hamletta | Winter Blues

Peaking in after a break… Haven't been feeling too good, both physically and mentally. I finished the novel daft, but it needs another pass to tidy up the loose ends. The second half went much faster than the first, but even so this project gave me more than my usual dose of brain-weasels. I'm looking forward to a month of not writing--I might edit a short story that I got a rewrite request on, but other than that I'll be taking a break.

The bad news is that my tennis elbow/RSI is not getting better. My physiotherapist said I need to give it time to rest, meaning, I should stop, or at least pause fencing. This is super disappointing as I've finally found a group I like and been making some small progress with my private lessons. I really don't want to take a break now--and don't even want to consider having to stop all together. I decided I'll go to two more lessons, then skip the last one before the holiday break, which would give me a solid month of rest and physio before we restart in January. Fingers crossed this will be enough!

In other news, I've handed in my first study assignment last week. It was more tedious than difficult, as it required finding out how the system works, what and how they want to see the assignments, formatting requirements, and so on. I'm staying well on schedule, but I need to get further ahead to build up time for when I'll start on another novel draft. Also, I was hoping to start the math module in February, and need to prepare for that as I haven't done any math since forever.

It's cold and dark here all the time now… Since when I write I revert to a totally night rhythm, going to bed at 6 am and getting up at 3 pm, I hardly get any daylight. That gets me depressed. I know it's my own fault, but it always happens anyway. Grrrrr

How long till spring?