Wrapping Up The Week (4th Dec – 10th Dec)

This week has felt like the longest one in a while. If you didn’t know, I took a week off from blogging due to my boyfriend being admitted to hospital for an operation on Tuesday and I’ve been helping him recover since (you can read more about it here). For that reason I haven’t really got a lot to show on this weeks wrap up.

My brain has been all over the place and the stress I’ve been feeling hasn’t helped at all. I even took a couple days off from writing because I literally couldn’t form a sentence in my head. I needed it though and I am feeling a lot better. So fingers crossed I can get back to blogging more from now on, even if it’s just 3 posts a week until things get back to normal.

Some good news though is that I start my new job tomorrow, which I am super excited about. Now that my boyfriend is able to move around on his own, I can safely go to work knowing he won’t hurt himself. Starting the new job will also offer me a distraction from all the anxiety I’ve been feeling lately (although I know I’ll still worry about him).

As I haven’t done a lot of reading there are no reviews to show, so I’ll go straight onto the next section…

I am currently reading…

For the first time in a while I am actually reading 3 books at once. This is due to the fact that I am still reading Glass Sword and Angelfall, but I also got accepted for a book on Netgalley that I couldn’t wait to read. And the book is…

I can’t put this book down, I am absolutely loving it and whenever I get a chance I am switching to the kindle app on my phone (until I buy a kindle at Christmas) and I am reading as much as I can. I’m over halfway now and should probably finish it tomorrow if I’m lucky. It is due to come out on January 2nd and is being published by HarperTeen. Also, look how gorgeous that cover is!

Other Fun Stuff…

I wouldn’t say that I’ve had a lot of fun stuff going on for me this week. It’s mainly been filled with trips to the hospital and doctors, giving medication to my boyfriend and generally running around for him like a headless chicken. Not that I’m complaining, it makes a change me looking after him, and I definitely feel that it’s brought us closer.

My writing is getting back on track and so far I have 42,000 words, something I am so proud of. I worked out that I’m about halfway through the story I want to tell and the next few chapters that I’ve planned have me excited. Fingers crossed I can have a first draft done before my birthday (which is in March, so quite a while away).

I hope that your week has been going well and you got lots of reading done! Hopefully you’ll be seeing a little more of me over the next week (as long as work doesn’t take up all my time).

Sorry For Being MIA Lately

So, I haven’t written a blog post in the last 4 days and I have a very good reason. If you follow me on twitter you might have seen a few of my tweets about the situation.

The last week or so, my boyfriend has been in a lot of pain with an abscess and we knew he would need surgery on it. He could barely walk and finally the doctors said he needed it removing (it should have been done days before, but it wasn’t). On Monday we had to rush him up to the hospital for an emergency operation, so he was kept in overnight and the operation was a success yesterday. He is now home and doing a lot better (I am currently playing nurse with all his medication and making sure he’s okay).

Due to all of this I haven’t been able to have any time to blog, read or even write. I’ve been too stressed to think about those things and even though it shouldn’t, it makes me feel guilty. Now that he is home and I know he’s on the mend I can get back to normal (or as close as possible), but it still may be a little quite on my blog for the rest of the week.

Sometimes unexpected things happen in life and it all grinds to a halt. It’s a part of life. I’m just extremely happy that everything is okay now and he isn’t in as much pain anymore (still a bit of pain from the large hole in his back though). I’ve have realised from this experience that I no longer feel faint from blood, which is great considering I have to look after him and do clean-up when things get a little messy.

I am sorry for the rambling in this post, but it’s also therapeutic in a way. I’ve been feeling a lot of stress and anxiety over the last few days, especially when it came to him staying overnight in the hospital. You always worry if they’re going to be okay and looked after well. Of course, all the doctors and nurses did a great job, especially making sure he was comfortable. And fingers crossed, we don’t need to make any more trips to the hospital.

I hope the first half of your week has been going a lot better than mine!