After two weeks of intermittent pain flare ups, the broken rib is now an injury that reveals itself a few times a day, rather than being a pressing inconvenience I constantly think about protecting from further damage. Now and again, I’ll twist my torso the wrong way or too quickly and remember why taking it easy is so important. Deep breaths can be challenging late at night. But otherwise, the sun is rising and setting. I’ll return to Krav Maga in June.

On a more recreational note, I’m having fun with The Confession. It’s been a slow ramp up, but the gains of translating something that consists almost entirely of dialog into a blend of third person narrative and snippets of adversarial exchanges, are becoming more visible. The work even seems worthwhile, albeit a bit tedious at times.

Speaking of time, it’s taking much more than forecast. The initial resolution called for a stable draft by July. I have … well, imagine something like a quarter draft.

So that commitment means a lot of work over the next six weeks. May require some reinforcements. I bet this guy can help: