Taking Care of Business

As noted, previously - extensively - I've been unable to take care of business around our home because of this foot-fixing process.  Despite my delight at being on the road to having stable feet - with arches and everything!- this process has been less comfortable than the left foot.  Note to my talented podiatrist - if you have a patient with hypermobile tendons, and you are wondering about using the plate again for fusion instead of the more traditional screws? Use the damn plate.

(er, I love his work, but this much ouch can still get me by surprise ;-)

Anyway, today, for some insane reason I am in a take charge mode, and a 'take care of myself' mood.  Both are good, but not exactly compatible.  On the plus side, I'll regain definition in my tricep if I let myself use crutches today. And my foot will get a bit of rest. 

So, today will be drinking more water, paying attention to my foot, taking vitamins, tending to some business around our home, planning dinner, and finally reading/critting Julia's poem.

Should the plan succeed, I can work on the story tonight.

Go me!

have a great day, stay safe in the storm.

S.

ROW 80 update # 5 (I think) from the Orchid house

So, on to the quick-and-dirty version of the update - Sunday is church day, and these kids don't dress themselves.
 - I stuck to the every-other-day routine
 - I added about 1000 words to the story (but took about 300 out that weren't pulling their weight)
 - I avoided poetry all week, to stay focused on getting 'unstuck', and answered a few questions while writing
 - I even got the energy up to make a "real meal" a few times this week, rather than the 'bake something frozen and convenient from the freezer section of the store' I don't have a large enough freezer to cook a lot of meals in advance to freeze, so this is a huge step forward for us.
 - The crutches only got used when out and about, so I'm regaining some strength (well, in my heel, anyway.  A bit in my leg maybe, too :-)
 - I'm in a good position (er, not in a necessarily Stuck place) for good writing this week, so I can start critting and reworking some poetry again too. Yay!!

I hope that everyone has a great week!  Take care!

S.

600 odd words or so tonight :-)

I had the pleasure of a parent involvement day today at school, so my usual writing time - nap time, went by the wayside. I took a bit of time out of movie night - a good one, but really violent! yikes! - to write on the short work-in-progress (a wip, I guess :-)  and there's a poetry critique for a friend, waiting for the morning :-)

So, 600 words told, that I like, and deleting useless ones I decided I did not, seems like a good, albeit short, session.  Got past another tricky part - and didn't have to get too bloodcurdleing, either! (yay!)

Also, discussed pros and con's of pen-names with my hubby.  I hear it's a popular topic these days. Maybe it will be easier to finish the story if I remember my names not on it. :-)

I hope everyone has a lovely weekend :-)

S.