{"id":132,"date":"2012-01-26T23:38:32","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T03:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.stellamortis.com\/?p=132"},"modified":"2012-01-28T00:21:09","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T04:21:09","slug":"updatingness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stellamortis.com\/?p=132","title":{"rendered":"Updatingness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rob goes back to work Monday. \u00a0So far, he’s regained pretty much all his sight, though, like with the cataract surgery, he’ll be recovering for months. \u00a0Or closer to a year. \u00a0But now he won’t be restricted and stir crazy at home.<\/p>\n

The doctor had me stop taking the BP meds she put me on, after halving the dose. \u00a0Far as I can tell, they didn’t seem to do much other than give me a fine tremor in my hands. \u00a0Moreso than usual. \u00a0My blood pressure still seems to hover just below, or on, the prehypertension line, but I also wasn’t all that vigilant about diet and exercise for several months.<\/p>\n

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My mom visited for Christmas and New Years; it was only her second visit since I moved to Connecticut. \u00a0And Rob and his mom got to experience what Christmas was like for me growing up. \u00a0Tons of presents under the tree. \u00a0It was fun. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Now, not quite a month into the new year, I’ve somewhat settled into a routine. \u00a0For New Years resolutions, I had only two. \u00a0They should be easy enough to keep. \u00a0One-exercise. \u00a0Two-write.<\/p>\n

Exercise-specifically to exercise regularly. \u00a0Yeah, longterm I’d like to lose weight, but right now I’m focusing on regaining my stamina and strengthening my back. \u00a0I had both of these before, but in Dec 2009 I had bronchitis. \u00a0I never quite managed to recover completely from that. \u00a0Or I lacked the drive to exercise like I needed to. \u00a0Now that I’ve managed to get 3 weeks consistently on the treadmill, I’m starting to see small improvements.<\/p>\n

As for writing, that’s to write more. \u00a0Considering how quickly that dropped off with all the wedding stuff, that’ll be pretty easy to manage. \u00a0I’m starting small–500 words a day for 5 days, or 2500 a week. \u00a0Rob’s suggestion. \u00a0I was going to go with 250 a day, but he thought I should up it. \u00a0Long term for this one? \u00a0Finish the second draft of my novel. \u00a0And hopefully polish it. \u00a0Other incentives to write more include plans to go to World Fantasy con in Toronto in November.<\/p>\n

I’m on the right track; I’ve thrown out most of the rough draft and have a (hopefully) solid synopsis in place. \u00a0With lots of ideas for possible sequels.<\/p>\n

Now, I just have to get it written.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rob goes back to work Monday. \u00a0So far, he’s regained pretty much all his sight, though, like with the cataract surgery, he’ll be recovering for months. \u00a0Or closer to a year. \u00a0But now he won’t be restricted and stir crazy … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,21,99],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3TGyK-28","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stellamortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stellamortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stellamortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stellamortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stellamortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stellamortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stellamortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stellamortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stellamortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stellamortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}