Or perhaps trudging forward. Drea’s recovery continues to be rocky. For every step forward she takes, she seems to fall a step back. So that has taken a toll on both our spirits. The current hope is for her to come home next Monday.

I’m trying to write. It’s tough to keep myself focused. And I just don’t have the energy to even train right now. So that’s a bit of a blow as well.

On the positive side, I’ve been pounding through “fun reading.” I just wrapped up on Douglas Coupland’s microserfs, which I’m most likely going to use as part of my thesis. I also finished Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in less than 20 hours. The Rochester D&C ended up running my capsule review on their website (you’ll have to search on my name to find it). I decided to write the review as a developmental exercise.