My recovery has been going well. I think my jaw just wants to shift back to its original state of misalignment, but that’s just rehabilitation work to correct it. I’ve been able to consume a few more solid foods - wet rice and refried black beans, ground up tamales, peanut butter mixed with chocolate pudding. And I should be back to just braces and rubber bands later this week. It’s pretty dope. 

The big obstacle right now is speech. It’s been a little painful since the muscles and bone are still recovering, as well as canker sores developing from rubbing against the medical equipment in my mouth. And I miss talking regularly. It’s one of those “don’t know what you got until it’s gone” sort of things. Don’t get me wrong, writing and text is nice, but voice communication not only adds convenience, it adds layers of personality to a conversation.

But, my sister suggested that I record something in this voice while I have it. I never got around to it, since I had some fatigue throughout the week and producing something that I’d been happy with would require a lot of effort. At least, a lot more effort than I’m willing to put into recording my voice. Maybe I’ll do a small reading of one of my works and post it here. That would be fun. Plus, I’ve been meaning to do readings and productions, so why not start it with something fun and silly? I’ll post the result of it some time here.

As I get closer to going back to regular life, I worry about not being able to post as much as I’d like here. To be honest, I had a four day posting schedule that I haven’t even been able to keep up with, despite the time off. Recovery took a lot more out of me than expected. But hopefully within this time frame of lowered obligation at work and capability of writing I’ll be able to put some good stuff out there. 

I’ll tell you all that I’m still editing manuscripts while trying to maintain the schedule here. It’s going well. I’ve read work that I wrote before and been amazed and ashamed simultaneously. And I gotta say that it’s the same now. 2016 me had a little different approach to conveying what I wanted to say. After my re-reads of manuscripts, I’ll be working on editing and rewriting, hopefully sharing little tidbits with you all. It’s gonna be dope. I also have a friend reading through one of them. I trust him and take his opinion pretty seriously, so I’m stoked to hear what he has to say.

Other than all of this, things are going okay. I went back to work and received warm welcomes and some laughs, hung out with friends, and got back into Dungeons and Dragons. It’s dope.