• 00:09 Thunderstorms every day 'til Friday = no biking to work = all knee exercises in the evening = no free time.

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It seems like everything's speeding up as the date for my knee surgery limps closer and closer. My schedule's packed with events, and I'm not where I wanted to be in various writing projects. It doesn't really matter. Things happen, you do what you can, and you don't shouldn't waste time whining and wishing ( Read more... )

Since biking home from work seems to be going well (no excessive knee pain or swelling), today I started biking both ways. I can do this because I'm now working in a large office that actually has !showers! for people to use ( Read more... )

• 10:45 - My knee hurts today. Not sure if it was a good idea or a bad idea to do a full set of knee exercises after a 4-hr roadtrip.
• 12:57 Turns out pre-rinsing dishes before loading them in the dishwasher is bad (NYT): ping.fm/wfI71

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Attended: Writers Workshop, The Gathering, Writing in the Recession, First Wiscon Dinner, Opening Ceremonies, Haiku Earring Party, Livejournal Party ( Read more... )

• 10:44 ++ The swelling in my injured knee has gone down enough that I can comfortably bike! (Is good exercise for folks with bad knees.)
• 14:02 - Just stretched and ripped a hole in the elbow of my dress shirt. Okay, I need more business clothes.

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04/27/2009 - Monday, full work* Nothing--I think. My schedule right now is, "Work full time, come home and make dinner, do physical therapy exercises, go to sleep. Rinse, repeat." I really, really need to figure out how to wedge writing/editing/submitting stories time in there. Oh, wait! I read Poets & Writers on the bus ride to work. So that ( Read more... )

• 12:14 + Advantages of a morning Dr's apt: sleeping in, pancakes, crossing a couple of emails off my to-do list.
• 12:16 LOLcat priorities: ping.fm/EG6cd
• 14:12 + Dr said no more knee immobilizer. Hooray! - Probably painful "instability episodes."

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04/19/2009 - Sunday, no work* Did 3rd of 4 critiques for MinnSpec--was still 1 crit behind at the meeting. Excuses, I haz dem ( Read more... )

• 08:09 ---Forgot all my painkiller at home. Not a good start to the day.
• 14:15 Coworker about equipment: Oh, you bitch! ...Sorry. Oh, you son of a biscuit!
• 15:01 My parents address me as "dearly beloved gimp." :P
• 15:03 My coworkers suggest I do something less hazardous, like skydiving or parasailing.

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