Life Update

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Well, I haven't really written anything since Monday this week.  It's kind of hard with all the painkillers, I guess, to really focus on anything long-term.  Reassurance, my first real entry into the then_theres_us challenges, got tied for third place, so that was a nice surprise.  I didn't expect to place considering I was pretty out of it on hydrocodone when I wrote it.  I really enjoyed all the stories that came out of the last challenge.  I've got a few paragraphs written on the new challenge, but it's hard.  I kind of feel like I've already written the perfect fic for that prompt a few months ago with Unexpected Outcome.  Still, I've gotten an idea after much staring at the new prompts.  If I can get myself to focus enough, it should prove interesting.  If not, well, I probably won't write for this challenge.

My knee is still very uncomfortable.  I go in for another ultrasound treatment tomorrow.  I had one on Friday.  The doctor didn't give me cortisone this time.  He did weigh me however, and I've lost eight pounds since the last time he weighed me, which makes for 18 pounds this year.  Guess giving up the soda really made for an impact.  I still don't know what my actual weight is and I don't want to know.  That way leads to certain doom.  I know I've been losing weight with the swimming because my body has been changing and it's obvious, but I just won't get on the scale at home.  I hate that thing and I won't let it run my life.  I also got a flu shot while I was there.  I'm thinking of seeing about getting more physical therapy.  What I had before was mostly massage therapy for the locked up muscles, but now I think I'd like to go through the exercises with someone who knows how to make sure I'm doing them right.  I just probably won't be able to do it until after jury duty.  Or else I'd have to start and then stop for two weeks.

I did 40 laps on Saturday and my arms didn't ache Sunday.  I'm still not kicking because that hurts too much, so it's just swimming with my arms.  I did about 35 laps crawl stroke and the rest were back stroke or side stroke or frog stroke (which is interesting with only your arms).  When I first started I had to switch onto back or crawl a lot, lot more just to get my breathing back under control.  I like the fact that I can go about seven or eight laps without having to switch to a different stroke for a breather.  There's another new lifeguard at the pool, another college boy.  He's nice, but I like original college boy better.  They both beat the girl lifeguard hands down, though.

We got our secondary storage unit cleaned out today and consolidated into the big one.  Well, I say we, but Chris did most of the work while I sat on the tailgate of Mom's truck and directed.  Mostly I was there for company and to make sure that anything we might need anytime soon didn't get buried in the back.  It's not like I can lift anything remotely heavy.  My knee can't bear the extra weight.  We didn't finish until after they'd closed the office for the day so we have to go back tomorrow and tell them that it's empty and we don't need that one anymore.  It'll save us about $70 a month or so, so that'll be nice.  There's enough room in there now to hold what little is left in both the house and the shed.

I hope I feel like writing tomorrow on LoF or THT.  I miss it.  I hate it when I can't concentrate.  And I hate it when I leave stories dangling.  *eyes OTVB, AR, ASWS, MiD, Crossing Boundaries, and ITDTH*