Neglectful.

Yes, I have been neglectful in writing this blog for too long. I will tell you why. Finishing my project of putting all of my blogs, all 6,747 of them, into chronological order, checking spelling, grammar, punctuation, and making paragraphs, I have come to realize I have a lot of material. Collaborating with another person, I thought it might be time to consider writing a book about our last 20 years living as expats in Poland. It may not be something I would actually try to publish, but rather a more condensed version for my relatives to have so that they would know their ancestry.

Each night, after I put John to bed, I've been spending my time trying to figure out how to structure a book. I confess I've consulted ChatGPT about that. The information it gives me has been very helpful. I don't want AI to actually write the book for me, I am only interested in how the structure and the chapters should lay out. I've sent about a Year's worth of blogs to Gemini so that it would know what my blog has been about. In return, it has given me much advice on how to structure the book, chapter by chapter. It tells me that I have so much information available that it could actually be an 11-volume set of books. Of course, I'm not interested in writing 11 books. I would be perfectly happy with one book.

I've also been neglectful in my study of Spanish which I regret. I just get so involved in this book project, I've been missing my deadlines to write my blog by midnight each night. Therefore, you see these lapses of two and three days in between my blocks. I have to get into a routine of writing my blog in the afternoon rather than waiting until evening. If I can do that, it should eliminate these lapses. Anyway, that's what I'm going to try to do.