By Lately, the pain from this pinched nerve gets me up and out of bed around 3am every morning. Today it’s the tightness in my shoulder muscles and my forearm muscles. Some mornings it’s the searing, stabbing pain in my neck and shoulder joint.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s much better than it was a week ago.
I’ll wake up, possibly needing to go to the bathroom around 1 or 2 am. I’ll shift around, take the middle of the night pain pills, then toss and turn and doze a bit until I give up because I just can’t get comfortable. That’s almost always right around 3am.
I get up, get the cats their morning treats and start a pot of coffee. Then I sit and play silly Facebook games with my left hand working the mouse while I let gravity help loosen up my right arm. Usually by the end of the first pot of coffee, I’m mostly functional, though typing isn’t usually on the agenda this early.
Because I’m on limited duty for work, and am largely working from home, this means I have a little time to kill before I start my work day. Yesterday that meant working on my short story for the second anthology, and that’s probably what I’ll do today too. Either that or I work on the third book in the Shades and Shadows series.
Speaking of which, have you gone to get your copy of In Gathering Shade yet? The kindle version is available now. Paperbacks coming soon!
You can also get Through Shade and Shadow and In Gathering Shade together as a bundle on Kindle.
Once you’ve read them, I’d really appreciate a review. It only takes a minute. You don’t have to say much. I really hate how much we rely on them to get our books into recommendations, but we do.
I’m putting together a giveaway package that I’ll probably award in December. It will include autographed copies of both books in the series, as well as some fun things you’re going to love, so stay tuned!
On that note, my coffee cup needs refilling and my arm needs a rest. Happy Tuesday, Readers!
Natalie J Case 