I feel like half of these posts turn into a ‘my body broke down on me’ conversations.  I’m going to dive right into what went wrong and prevented me from finishing a chapter of Darwin & the Beast Collector.  I’ll get it done this weekend and try to finish the next one though.  I’ve got a 4-day weekend coming up and that could lead to most, if not all, of the remaining chapters being finished.

Anyway, there’s a thing called plantar fasciitis, which is a word I’m not going to try to type again.  This is when the tendon along the bottom of your foot becomes inflamed and walking becomes a painful experience.  It started near the end of February when I spent a weekend walking around in new shoes.  Icing, massages, and resting as much as I could helped to keep it at bay, but it’s always hurt.  On Wednesday, the pain suddenly amped up to a stabbing sensation in my heel when I stepped down even remotely hard.  I ordered a foot massager that day, but it didn’t help as much as I had hoped.  I also couldn’t use it at work.  So, I ordered compression socks (not stockings) on Thursday and that reduced the pain to a dull throbbing then a faint ache by Friday night.  Unfortunately, I had to spend a lot of time massaging and icing during the week, which made it hard to focus on editing anything.

To be fair, I also had a lot of errands and chores to do since my parents have been in Italy since end of April.  They come back tonight, so I wanted to make sure things were clean and the kitchen had food for their breakfasts.  The rain also forced me to space out the yardwork and errands, so that ate into my afternoons and evenings.  By the time Friday came along, I was spent and just wanting to get laundry done.  So, I’m going to finish the chapter after breakfast and biking then tackle the next one after an hour of Pokemon Go after lunch.  It’s a special event and my son can’t attend, so I want to get him one of the shinies.  Beyond that event, I won’t be doing much else outside of editing today and tomorrow.

In other writing news, I price dropped all of my eBooks to 99 cents.  I won’t make the big post about it until next Friday.  After that, I’m going to simply mention it at the bottom of every Teaser Tuesday.  Maybe an occasional post about it around holidays.  Will this create more sales?  No idea since I can’t afford any marketing and have the social media reach of a hermit.  Even on my own Facebook page, I can’t get any traction beyond a sudden flood of DM’s asking me to promote a book or offering a paid service to help me.  Sometimes, the responses are immediate, which makes me think they’re bots.  Anybody else ever run into this?

Next week is only 4 days of work, but they’re going to be doozies.  Two field trips that will be outside if weather permits.  My son has his big concert too.  This is on top of studying, homework, and hoping to get some father/son time in.  Still, I’m fairly certain I can get at least 2 chapters edited prior to the end of Memorial Day Weekend.  If I pull of getting through the 1.33 this weekend then I’ll only have 3 left too.  That means the crazy week is going to be worth it.  Besides, the Pokemon Go event coming up sucks aside from a 3-hour one on Saturday that I get my son for.

Eh, let’s just jump to the goals:

1. Do more editing of Darwin & the Beast Collector.
2. Rest feet when possible.
3. Do biking more than walking.
4. Enjoy son’s concert.
5. Wear sunscreen and hat for field trips.
6. Work on summer blog posts a bit.
7. Shake fist at sky when rain comes back.
8. Sleep in tomorrow to rest up for the week.