Progress Report

I'm back!!!!

And I've been coding the whole afternoon. I can't quite explain why, but putting all those labels and gotos and stats percentages changes has been oddly... therapeutic. 😊 I've also realized I forgot to write a small set of reactions from Lance and Mist based on whether or not you have the balm on your face. So, I'll need to add in that little interaction.

Other than that, the coding has been going smoothly! I love watching the file grow and grow, and update both the Summary and the relationship/stat pages as I go. Writing in the notebook and writing into Word is one thing, but when you actually see the story come to life and watch the program run it and report back zero bugs and errors... It's a different feeling. It's a good feeling.

I'm sorry for not posting sooner — I got back from my vacation on Wednesday but in the early hours of that day, at 3 AM, I turned in bed and got a severe episode of what's called Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV in short.

I don't know if any of you have ever experienced it - I sincerely hope that you haven't and never will - but words can't describe what it feels like. I've broken bones, I've hit my head at the bottom of a pool, I've had surgery on my abdomen, I've had dangerously high fevers, extremely severe cases of flu, I was even momentary blind in my left eye last week when a wave hit me so hard on the face that it gave me an ocular concussion — but none of that comes even remotely close to the agony that is BPPV.

Luckily, I was able to go to the nearest ER right away and after 10 excruciating hours, I was finally seen by a team of ENT specialists that performed the BPPV maneuver that mechanically sets the calcium crystals of my inner ear back to the place they never should have left. I immediately felt better and have been getting better and better ever since.

It seems I only have bad news to share lately. I'm sorry for being a downer! I just hate to be inactive without any explanation whatsoever (╥_╥). But, like I said, today I woke up feeling almost like myself again, and I began to code! On the weekend, I'm going to go shopping for a new writing laptop - probably on Sunday, because the doctors warned me that the crystals take a few days to settle into their membrane, so I can relapse if I move my head too much.

Tomorrow, I'll code again! And that's the goal for next week - code and code so I can finish the chapter! I also want to put into Word the snippets I wrote for the Patreon content this month and use the rest of August to work on the Rose as if it's my full-time job.

I hope you're having an amazing month. If you're on vacation, make the most of it! I loved mine, even if it ended on a sour note, but I feel recharged and ready. If you're not on break or vacation, enjoy the weekend to take a deep, calming breath.

See you all soon. I'll start to regularly post content again. 🌹