{"id":2138,"date":"2022-07-31T18:48:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T22:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2022-07-31T18:48:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T22:48:48","slug":"half-way-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?p=2138","title":{"rendered":"Half-way there."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/beaver-dam-at-moss-glen-falls-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/beaver-dam-at-moss-glen-falls-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/beaver-dam-at-moss-glen-falls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/beaver-dam-at-moss-glen-falls-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/beaver-dam-at-moss-glen-falls-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/beaver-dam-at-moss-glen-falls-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/beaver-dam-at-moss-glen-falls.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beaver dam at Moss Glen Falls, Vermont<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The year is half-over today (okay, technically tomorrow, but bear with me). How is that possible? It totally feels like time is just &#8211; I don&#8217;t know. Perhaps because I have some very important doctor appointments starting tomorrow, and I&#8217;m simultaneously looking forward to them and dreading them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow, I meet with my new doctor at the Catholic Medical Center Weight Management Program. Wednesday, I meet with my new nutritionist and my new exercise therapist. I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s going to be hard. For all that I like planning things out in my writing, I hate logging my food, which I&#8217;m sure will be a part of it. I hate being told what I can and cannot eat. I hate having to monitor myself. But I have to do something, because my weight is too much for my frame, and my eating habits are, to be honest, shit. Ever since Brian died, I&#8217;ve pretty much stopped cooking for myself and am living on convenience foods, which sucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have to relearn things. I&#8217;ve let my therapy slip too (I know, I know), and it&#8217;s not going to be easy. But I&#8217;m trying to be honest with myself and you folks, so we&#8217;ll see how it goes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing-wise: I&#8217;m working on my #morningpages habit again. August is going to be the month of getting to bed on time and getting up to write my pages before work. I&#8217;m also starting the plot vomit for Dreams. This week, I need to figure out the overarching theme\/question of the book, now that I&#8217;ve realized that the antagonist I thought was the focus is not. Which, I mean, I guess yay for figuring it out before the book is written?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a good week, folks. Take care of yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year is half-over today (okay, technically tomorrow, but bear with me). How is that possible? It totally feels like time is just &#8211; I don&#8217;t know. Perhaps because I have some very important doctor appointments starting tomorrow, and I&#8217;m simultaneously looking forward to them and dreading them. 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