Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Success and falls

Hey

I thought I would take some time out from thinking about NaNoing to write a quick blog post. I'm feeling a little fragile this morning so please don't judge me if this post involves a little self-pity. I might also talk about the things I've won recently to make myself feel better.

My foot is still a bit of a mess from being cast in a stupid position for 10 weeks. But now its more about strength of the muscles than pain. Which is good since I am starting to be able to walk on it a bit. Thank goodness. I've also worked out a way to get my wheelchair on the back seat of my car and hobble to the driving seat. This is great, I need to drive to feel free and do my job properly.
Its still going to be a long journey to getting back on my feet though.

Unfortunately, for the second time this year, I have Labyrinthitis, which causes dizziness and the feeling of sea sickness. I've had it a lot over the years and I absolutely hate it. It has to be one of the worst feelings I've had. Yuck.

But the main reason I'm feeling fragile is because I fell down our entire flight of stairs last night. I absolutely shit myself, if I'm honest. However, I did prove that my falling skills are amazing - my wheelchair was very close to the bottom of the stairs (breaks on) and I manage to avoid hitting metal and made my legs go through the middle of the foot plates. Impressive huh?
My chair is not exactly forgiving, so I imagine that my foot might not be as healed as it is now, had I have hit the chair.
I feel very shaky this morning. I can’t decide if I’m shaky because of the fall or the labyrinthitis!

In general, I'm not sure how I feel. I don't feel like work is going as well as I like. I keep remembering that I have tons of emails to get through, but I'm just being incredibly slow and un organised. This is not like me (in the real world). I'm also struggling to get school bookings in. This is not necessarily a bad thing as I've needed a slow start this term. But money is money.
The past few months have made me think that I may need to get myself a part time contracted job with a bit of security. Soooo... I've been doing a new CV for myself.
I have found a job that I have absolutely no chance of getting but it looks good so I'm going for it. Aim for the stars and all that! .

So, there are lots of things I am not happy with at the moment and a few things I am happy with! One of the things I am definitely happy with is my writing! If breaking my foot did anything positive, it made me sit down and just write! I've finally started getting stuff down that I actually like.

I'm 31,000 words into NaNo - I am so proud of this fact that I can't even put it into words.

This morning I woke up to discover that I'd won "The Lighthouse Poetry Contest"  - I forgot I even entered it, but I got 1st place for:

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The Journey  (E) Follow your guide to freedom #2011991 by Fran 🌈🧜‍♀️

I won 2nd place in the "Interview yourself" contest:

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Interview with my 14-year-old self  (E) 14 year old girl looking for answers! #2012080 by Fran 🌈🧜‍♀️

I won 2nd place in "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" 


I also won 2nd place in "Invalid Item"  - I don't have my prizes to show off yet but, again, I was very proud of this win as there were some skilful poets involved!


To Do List

Finish NaNo
Update "CLOSED!The Monthly Reading Challenge"  I'm so behind with this its stupid!
Enter one more contest before 30th November
Write 4 more reviews before 30th November
Post 10 poems into my port before 30th November