There’s a saying in baseball that momentum is only as good as your next day’s starting pitcher.    Sometimes, even good pitchers have off-days.

After pushing through to get the Halloween book done – before Halloween, and then launching a Kickstarter project right on its heels, I took a much needed couple of days to recharge.

The llama is telling me to get back to work!

Actually, the plan was to take  Saturday off, spend a day with my wife and then get to work on Monday.  Now, I’m not complaining about Saturday’s adventures, but I went into them already exhausted.  So the trip to the llama farm, coupled with pumpkin picking, dinner and drinks at a local brewery, and a trip to the outlet mall and Barnes and Noble left me more exhausted than I would have liked.

That 7 am alarm on Sunday morning to get up and go to church for my choir gig was was like torture.  My Saturday, day-of-rest was anything but.  So yesterday, I watched football and baseball and took the day off from spreading the word about the Kickstarter project to get Pomodoro Penguin into print.    That’s right – I vegged on the couch.

The Pros:   I am rested, and ready for a good three week push to the finish line.    The Cons:  I went from being ahead of the curve to being a bit behind the curve to make the funding goal.

It’s okay, it was the weekend.  People are busy with their families.  So, I’m not going to kick myself.  No, I’m just going to put in a new starting pitcher and try to make this week just as good, if not better than the last!