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I haven’t forgotten about you

It feels like it’s been too long since I posted here. You probably don’t think that but it feels that way to me. More and more of my time is being taken up by an endless cycle of editing my writing that I’m not even sure will ever be good enough, reading books that I’m counting as research for said writing, and making sure that I spend time with friends and family. I’m loving it, but I’d like to do more, more editing, more reading, more family and friend, more blogging, more YouTube video making.

It’s fair to say that this blog has taken a bit of a backseat of late. Sorry about that. I haven’t forgotten about it, or about any of you that come and read it. I think about View From a Walking Frame all the time.

The thing is, I feel in a pretty good place with my writing at the moment, and I’m never sure how much I should talk about on here because I know a lot of you come here for cerebral palsy related posts. But a lot of you probably know that I really want to be a published author one day, and I’m working on a novel that I’m actually really excited about. I’ve been working on this particular one for about 3 and a half years, but over the last year or so, I’ve made really good progress with it. I’ve almost got a full draft that I’m happy with. I know that after that there’ll be lots of editing to do, even though I’ve been doing a lot of it as I’ve been going along.

I’ve not forgotten about you all, though, and I can start posting about that a lot more on here if you think you’d like that.

Taking time for the little things

This week I’ve actually made some time to get on with all those little things that I’ve been meaning to do for weeks. They aren’t all things that are all that important to the ebb and flow of everyday life, but I think they’ll all come together to make me feel better within myself.

Sometimes I don’t think I talk enough about the ebb and flow of my everyday life away from my cerebral palsy enough on this blog. It’s not all that interesting, but I’m feeling in quite a positive place right now, so I thought I’d talk about it.

Going to the doctors

I finally went to the doctors because I’ve had a cough for about a month. It took me so long to go because I didn’t want to waste their time if they were going to tell me it was just a cough that could go away on its own. However, four weeks or so down the line and it didn’t seem to be improving. Obviously, the practice nurse I saw was lovely and gave me some antibiotics just help it on its way.

She didn’t make me feel like I was wasting her time at all, which was a relief.

Sorting my hair out

I have finally, finally, finally booked myself in for an appointment at the hairdressers. I think I’ve actually been meaning to do this since the end of November or early December, but life happened. Now the situation is getting pretty desperate and my fringe is taking over half of my face to the point where my mum keeps saying that if I don’t get it cut soon she’s going to take the kitchen scissors to it herself.

I’m scheduled to go next week and I can’t wait to not have my hair in my eyes anymore. I’m not sure what I’ll have done. Probably just a good trim.

Buying printer ink

Since the start of the year, I’ve been working on a massive edit for one of my bigger, longer-running writing projects. I’ve been printing lots of pages so I can edit them on a hard copy. It also happens that the ink lights on my printer have been flashing at me for the last couple of weeks, but like Penny and her ‘check engine light’ on The Big Bang Theory, I’ve been ignoring it and hoping for the best. I finally bought some more yesterday. I haven’t actually changed the cartridges yet because I think I’m going to wait for them to totally run out first, but, y’know, when they do, at least I’ll be ready now.

Edited my CV

I spent some time last year doing freelance work, so I stopped actually looking for full time employment while that was going on. Now though, I’ve finally got my CV up-to-date and started applying for more things. Getting to interviews by myself in the cold, icy weather can be a bit of a challenge, but I’ll worry about that if I actually get any interviews!

 

I still have lots of other stuff that I need to do, like phone wheelchair services to ask them if I can new seat belt for my wheelchair because mine’s getting a bit worse for wear, and I have birthday presents, cards and wrapping paper that I need to buy at some point this week.

I think I’m making good progress though, if I do say so myself.

 

 

NEW VIDEO: two years of blogging about Cerebral Palsy

Here’s a video that I made last week with my sister in celebration of the fact I’ve been blogging about my cerebral palsy for two years now.

Watch more of my YouTube videos here

A message from me to you on my blogging birthday

Sophie has just helped me film a video for you all to celebrate my 2 years of blogging which I’m hoping to get up for you all tomorrow or the day after because I’m not going to have time tonight. I hope that’s okay.

In it I say a special thank you message to all of you and we play a game of Who I am: YouTuber edition and she did my hair. It was really great fun and the fact that my family support everything I do means so much to me. The fact that you all come back time and time again to read, comment, like and share my posts means so much.

Thank you,

I love you all,

Nic

The busy month ahead

April is already shaping up to be a busy month here in Nicland.

This month View From a Walking Frame will turn two! I can hardly believe it, so I’m trying to plan something to mark the occasion, watch this space!

I’m also taking part in Camp NANOWRIMO this month, which is by the same people behind National Novel Writing Month in November. In November participants try and writing 50,000 words of a novel in 3o days. During Camp, you set your own writing goal, and over the course of the next 30 days I plan on trying to write 60,000 words. Wish me luck, I might just need it.

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