This Blog Post is Being Sponsored By Caffeine

This blog post, and indeed, this Monday, is being sponsored by caffeine. Caffeine, for when your get up and go got up and went. Maker Faire was a blast. A very crowded, very hectic blast. Amusingly, our placement was between the two people who were next to us LAST year, so it was old home week at the Faire, and we were all making sure that everyone was taken care of.

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I Have a Million To-Dos and They All Need Doing NOW!

Today is Monday, November 2nd. Also known as "I have a million to-dos and they all need doing NOW!" Tomorrow I'm going to be away from my computer (and all other electronics) all day while I am working the polls for Election Day. Did I mention that I have to be at the polls at 6AM? Which means getting up at 4AM?

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Spooky, Scary… Politics?

Here we are, five days out from Halloween, and eight days out from Election Day. The perfect juxtaposition of spooky, scary politics. Here in Florida, early voting started last week (and I voted last week.) The current numbers at the polls are very close -- I think there was about a thousand vote difference between Democrats and Republicans who have already voted either by mail in ballot or in person.

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If It’s Not One Thing…

If it's not one thing, then it's a bunch of things. I know that's not how the saying usually goes, but I think mine is more accurate. Today especially has been a day like that -- I've been going from pillar to post all day, and I still have more to do, including putting words on the page. I had some "Oh, I was not expecting that!" moments in writing…

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Going Places and Visiting Places

Doing shows means that we're always going places and visiting places, and this past Friday was no exception. We went and visited Shelf Life Books and Gifts in Altamonte Springs. It's a little wonky to get to the shop, but it's a cute place, and the owners are lovely people. And they now carry my books! At the moment, they have…

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Screaming Into the Void

This afternoon, I feel like screaming into the void. Or maybe a pillow. A pillow won't complain the way the void does. Honestly, I don't blame the void. If an absolute stranger came and screamed at you, wouldn't you complain? Why am I screaming? Because Amazon. And every indie author in the audio radiance nods in agreement. Because of course it's Amazon.

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Learning to Work the Pole… err… Poll.

I spent most of today learning to work the pole... err... poll. I signed up to be a poll worker for the general election, and today was our first training. I still have online training modules to do, and an entire binder to read through. And yes, I was inspired to do this because of the social media campaign. If you know, you know.

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Home Again.

Actually, home again was yesterday. We got home from Smut Lovers, unloaded the car, and sort of fell over. If falling over includes six loads of laundry, that is. Today is a low-energy day, although I did go to the pool to exercise this morning. There's been a lot of seated work since -- backing up the computer. Making calls. Making graphics for Bi Books Forever (see below).

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Are We Ready Yet? No!

It's time! Smut Lovers Conference starts Wednesday! Are we ready yet? No!!! Well, not quite. The books that I have are in the living room, ready to be loaded into the car. That includes the box of books that arrived TODAY! There's one more box coming, and I'm holding out hope it gets here by Thursday. I may do all the prep work for the charity basket that I want to put together.

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“Thanks, I Hate It.”

The phrase "Thanks, I hate it." comes courtesy of College Boy, who has been saying it for years whenever faced with something that he either didn't want to hear, or that was truly brainbending. It's become so much a part of the family lexicon that it has shown up in a book (appearing in Children of Dreams, if I remember correctly.)

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And Now…. Breathe!

Two weeks of shows done. And now... breathe! I have two and a half weeks before the next show. Which means I have two and a half weeks to restock my books, because I was not expecting books to fly off my table the way they did! I started this run with a full table, and ended it nearly selling out of two titles.

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Catching Up

The Monday after a weekend event is my time for catching up. Laundry, cleaning up, getting the millions of things done that usually get done over the weekend. So today is my day to catch up on things. The last load of laundry is in the machine. My planners are updated for the week. I've read all (okay, most) of my emails and ordered the supplies I need for upcoming shows.

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Start of the Silly Season

This weekend marks the start of my silly season -- two shows back to back, then two weeks off, then another show followed by a week off before one more show. Then I get to breathe for a month and hope that I have time to restock before my last two shows of the year. Between now and the beginning of December, I have six shows.

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How Do I Do This Again?

This past week has been interesting. I spent quite a lot of time silently wondering "How do I do this again?" Okay, that's not entirely true. I did spent a bit of time catching up on what I'd already written. Sometimes, I can't remember what I've written from day to day, so remembering after two months was asking a lot. …

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Back to Work… Almost.

Vacation is over, it's time to get back to work... almost. I'm actually getting back to work on writing on Wednesday. I'm currently working on revising the metadata and keywords for all of my books. It's been a minute since I last updated mine, so it's well and truly past time. Yes, I'm updating all of them. Now, this sort of requires a lot of thinking about what the average reader plugs into the search engine when they're looking for something new.

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Six Weeks!

Today is officially six weeks post-op. Do you know what that means? Restrictions officially lifted! I can (slowly and carefully) return to lifting, bending, twisting and I can go back into the pool. So I can also get back to exercising! Of course, this is also the week when I'm going to be too busy to go into the pool. Well, maybe later this week?

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Progress!

Progress is progressing! Today, I was discharged from pain management, because if there's no pain, there's nothing to manage. Makes sense, right? The admins were all lovely and wished me well and told me that they hoped they didn't see me again. Which... I hope I don't see them either! I still have one more week of restrictions, and I've gotten to the point where I keep forgetting.

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Little Things

It's the little things that really drive it home when you're not running at full capacity. Things like... picking up something you've dropped when you're not allowed to BEND, for example. I had my first post-surgical followup with the neurosurgeon last week, and she's pleased with how I'm doing. I'm still on restrictions -- no bending, twisting or lifting anything heavier than a gallon of milk for another two weeks.

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Slowly and Steadily

Three weeks along in my recovery, and slowly and steadily, I'm getting there. Not going to lie, it can be frustrating. I cannot bend or twist, or lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk (which is about 8 pounds). I'm currently at that stage of recovery where I want to do all the things, but I'm not supposed to do any of them.

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It’s Been One Month.

On May 25th, I told you all that I was waiting for surgery approval, but that there was a safety valve where I could head into the ER. It's been one month since that post (more or less). I am now exactly two weeks post surgery. Surprise! I'm currently recovering, and doing very well. Surprisingly well, to be honest. I was almost entirely pain free immediately after surgery.

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And Now… We Wait.

And now... we wait. What are we waiting for? Last week, I sat down with the neurosurgeon. She walked into the room and asked, "Do you have your phone?" Me: "Yes." Her: "Good. Take a picture of this. I want you to see what we're talking about." So I have a photo on my phone of my spine, and of the disc that has breached containment.

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Still Rolling.

The ball is still rolling, and I don't have any firm answers yet. Tomorrow, I will sit down with the neurosurgeon, and we'll see where things go from there. I have my records and my imaging discs, and I'm about as ready as I can be, and I really just kind of want to go in and say "I'm broken. Fix me."

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