All hail the chemicals of the modern age

[azhure]

The weather has turned very cold in the last few days (with our definition of very cold being 1C this morning – and I know that’s probably not remotely cold to a lot of you!).  It’s nice to have some fine days, even with the cold, but it’s settled into my joints badly.  I can honestly say that so far, the pain levels I’m dealing with are probably the worst I’ve had since I first got sick (almost ten years ago).

So it’s back to the steroid taper, which has the effect of helping the inflammation in my joints (once it kicks in in a couple of days) and making me slightly hyperactive to boot.  I don’t often notice the energy surge from the drugs, but I did today.

Despite the joint pain, I managed to have one of the most productive days I’ve had in ages.  Did a tonne of housework, including vacuuming the whole house, mopping all the tiles and hanging out something like 6-7 loads of laundry (Two freshly laundered today, the rest accumulated and unable to be dried over the last rainy few days).  Also sorted through another section of my wardrobe and added to my bags of clothes to be donated.  And just because that wasn’t enough, I also baked a loaf of banana bread.

Somewhere in that I also read a great many books to the kidlet and played with him a lot.  And gave him a lot of cuddles, for he is being super clingy these days.  As I type this, the husband is toweling the kidlet off after his bath, which the kidlet is not impressed with.  The life of a 19-month-old when he is tired and really, really ready for bed is a hard one.

I also started writing the actual draft of Thought and Memory.  Outlining this time has been an interesting experience – I almost feel like I’m coming in at the second draft stage already.  I really enjoyed it and got into a groove, ending up with 1,100 words and the first half of my first scene.  Which has changed somewhat since the last incarnation of this book.  I need to hassle a few of my trusty readers and see what they think of it.

And I am on the last bit of reading for my Her Words and Worlds project – started reading Madigan Mine by Kirstyn McDermott today.  Rereading, really, since I have read it before.  I’d forgotten how much I loved this book

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.

Comments

[lupagreenwolf]

Hope you're feeling less achy soon!

[tangledaxon]

Sending you lots of warm thoughts through the cold. And I'm terribly curious about the progress on TaM!