Update Link: A King’s Command – Part 24

Happy Friday! This has been a crazy week! I feel like my job both made me super happy and very frustrated all at the same time, LOL. On Tuesday, my supervisor asked if I was interested in returning next year as a French teacher. Y’all know I’m not super wild about teaching French, but I have enjoyed it more than I thought I would. So I told him yes, of course. It’s not guaranteed and I don’t have a contract yet, but knowing they want me back if it can be worked out is a huge relief for next year. And then, literally, the next day, they announced that in the fourth marking period, they’re cutting Remote Fridays and bringing us back full day instruction with alternating cohorts. They originally told us if we were coming back on Fridays, all instruction would be cut to half day one sessions, so I spent a week planning to cut my curriculum in half  — ugh. Anyway 😛

I went back to the doctor on Thursday, and he’s so incredibly lovely and supportive. He said my TMJ has been worse — he can feel my jaw out of line and that’s making the ear problem so much worse. I’m starting physical therapy on Tuesday, and he agreed to give me a cycle of Prednisone so I can try to get a break from the whooshing. I’ve taken two doses, and I’m already feeling a difference. Even if it’s not a long term fix, it gives me hope that once the TMJ is back under control, I can look forward to this problem resolving.

I’ve been working on Discovery for Smoke & Mirrors, and I’m really excited to be playing in an alternate universe. It’s so much more relaxing and I planned out the large movements. I just need to put it in order. I’ll be working on it for Camp NanoWriMo. My hope is to have a decent first draft done by the summer and it’ll be out in the fall. But I’m not making any plans. I just want to have fun and get myself back to a healthy mind set.

I’ll see you guys back here in the morning for Fool Me Twice!

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