope you enjoy.

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Moving on Stage

I was hoping that I’d have the blog wrapped up by today at the absolute latest, but still have a few things to get through. Might be a slow few days, however.

Here’s a photo of a musician moving on stage. Photo sort of captures how vigorously they were moving.

I hope you enjoy.

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