Sooooo I haven’t updated since January. And I don’t know how that happened. But you can have bullets!
– I am mired in thesis hell.
Yes. This is pretty much summing up my life lately. I’ve done three drafts of my introduction/literature review. I’m hoping this was my last draft. I cut it from the original 35 pages, to 23, to 17. My adviser, Dr. LW, is on her way to Ireland at the end of this week (the lucky duck) and we won’t meet again until the end of the month. Which is when the edits to the body of my thesis are due. My actual thesis is due to Dr. LW on April 10th, then any corrections and the COMPLETED thesis are due to my editor, Dr. W, on April 14th. The anniversary of the day Lincoln was shot. Let’s all pray that’s not an omen.
– I am sick.
I talked briefly before about having chest pains and shortness of breath. I thought it was pneumonia or bronchitis, one doctor even thought it was asthma. Imagine my shock, kiddies, when I went to the hospital on February 25th and discovered that it wasn’t bronchitis, pneumonia, or asthma, but a pulmonary embolism! Yee haw!
So I’m on Warfarin (Coumadin) and Arixtra (shots in my stomach, what joy is mine) until further notice. I get blood tests every three days (joy! Rapture!) and I’m seeing a hematologist next Friday. I have difficulty sleeping at night, the gym is out of the question, and my lungs hurt. But the good news is, I’m not dead! Hopefully we’ll find out the cause of the embolism next week, or shortly thereafter. Fingers crossed.
– I finished Book 1. No, seriously this time.
As in, I printed out the complete manuscript yesterday, complete with the cover art and illustrations that Jess drew, and bound it. I sent it to beta readers last night. Guys, this is terrifying, and amazing, and exhilarating. My baby — OUR baby — has finally seen readers, has seen the light of day. And I am so, so proud of it. And scared. Holy crap, this is our baby and now I wait and see what other people think. I mean, I love it. And I know not everyone is going to. But…I want them to!
– I am not going to June Wildfire.
Due to the aforementioned blood problems, I’m paying $40 a week for the great honor of putting those shots in my stomach. And with ticket sale date for June Wildfire in a little more than two weeks, there is no way I can scrape together the $120 for a ticket right now. I’ll be going to the one in August, if I have to take money out of my tax refund to buy the ticket. As one of my friends said, Wildfire is my thing. And I want to do my thing. But it’s not practical or affordable right now. So I will do the adult thing and suck it up.
All right, that’s enough for today. Going to try and write more than once a month!
Honestly, Megan 