Rachel is back to baseline, and I feel as if I'm emerging from a cave. While I'm not tremendously reliant on a routine, there is something reassuring about a routine where Rachel is concerned. A regular routine means she's healthy and we are going about life as usual. An unusual routine for her means additional meds and treatments - in other words, it means life has become dicey for my princess and it laces a shadow throughout our days.
But she is well again, and for one week, we'll have a bit of normality again. But just a week. Next weekend, I have to spend Saturday emptying her room, as they are starting the bathroom refit on Monday. And Sunday, I'm heading to Asheville to speak at the Blue Ridge Writer's Conference. I'm polishing my sessions up this week, and I'm really looking forward to the retreat and communing with other writers.
When I come back, they'll still be in the midst of the bathroom work, which may continue into the week after. After that, we begin our summer schedule with Rachel.
All of which means that any writing routine I may have had these past few months is toast. And yet another new plot occurred to me last night, so I need to find a new schedule, even if it's a flexible one, for continuing this part of my career.
All part of the new plan. :)
Posted by Ramona at May 11, 2008 09:56 PM