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Post Con Thoughts & Life Stuff

15/9/2016

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Good morning, Readers!

This was me, attempting to get out of bed this morning.
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I'm currently a big ball of hurt.

There's something interesting about this year's Can Con that I didn't make note of in my recap of my experience there.  That interesting thing was this:

I did not have a panic attack.

Every convention I've been to thus far had been preceded by or interrupted by a panic attack.  Every one.  Except this one.  I'm not sure what the difference was.  Perhaps it's that I've finally managed to cope with crowds and having people sit in a room and expect me to be intelligent and/or entertaining.  I also think that being at this particular convention is so like being with great friends you haven't seen in a while, and also a credit to all attendees, a place where it was safe.

So, there's that.  No panic attacks this year (though I came close before my pitching session).

Martial arts training has once again commenced.  I am so, so, sore today from Tuesday.  Technically, training began Monday, but I was still so exhausted from CanCon that I went home and curled up in bed instead.  So, a Tuesday start it was.

After three weeks where the only activity I managed was the hour walk from home to work and then back again, I was in no shape to be attempting much.  Still, go big or go home, right.  So, I started Tuesday as I normally would, some weight training (which my trainer very kindly made easier for me), and then an hour of kung fu followed by an hour of kick-boxing.

I'm paying for it today.  This morning, it took me several attempts to roll my body off the bed.  Everything hurt so much I could barely move.  It was rough.  But now that I'm back at training, I'm much calmer and happier.  It's weird how much I miss it and don't realise.

It'll take about two weeks for my aching muscles to calm down and I'll be fine.  Until then, I'll grumble about how sore I am, but with a smile on my face.

In other things, I am painting again.  I had a painting half-finished for a long while and now I'm finishing it.  It's taking a while, as the painting is of a bird, and birds take forever to paint.  It's all those stupid feathers.

Next week, I'll get back into writing, and maybe I'll have a finished manuscript by Christmas.  Who knows?  Right, I have to get working.

Ciao!
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