Edie's Haven

Three weeks in and I’m still doing PT and still writing every day. Still not writing Chelsea, but I did find myself thinking of her yesterday. Hopefully, soon, I’ll get the urge to finish her stuff. For now, I just keep writing. As for my physical health, I’m still in pain, but it’s reducing. It’s also very warm here, which is helping. We’ll see how it goes as the summer comes on. I’m also…

I’m keeping up with both my writing and my physical therapy. The first week was so bad, PT-wise. I tried my “normal” and kicked my own ass. As this is supposed to be gentle, I scaled back for week two. Still got in most of my reps, but let myself fall short. It’s been over a year, I have to be nice to myself. I’m writing every single day. Sometimes, it’s only one or two sentences, but it’s every…

The 9 to 5 reopened for the tourist season, and I’m back at work. I’m also doing the work. Since my back gave out, writing has been difficult. Constant pain makes it hard to think. Pain meds don’t really help in that regard. I’ve tried finding different places and times to write, but I can never tell how long I have when the urge hits. And the colder it gets, the more pain I’m in. However,…

Well, kind of. Which sucks because there are like four or five, maybe six more Chelsea stories. But I’m not writing. And I haven’t been. At first, I blamed the new puppy. Bruno was only 10 weeks old when he came to live with us in August, and he was a ton of work. He’s so stinking cute But as the weeks have gone by and now I’m on my break from the museum, I’m still not writing. And I know…

Yesterday was tour groups, and today it’s people beating the heat. But what it means is that I seem to have no writing time at all, anywhere. This too shall pass. The heat is supposed to break this weekend, although it is fire season so who knows… Once we get this mailing done at work, I’ll have a little more time on my hands too. Non-profit means it’s just me and the boss stuffing…

I spent the Fourth as I traditionally do, painting and fixing up my house. I found a fabulous chest of drawers from the 70s that fits my living room perfectly. That in turn gave me motivation to work my end tables. I’m not done with those, but I made significant progress. Mostly though, I sat around with my husband eating good food and drinking a little too much. Yes, I skipped publishing last…

I did remember to write my blog yesterday, what I lacked was anything to talk about. I’m writing in my head and not putting down words. And while that has always been part of my process, I didn’t feel like writing about that again. I wanted to actually talk about writing. Anyway, yes, I’m trying to form better habits. I’m trying to write habitually again. Step one to that is finding the right…

Yes, I am. I got so much done today, and I’m finally sitting down to write. We’ll see how it works out. But I spent my day organizing, sanding, gardening and cleaning. I’m still doing small things in my kitchen, a truly endless project. And we’re trying a back porch garden, and we’re repotting refuse from the kitchen. Anyway, it’s warm and sunny, and I’m getting stuff done. And it feels good.