“May you live in interesting times” is a double-edged Chinese saying. Last week lived up to that, with no heating here at Tottering Towers and too much water surrounding DD’s house in Tewkesbury. It’s been all go again here this week, although mostly in a good way.
On Monday, I typed ‘The End’ on my latest Pocket Novel and submitted it.
On Tuesday, I was given three more exercises by the physio for the soft tissue injury to my hip. As soon as I can walk at a gradient without pain on the treadmill, I can start running again. Yay! I think…
On Wednesday, after a sleepless night of worry, I had Nessie the permanent cast removed from my wrist. The process was nothing like as bad as I thought it would be. Watching videos of casts being removed from uninjured volunteers turned out to be a very bad idea. Their limbs were being twisted around in a way I knew would have me passing out with the pain!
I needn’t have worried. When you have a real injury under that plaster exoskeleton and it’s not just for show, the medical staff go out of their way to avoid causing pain.
Still, I was disappointed not to get a sticker saying I’ve been brave at the hospital!
On Thursday and Friday I settled down with my Work in Progress, Kitten Cupid. I’m not getting much done. Every couple of hours I have to stop and do a session of physiotherapy, either on my wrist, or on my hip!
I’ll be sending out my first newsletter of 2024 next week. It will include an extract from my next release, Royal Risk, an update on my other writing projects, and more. Sign up for my newsletter here and I’ll send you a copy of Royal Rivals, a collection of short stories about the heroes and heroines of my Royal Romances series before their lives became entwined…