On the Mend!

After spending just over two months hobbling about like Tiny Tim (I fractured the 5th metatarsal bone of my right foot on Halloween 2011) I'm finally going to be having my cast off this Friday. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to it... although god knows what my leg is going to look like. My future husband has already said he's glad he's not going to be there to see it... and won't be home until I've had time to get it looking halfway decent!

I wish I could say that I've used my time off from work to do plenty of writing. Unfortunately, I suffered a setback shortly after my last blog update (way back in June) and lost the last 4,000 or so words to "The Doldrums", plus some editing to the bulk of the text. I have no idea how it happened... I can only say that Microsoft Word's Auto Recover system failed me. But 4,000+  words is a lot to lose, and it left me feeling pretty disheartened. This, along with a general case of writer's block, mean that I have done precisely zero in terms of writing, although I have been keeping myself occupied in other ways (such as reading, playing piano and even learning a little bit of Spanish).

Nevertheless, I feel disappointed with myself and, since it's the new year, I am resolved to do better in terms of writing. Firstly, I plan to keep on top of this blog! I will probably use this particular one for more personal updates and posts related to writing projects of my own. But I also have plans to start a few alternate blogs dedicated to some of my other interests. In particular I want to start a Book Review blog, although the possibility of reviewing this such as video games and perhaps doing a page on piano has also occurred to me.

Hopefully this time I might actually keep my resolution and see this through!

(Speaking of resolutions, breaking my foot actually helped me towards one of last year's resolutions - to lose weight. Odd, since I expected to gain plenty of it while sitting on my arse all day, but apparently not. I wouldn't recommend it as a weight-loss plan though).