State of Me

So a lot has been happening, none of it particularly dramatic. I shall sum up!

* After we got back from WorldCon in Dublin, I had the back patio and sidewalks around the house replaced with stone pavers and had some drains put in. I'm hoping this will help keep water out of our house but it hasn't rained hard enough since then to test it. The patio was also a huge trip hazard, since it was cracked down the middle and half of it was tilting up, and there was a cavity underneath it.

* The car got crunched in the garage partly due to the sidewalk replacements changing the angle of the driveway slightly and had to be fixed, which took a week and a half.

* I got to go to a week-long writers retreat with friends out in the country and it was completely wonderful, even though it rained a lot. Not unrelated, I finished the copyedit of Network Effect and got it turned in.

* I'm working on a new thing but can't go into detail until the publisher announces it.

* I found out my doctor retired suddenly without telling anybody, but found a new doctor's office that is much more robust, and was able to get my ear fixed (it turns out water is supposed to drain out of your ears almost immediately and if it doesn't, it means there's a problem. I did not know that! So I had wax build-up in there that was holding water in my ear and was causing all kinds of problems. Pro tip: have the doctor look in your ears.) And I got an x-ray for my upper back problem, and a flu shot, and a prescription refilled, all in about 40 minutes.

* I hurt my lower back yesterday somehow while I was working out. It's a little better today, but I need to drive to a dentist appointment in about an hour, so that will be fun.

* Capclave is next week!

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