…whereupon the Job Change craziness strikes with a passion. But routine is settling in, and so long as I can get myself to write on trains and busses, I should be able to finish the several things on my plate. Someone asked me recently, “how do you get so much done?”…

The desk has reached new heights of messiness, which coming from me is saying something.

It’s been a hectic time, as marked by a rare miss in schedule–there was no MDR for October. There are big changes coming in the paying-the-bills day job, which is stressful.…

September flew past. Work is work.

I have, tentatively, started running again. The right supplements (glucosamine) and hardware are helping.

But where did the month go?

I began the arduous process of querying agents on my novel.

I had zero caffeine yesterday.…

Something incredible happened–I cleaned my desk. Then I changed ISPs [good riddance AT&T], in the process locating the domestic NOC into my office, and moving stuff around for the installer guy. Net result: pretty much a wash.

Maybe even a bit worse.…

Bigger news than my main desk is my secondary desk, a drafting table set up in an “L” configuration with my main desk. It’s clean.

I reached a breaking point and cleaned my whole office. This secondary desktop now contains, in full: blank paper, two papers to be filed in the nearby cabinet, a rubber band, headphones, a library book waiting to be returned, and a box of various vitamins/supplements that I really need a place to keep.…

Here’s what’s happening on my desk and in my life.

The biggest news in my life is that I don’t have <serious, chronic, debilitating condition of the joints>. I’ve always drawn a line around blogging about medical issues because it sounds whiny to my ear, so I’ll just say this: I need to take it easy for another 8 weeks or so, and then I should be back running again. …