I had three different appointments this week. Two were medical and one involved lunch with an old friend.

Medical earned me a new permanent medicine that doesn’t thrill me. I guess we all start building those up eventually. It involved a new test the doctor said they give everyone every visit. I suspect my work insurance would not cover it, but my retired insurance does. Here we are. This is the first time they’ve ever conducted this test on me in ten years of seeing the specialist.

I also elected to try the injection for my trigger finger. $45 for my part vs a surgery. This thing made the pain go away almost immediately. The locking joint is more of a sticky joint now, but I still can’t close that finger completely. I was also told that it could take up to six weeks to see the full effect.

I can type without pain. My hand is not perfect, but is functional again. I’m thrilled so far.

Weeks like this don’t provide a ton of extra time. Everything in the Treasure Valley is twenty miles from here and we live in unprecedented levels of traffic and permanent construction cycles. I try to be early for everything, because I can’t predict when I am going to get caught in these obstacles.

Having said all that, I did manage to write new words two different times this week. Neither session provided a lot, but it feels like an accomplishment. These are the first new words all summer. I have hopes to do more in the coming week.

I admitted back when Mom showed up for her visit that I was not going to finish the next Hat story by Halloween. I’m not going to pressure myself over it now. This is how I came to add words to my long suffering Space Opera. They get done when they get done, and that is where the Muse pointed me.

Looking forward to a week without appointments and possibly some new words.

How are all of you doing?