Coming up for air...
Over the past month or so, two events have collided, requiring that I take a break from various "extracurricular" activities, including blogging. No, I'm not giving it up for Lent.
- One of my consulting clients, with whom I have worked for over 10 years, asked me to work on two editing projects whose timelines happened to overlap considerably. Although my plan for consulting work had been to outsource most of it, there's still a lot I have to do myself on these particular projects. So, after my "day job" shift ends, I've been working nights and weekends to get the consulting work done. I'm very grateful for this work, especially in this economic environment. I feel blessed to have it, when several people I know are without jobs. Also, our expenses have been rising lately, as a result of #2 below, so the extra cash is welcome.
- F, who was diagnosed with cancer 6 months ago, is hanging in there. I'm pretty sure he would not have been here had we embarked on a conventional therapeutic route of radiation and chemotherapy. However, he has been bleeding out from a lesion a lot more frequently (on bad days, every couple of hours), and copiously. I'll spare you the details, but suffice it to say this has been somewhat stressful, both for him and for us. Today, we finally decided to get him an E-collar to prevent him rubbing/scratching the lesion. He's not particularly happy about being a conehead, but we hope it will help.
