Well, it’s been a year. One that will forever live as the year my mother died, and that I kinda fell off the grid afterwards, for what might seem obvious reasons to most but is a bit of a mystery to me. Mostly, I think, because it was all coming and I could see it but I didn’t want to.
However, this is a time of celebration for most.
And so I want to take the time to say thank you to everyone who’s stuck around, despite my absence, and to wish everyone the merriest of Christmases and happiest of holidays for all the other holidays celebrated here, there, and all over the world.
I’ll tell you about it sometime, but now I’m too tired. Sorry for the vagueness.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that there can never be too much coffee in the world. But maybe there can be too much coffee in my pot.
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That feeling when you go to bed early because you have to wake up at 5am for a 3-hour drive but you’re so anxious that you won’t get enough sleep that you don’t pass out until 3:30…
At least we had fun! And yes, we made it home safely.
Photo: Alex (in yellow) at batting practice in the outfield at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, where the Blue Jays play.
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Sometimes you’ve got to just stop and take a picture of the roses.
Photo: A pale pink rose among the greenery.
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I don’t know what causes it … stress, maybe? But it’ll go away, sometimes for a few days and then it’s back with a vengeance. And I don’t think I eat anything different on those days. Maybe I do the day before, though, and it’s a delayed reaction. Is that a thing with heartburn?
I had an appointment booked for yesterday morning. I booked it about two weeks ago.
Then last week, my daughter-in-law asked me if I could drive her to an appointment about an hour away on the same day – yesterday. At first I said I couldn’t, but then I asked what time her appointment was. It was late in the afternoon. So I said I could do it.
Then Alex started complaining of a toothache on Thursday night (the day before yesterday), so I said I’d call the dentist, knowing for sure I’d have to cancel an appointment if he could get in.
Yesterday morning at 9:00 I called the dentist. They had an appointment available smack dab in the middle of the other two.
Perfection.
I made it to three appointments yesterday with no problem.
… okay, so maybe it wasn’t complete perfection.
I didn’t make it home as early as I hoped I would because I had to wait for the sun to go down before I could drive. It would have been shining right in my eyes on the highway.
Stroked received a very nice 5-star review on it from a fellow author, Linda Fausnet:
This is a sweet love story between two misfits – a male stripper with a checkered past and a man with an endearing (and sometimes humorous!) speech impediment. Casper and Tristan find love while sharing their passions for art and swimming respectively as well as their passion for each other. Though this is book three in this terrific series, this novel can easily be read as a standalone. Also features a fun cameo from a familiar character that regular readers of this author will really enjoy!
And the rest of my day has been filled with my two new editing clients.
Until now, when I’ve finally had a chance to sit my aching body down and write.
And after this?
Write the next book, of course.
Thanks so much for reading.
See you tomorrow for the JusJoJan wrap up post!
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This post of highs and lows is brought to you by Just Jot it January!
Our prompt word for January 29th is “exercise.” Thanks so much, Wendy, for the energetic prompt!
I try to exercise every day.
Okay, maybe try is a big word.
Maybe it’s more like I plan to exercise every day.
Okay, okay, okay. I think about exercising every day.
During the height of the pandemic, when Alex wasn’t going to school and the library was closed so Chris, my other son, stopped going out once a week, I bought a treadmill.
Are there months when it doesn’t even get used? Sure.
I still try to go out for walks when it’s not too snowy or icy or cold or hot and humid.
But does it get used when those conditions are not the case?
I used it a whole three times last week. And once so far this week.
I need to try harder.
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This self-motivational post is brought to you by Just Jot it January and Wendy! Please be sure to check out Wendy’s blog here!
