alexandraerin | Update

I took an extended nap after my last post... pain and cold and walking in unfamiliar gaits are among the things that wear me down like nothing else, and while I've been sleeping easily and well, I didn't sleep long last night. My mother went out of her way on a very hectic day to help me get acclimated to my new reality, so I was out from under the blankets a few hours earlier than I would have been. My day, for all intents and purposes (except for the purposes of shopping for posture-correcting shoes and receiving sage advice) is actually beginning now.

I just wanted to note that while I'm making a lot of posts mentioning the pain (now more like discomfort), I still feel pretty good about things in general. Yesterday was not something I'd rate a good day, but it happened in the midst of what I consider to be a good period of a life that I enjoy and am rather fond of.

Just to follow up: the issue with our bathtub turned out to be incredibly minor, and now not only is the drip gone but we have more pressure in the jets. This is good, because not only are baths among one of my favorite pleasures and a great tool for dealing with aches and pains and muscle cramps, but the tub is our sole means of bathing here. If it were put out of commission for a while, we'd be pretty miserable.

I think the first thing I'm going to start in on from my task list is the Livejournal post. It's actually going to be something of a draft for an announcement that I'm going to put up on the MU website over the weekend, after I see the response to it here. I expect I'll get a variety of opinions on the whole thing, but I'm more likely to adjust the form of the message based on feedback than the contents of it. My plans are sufficiently advanced ~~as to be indistinguishable from magic~~ that they're not likely to change at this point, but communicating what's going to happen and doing so clearly is kind of a big deal. I want people to understand what is going to change, but also what's not.