Monday Check In

Last week...

Writing Related:  Sorry for the lack of a new post last week. I've been laid low by a terrible cold the last couple of weeks.  I've spent a lot of time sleeping and trying to recover but I did manage to write 5k in new words despite feeling like my brain wasn't firing on all cylinders.

Motivational Quote:  "Perspective will either be the thing that frees you or imprisons you. Is it a failure or a lesson? Is it problem or an opportunity?" ~ Isaac Wooden

What I'm Reading:  I just finished reading Sticks and Bones by Carolyn Haines last night before I went to sleep. I will probably start the next book in the series, Charmed Bones, this evening. That book is the eighteenth book in the series. There are twenty-nine books currently in the series so I'm over halfway through. I've enjoyed most of them and figured out who the killer was in about half of the ones I've read.

Random Things: I planned on writing three books this year and I'm still struggling to write the first of the planned three. Between the ulnar nerve issue which slowed my writing pace waaaaay down recently, the compression fracture in my vertebra which also slowed my writing pace earlier in the year, helping my mom more than I've needed to in the past, and now this miserable cold that thank goodness finally seems to be easing its grip and moving on, I feel like this has been a difficult year writing wise. I try not to complain for the most part because I'm very grateful for all of my blessings and for my mom being in relatively good health for her age (she turned 89 this year). I realize that so many people are dealing with serious issues, health related and not, so that's one of the main reasons I try not to complain. I realize how lucky I am and am incredibly grateful.

Random Photo:

This is pretty much how I feel this year has been so far. I'm hoping it'll have a better ending.