Finished. And it's not bad, even though I didn't have a brief to work to, or find out the title until last Wed...
I ended up committed to 8K words by last Fri and the remainder today. Tight, but proved very doable. Not sure when it'll be published - has to be edited first, but I've been told I will at least get to see the final book before it goes to print. Hopefully they won't need to do too much to it.
And everything fitted in around appts. Tues Dentist refilled the problem tooth with more of the medical stuff and I go back in a couple of weeks for the final filling, though since a chunk of the enamel has now broken off, it may be more work than originally planned. It is dead now though, no more pain. I researched for the book during Kai's counselling appt on Wed, then went with him to his drs appt on Thurs a.m. Andrew from Crystal Clear came in the evening and we're now waiting for the surveying bloke to come take the measurements for the first round of replacement windows: lounge, Kai's room and our room. Friday was my MATS appt with Dr Ng: he told me I need a holiday. Three months in Hawaii would do. Yes, he actually said that. In the absence of that, I have a routine of twists and stretches to do three times a day, with hand exercises every hour. And I have to lie down for at least 15 mins every day and do nothing. (Actually, I play my old New Age ambient music through the CD player I found at Weston, which now goes by the name of Cosmos since he's round like the little UFO. It's fun re-finding tracks I particularly like!) And he gave me the carpal tunnel injection into my wrist, oh joy. So that's me told. And now I have both Ken and Kai nagging me to stop bombing around and rest. Which will be fine if they carry on helping around the house...
Have had fun with amazon too. My old potting table managed to break (I think a fox may have jumped onto it) and while we've propped it up, it's a bit precarious. So I found a nice pressure treated wooden one on amazon and ordered it. Details said delivery in 3 - 5 days: was it hell! Two weeks - and then I got the email saying it had been despatched, went to track details only to find it was showing as undeliverable and on its way back to supplier! WTF??
Contacted amazon, who apologised and arranged to send a replacement.
Same thing happened again.
Contacted amazon again, who apologised, refunded the money, and said they'd investigate.
Just before I left for my MATS appt, potting bench was delivered.
[HEADDESKHEADDESK]
SO contacted amazon again, and asked how to pay. Luckily that just involved me giving them written permission to call for the payment again.
It's a nice little bench. Will photo once it's assembled and in place.
The obligatory garden photos...
Hazels and ramsons.
My life has been a long sequence of synchronicities, the latest one on Sat when Ken came with me to Tesco to pick up the heavy stuff in Wheelie. There are now a series of tiny Transformer turbo chargers blind bags and Ken said I should grab one. So I did.
It was Starscream...
But does this mean he'll be reappearing in the Transformers: The Last Knight film, out in June? Fingers crossed!
We watched Inferno on Filmflex last night. Interesting and thought-provoking.
Not sure if I mentioned radio garden anywhere: it was mentioned on tumblr. I'm currently listening to J-Pop live from Tokyo. Such fun! (The local ads are annoying, but I guess they must have to pay for the service somehow, it's free to use...)
Time to get dinner served. Roast chicken tonight as it's a Bank Holiday. Later!!
Labels: books, busyness, films, garden, medical matters, Transformers, unicorns
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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2 Comments:
Even if you were given three months in Hawaii you wouldn't stop... :)
Busybusy. I can't keep up with you. But the garden is looking splendid!
GoodTwin
There is that... I'd rather go to Japan though. Kyoto, specifically. That would be fantastic.
Thanks! It's doing quite well at the moment. Still a lot to do, but we're getting there.