One More Week of Summer

    Editing was my friend this week. So were multiple appointments. The two do not go together well yet somehow it all worked out? (I don't know how, but my anxiety has been off the charts so that's probably a large part of the time management problem / short focus solution. Gotta see the advantages, right?)

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    There's only one week of summer left until the kids start school again. I keep laughing as whenever they're asked by friends and family they say they don't want summer to ever end, however, they both have a running countdown until the first day of school and there are many loud groans around bedtime when they don't have to get up for school 'tomorrow'. I'm just looking forward to a time in the day when I can shower without seventeen interruptions and minimum four blasts of cold air lol.
    As a positive for today, the mystery problem which didn't show up in any tests or scans but was causing my foot to hurt and swell has been solved. Did you know that feet have two arches? I didn't. My big arches are fine, but the little arches - the ones that go across the toe bones and are called the metatarsal arches - those ones are collapsed in my feet. It meant months of pain and swelling due to being a stay-at-home mom who likes wearing only socks, but seeing a specialist proved that I simply have to wear shoes or sandals to protect my toe bones from getting beat up every time I take a step. After a month of only changing my routine by wearing shoes inside the home, I have little to no swelling and the pain is nearly gone. Thank goodness for an easy fix for at least one problem!

    As another positive, editing my space Sci-Fi novella was the main part of this week's writerly tasks and I love this story even more as the first draft's rough edges get chiseled off and smoothed out. This is a neat story and the character voices shine. I have to admit, though, I'm looking forward to September when I'll be done focusing on these shorter pieces and can jump back into the deep end with my big Steam Punk series. I put querying and writing for the big one on hold to give myself time for creating new short story content. The big one is pushing on my brain again, though, so it'll be nice to fall back into that world.
    Yes, I'm counting positives. It deals blows to the depression, and those return hits count after life hits hard. I'm looking forward to the end of the current situation causing the anxiety and depression because whatever it turns out to be, at least it'll be an end. Ends are the best places to start beginnings :)
​    Hope you have a great weekend!