August

Work-related:

1. I completed two sets of edits and began work on one other author’s edits.
2. I read several Burn entries.

Health-related:

1. I continued with my immunotherapy. I underwent one Keytruda infusion this month. I also continued taking Lenvima at an every other day dosage due to side effects.
2. I had an appointment with my heart doctor, and all is well. I won’t see him again for a year.
3. I underwent an echocardiogram, with mostly normal results, so no worries there.
4. I underwent a PET scan. In all the places I was most worried about—anything around my abdomen—no growths were found. There was one sub-centimeter dot on a parotid lymph node beside my jaw. Just something to watch for now.

Happiness-related: 

1. I’m visited my sister for a small vacation at the beginning of the month! It was delightful staying with her and catching up!
2. I swam every day the weather cooperated! Unfortunately, rain and cooler weather hit during the last week of the month, and now the pool is too cool for me to swim.
3. I completed my participation in #the100dayproject. Here are a few small pieces I completed in August:

September

 

For work-related, I plan:

1. To finish reading the Burn submissions and announce the lineup for the next anthology in early September!
2. To finish writing Ignition! Again—no excuses! This will complete the Delta Fire series, my erotic firefighter stories. The book will be out by the end of the month!
3. To begin work on Built Like Mack, the next story in my We are Dead Horse series.
4. To complete working on the edits I have for one author and await the arrival of another project coming in September.

For health-related, I plan:

1. To continue to focus on recovery! Rest when I need to, and some light exercise. I have to figure out what, other than housework, I can add to my exercise plan since swim season is over.
2. To endure two immunotherapy sessions this month.

For happiness-related, I plan: 

1. To establish a new exercise regimen now that swim season is past and commit to it!
2. To create more art.

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