I kind of have so much going on over the macro scale, that the day to day micro scale gets totally buried sometimes. I posted earlier more of a macro overview, now, I'll get down to what's more immediately going on for me, for those who've been asking (mostly via email).
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School, working towards BA in TR / RT (Therapeutic Recreation / Recreational Therapist), with a minor in music for MT (Music Therapy).
Current classes:

• Medical Terminology


• Overview of Therapeutic Recreation


• Intercultural Communications

Tech work. Though I've effectively retired, from the computer industry, I'm still doing a little here and there, since it's hard to let go of something I've been doing since 1981, all at once. I've a number of small projects going on, some larger than others, to "feed my habit".

• Infoco Database and Respondent Tracking System overhaul (waaaaay behind schedule :-( )


• Pilates Rehab website and online catalog


• Kungfu for life website


• Alpentech website & e-commerce


• Color Signs & Graphics website & online catalog


• Streaming, and possibly soon email and/or website hosting for KYRS LP FM, Thin Air Radio

That's work for others (some pay, some trade).
I've other sites of a more hobby orientation that take a little time from time to time (including this one):

• thesyntheticzenshow.com


• www.merp.com


• eagroup.merp.com


• merpcon.merp.com


• www.suitegm.com


• www.hawkestudios.com waaaay out of date


• www.hawkenterprising.com


• www.dev2devportal.com

House care. Owning a house, and trying to do as much of the work myself, definitely adds up.
Here's current work underway or immediately pending urgently for me on the house:

• William's bedroom shelves


• William's dressers


• Brennan's desk


• Many light bulbs of various kinds overdue, some hard to find


• Downstairs back door


• Chainsaw and chop (a LOT of) wood for winter
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• Clean out the fireplaces and stove in preparation for winter


• fixing the bathroom shower area, tiles, leaks, holes, shower head, grout


• My space (basement sound/music/dark/gaming/meditation room) and shelves


• Insulate roof better


• in attic tv antenna and coaxial cables


• the list goes on, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but I think those are the most pressing currently

Vehicular pressing issues:

Red Bronco:

• Adjust timing, and carburetor (idle air fuel, float levels, accelerator pump, idles, etc.)


• Driver side inside door handle


• Oil change


• Rear axle pinion seal and axle seals replaced ASAP!


• Bleed and adjust brakes


• Valve cover gaskets replace


• Sand and spray paint hood for winter protection from rusting

Crown Victoria:

• Oil change


• Pull driver side seat and interior, weld in new metal into floorboard


• fix/trim tendrils of drooping ceiling in rear interior


• Get studded snow tires installed on rear tires


• Pop out dent in passenger side rear quarter panel, and sand/spray to winterize/protect from rusting over winter


• Replace malfunctioning driver side power seat switch


• get filthy interior detailed

Black Bronco:

• Before snow becomes an issue, pull transmission and transfer case


• replace transmission and flywheel


• repair/replace transfer case chain assembly


• Bleed & adjust brakes


• change oil

Motorcycle (will probably have to postpone much of it until spring :-( ):

• change oil


• Remove, purchase new, and replace right rear melted turn signal


• Remove, purchase new, and replace, rear mud flap upper and lower assembly


• clean, lube, adjust chain (overdue)


• Scrape/remove (somehow) burned/melted materials still on exhaust pipe


• paint repair


• Weld/repair mounting brackets for tail bag and saddle bags


• Mount tail bag and saddle bags

Daily/weekly "busy-ness" (besides already listed):

Health:

• Physical therapy 2x/week


• Kungfu 1x/week


• Nutritionist/chiropractor 1-2x/month


• Cedar Bridge, 3x/week

Finances

Groceries/shopping

Breakfast and dinner meals for family

general "errands" for household

house cleaning

yard care

managing kids

"quality time" with kids (best part of the day!)

So, as is constantly covered in TR class, what am I using/doing to "cope" with this huge overload throughout the week?
Well, most of my hobbies have unfortunately have to sit by the wayside, because there just isn't enough time anymore unfortunately (such as reading for enjoyment, photography and darkroom, outdoors activities (hiking, camping, fishing, boating, rock climbing, etc), mountain biking, skateboarding, traveling, motorcycling beyond errands, etc.). But I've managed to cling on by the tips of my fingernails, to the tiniest fraction of a few occasional tasks that help to keep the sanity somewhat tolerable. ;-)

Music. I still usually play myself to sleep, about 15-30 minutes of guitar and/or native american wood flute, each night. I'm still doing broadcasts for NR (NEKKID Radio www.nekkidradio.com), but only once per week now instead of 2-3 times per week. Saturdays 8 pm to 10 pm PDT (that's Sunday's 4 am to 6 am UTC/GMT).
I'm to get a once a week show on Thin Air Radio soon (KYRS www.kyrs.org) as well.
When I can, I still playing/practicing the following instruments:

• Guitar (Fender 12 string (steel acoustic), Yamaha classical (nylon acoustic), Ovation (steel acoustic electric), Fender Stratocaster 6 string (steel electric), and others).


• Bass (Samick steel fretted 4 string electric)


• African Djembe Drum (wish I could get my full basic drum set back from Rob some day, but can't get a hold of him since he move to Australia. He said he'd put them in storage in Vegas. Ah well. :-( )


• Harmonica


• Native American Wood Flute


• Keyboard


• Computer-based music composition


• vocals (my feeble but determined attempts thereof)

You can download/listen to my own music (several CDs worth), or catch my online shows at the website for Dr Z & The Synthetic Zen Show - www.thesyntheticzenshow.com .

Role playing gaming.
Luckily, after a several years long hiatus (because of being a workaholic and having a career that I felt I had to be working 90-120 hours per week on AVERAGE), I've managed to pick up role playing about once or twice a month now. I was hoping to be weekly, but that just hasn't been possible. But some is better than none in this case. ;-)
I GM two groups. One is with my sons, and possibly soon, some of their friends, that's right now just 3 players, but will likely become around 4-5 soon. The other group is a range of (so far only males) people from about 21 to the 40's. Right now, I've 4 reliable players, a 5th we'll see about reliability, and 2 possible players joining.
Both groups are playing in the same campaign: Middle-earth using Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 d20, modified to fit Middle-earth better (by me), with a system adaptation I call Eä d20. I have a website setup for this, including forums and mailing lists, at: http://eagroup.merp.com.
Some related projects I need to finish include:

• Numenor Convention Adventure Module: Escape from Numenor


• Numenor map colorization


• Numenor Campaign: The Realm, People, & Land


• Numenor module: Under the Shadow


• Numenor module: The Days of Glory


• Eä d20: Tome of Races & Cultures


• Eä d20: Magic in Middle-earth


• Eä d20: Deities & Demigods (Ainur, Valar, Maiar)


• Eä RPG System: Core Rules


• Eä RPG System: Magic in Middle-earth


• MerpCon DVD collection


• MerpCon Video, with Guest Speaker Chris Seeman


• Send Black & White & Color Numenor Maps to MerpCon participants that qualified

I pretty much don't watch TV or movies anymore (once in a VERY great while, I'll plop down exhausted in front of the brainsucking tube, maybe 1-2 time per month lately).

I usually manage to get around 4-6 hours of sleep, but some nights, unfortunately I do not. The goal is to get a full 7-8 every night, but it just doesn't seem possible yet.

I hope I can find a way to manage my time better, and get more balance in my life, but so far, that ability seems to have eluded me. :-(
This is still a far better balanced lifestyle when when I worked full time (pretty much every waking moment), in the technology industry. So, since it's progressed this far, I hope over continuing time to keep the progression in the correct direction for a better quality of life.
We'll see.....