I'm not dead yet!

Sorry for the unplanned hiatus–I had been writing a bit, and trying to write quite a bit more, but my body decided to officially rebel and give me a pinched nerve and joint problems. The pinched nerve has since been resolved, although my joints still like to give me trouble.

However, the joints are pretty much under control now, mostly because I have learned not to do stuff if I know it's going to hurt me, as in “no, I don't want to go for a mountain hike, thank you,” “I have made good progress on this DIY project but I should stop now,” and so on.

And then I get caught up doing something fun and Do Things without stopping to think if I should. Not even big things! ...and then I'm destroyed. Like, ow! Ow in so many places.

...but I've finished my next book, and I'll be starting another soon which hopefully won't take as long to finish. As long as I remember to moderate myself, and be more mindful of how I'm lifting...