Weekly Update

How are you doing my beautiful people?
I’m good. Although, last week, life got in the way.

Production-wise I did ok. I did manage to deliver the 2 pages I was aiming for. But I was hoping to work a bit on what I now call: “the Stella Starlight’s Adventures,” and that I didn’t get to do (other than writing down a few of my ideas, so as not to forget about these).

It started great. Monday and Tuesday, I managed the first of the 2 pages, and as I just said, wrote down my ideas. But Wednesday was a bust. I didn’t like what I was doing, and after a few hours I decided to take the rest of the day off. It happens, not an issue. BUT…That night, I started to feel pain in the top right of my chest.

Now, I wasn’t really worried, since I've had “something” there for a while. My doctor knows about it and, in her opinion, it is benign and probably muscle-related. But I still decided to call her the next day… at the same time (and I am aware that this is quite a contradiction… but that’s the fun of anxiety issues for you) it triggered a panic attack. I knew it was a panic attack... but I just couldn’t get it back under control even if I knew there was nothing to panic about. So I took one of my pills and managed to go back to sleep an hour or so later.

The next day, when I called my doctor to schedule a meeting, they decided that there might have been something to panic about and that she needed to see me urgently.

So, I spent Thursday with my doctor, going through a bunch of tests to make sure that, in the end, it is still the same musculature issue. The day before, I had thrown their ball back to a bunch of kids playing soccer while taking my daily hike, and I did feel a small jolt on my shoulder at the time. This probably injured an already hurt muscle in my shoulder blade, and that seems to be the origin of my discomfort at the moment. Tomorrow, I’ll try to find a physio close to me so I can deal with it once and for all.

I still got an X-ray to be sure that there isn’t something in my lungs, and I’m still waiting for those result, but the chances for that being the issue are really low, and my doctor told me straight away that the X-ray is mostly so that I could be reassured on that point.

All this to say that I didn’t have a lot of time remaining in the week for the remaining page. And when I opened the file, I decided that whatever I did on Wednesday wasn’t good enough and started again from scratch.

I was off Yesterday for a family gathering and managed to complete the 2nd page this morning.

So, that was my week.

I hope next week will be better. I still have 4 pages to draw for Tracy, and I aim to have completed this issue by the 15th, when I’ll leave for my 2 weeks summer vacation. That’s the plan anyway; September should see me re-opening shop with a few commissions and start the actual work on Stella Starlight.

See you all soon!
Alx