Tag: disability

That falling feeling

I often find that feeling like I’m going to fall over is worse than the actual hitting the ground part. Not always,  but sometimes.

I’d say that I manage to stop myself in time a lit more often than I do actually take a tumble. The fact I don’t hurt myself is great,  but so is that fear that I might fall and hurt myself.

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Recovering from all the writing

Over the last couple of weeks I spent a lot more time than usual sitting down and writing, both at my desk and in my bed.

Thanks to all this, I got loads of work done and made a huge dent into one of the novel projects I’m working on. As well as all of that, I got rather a lot of back and shoulder ache.

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I can tell I’ve spent too long writing when…

  • My back has been sore for an entire week
  • I have had a numb bum almost constantly for the last three days
  • My hands are killing from so much typing
  • My legs are stiff and in constant need to stretching
  • I can’t seem to go longer than two hours without a cup of tea now

I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ve been spending far too long at my laptop lately and I love taking five minutes to lay down and stretch out all my muscles which my physios recommend that I do anyway to help with the muscle tightness that I get as a result of my Cerebral Palsy.

Thankfully, Camp NANOWRIMO is almost over. I set myself the goal of writing 60,000 words in the 30 days of April. My current word count is 39,641 so I’m not sure I’ll make it but it’s possible I guess.