December 19, 2003

    Okay, here's the deal:  my wrists have been better for a while now.  They were in a lot of pain for about two weeks, and I wore the braces all day long.  After that, they started feeling better, and have been doing better since.  They still get achy if I do too much--especially too much mousing--but they are basically okay.  I'll survive and I won't have to give up typing.  I'll just have to be more aware.

    As soon as I was able, I switched desks (back to our original WalMart special computer desk, which had been banished to the closet) so that my keyboard and mouse are lower and more comfortable for me.  Now the monitor is too high, and I will no doubt give myself permanent neck problems, but what the hell.  I compensated for this by stealing Shorn's chair, which has a tendency to lean backwards.  Now,  when I want to type, I pull the keyboard down onto my lap, prop my feet up a little, and lean back.  This lets me look at the monitor without craning my neck, plus is makes me feel all badass, like some sort of cyber-lowrider.  I rule.

    All of this is leading up to my explanation that I didn't mean to neglect my blog for so long.   The problem is that after a dramatic entry, such as my last one, I always feel the need to explain things.  I can't just jump in and start babbling.  If there is a break, I have to give my readers a good explanation--even if all of my readers know the explanation in real life.   I want the blog to have some sort of continuity.  But I'm not always in the mood to write that filler part, so the entire blog gets put on hold until I am.  This is one of those tendencies that I'm trying to overcome, but I seem to have a hard time remembering that when it's happening.

    Wednesday was a good day (a bazillion batches of cookies, with mom and Rita Celestial),  yesterday was even better (up at 4:30, day spent in Yosemite, night spent watching Return of the King), and today I am deservedly tired.  So I am going to leave you all with this, my "filler" post.  Hopefully this will free me up to post with reckless abandon from here on out.