The Magnificent Megan

The first one being, I’m writing a book! Under a pen name because I’ve found myself fond of those recently being in the tumblr roleplaying community. Not gonna share that yet because I don’t want anyone to steal it. Also not gonna share my book idea. But I will be giving updates on where I’m at in the writing process. It is a fantasy book. So I’ve got the background lore written, I need to flesh it out a bit because it might turn into my prologue, I’ve also got a lengthy bio for my main character. I’ve created a list of the most important characters and I’ll be writing short bios for each of them as well, I’ve got 4 of those out of 17 so far.

As for recently, I just had shoulder surgery to repair a tear and tighten my bicep tendon back in October. It’s been a long and painful process so far but I’ve been making good progress in recovery so far. It’s been rough on both my husband and I because he’s had to be my chauffeur and I’ve been out of work. Finances are struggling. I’ve finally just started driving in the last few days but I’ve been back at work and in physical therapy on top of regular therapy for several weeks. So we’ve been go, go, go constantly and utterly exhausted because of it. Now that I’m getting range of motion back in my arm and getting my independence back as a result, things have gotten substantially better.

I personally have been struggling with my weight because my life went sedentary very quickly when my shoulder issues started up. We’ve also been eating out waaaay too much because we just don’t have the time. But that is about to change! This weekend I plan on cooking multiple crockpot meals to last both of us for lunch and dinner next week. Here’s to hoping that they taste good and that it works for us.

So that’s me right now. If you’ve read this far, I really do appreciate you taking time out of your day. If you’re interested just follow and keep up with my progress in life. I’m also open to asks if anyone is genuinely curious about anything going on that I haven’t detailed so far.

Thanks!

Adventures in crockpot meals never cease for me. Yesterday, as I was planning to make the crockpot meals today, it was suddenly brought to my attention that we did not, in fact, own a crockpot >_< so I had to run to the store to get one yesterday. This morning, as I was searing the beef for the crockpot, I needed wine to deglaze the pan. Guess who didn’t have a corkscrew to open the wine bottle? So it was back to the store, which we needed to do anyway, to get a list of things we needed. Overall, our grocery bill this week has been exorbitantly high but they are things that will last a long time so I’m not super worried. The crockpot is currently going and I’m excited to see how my spring beef bourgiugnon turns out! If anybody would like the recipe, just let me know!