Personal updates, which are really about everything else

I'm still dealing with shoulder pain from the tendon I ripped in the Fall, but it is somewhat better. I spent last night lying about on a fluffy hotpad with cats and a book and definintly felt better today so clearly more rest is in order. I'm getting quite close to getting Alex's book ready so I'll do the cover reveal this weekend. It is glorious! Then I just have to reconcile the books, figure out sales taxes, write a press kit, organize personal taxes...well, you get the idea. This weekend is a lunch with folks more famous than I, followed by a hair cut followed by Theatre Unbound's Smackdown (formerly known as the 24 Hour Play Festival). Then Mom visit on Sunday.

Christmas weekend, my mother got moved to the memory care unit of the facility where she lives and both the unit and her current condition are making visits quite...fraught. We're swapping off weekends right now to see how that goes, so I'll go on Sunday and Jana will go next weekend when I'm on my more or less writing residency.

Said "residency" actually means that some friends who are going out of town for a while have loaned me their house in a distant suburb. I get to hang out and commune with my muse, drink lots of tea and be generally unavailable for a few days. It will be both very cool and much needed, as I have several things in progress with imminent deadlines. And in the meantime, I want to go see Proud Mary and do a bunch of other things. We'll see how that goes.More updates soon!