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Ever feel like there are not enough hours in the day to all that needs to be done?  If you are a parent, an employer, an employee, a student, or even just a human, you probably feel that way at least once a week!  Around here, that has been the norm for the summer.

In June, I had some unexpected surgery.  Well, it was expected.  Only it was expected to happen at the end of the summer.  Knowing the surgery was coming, I had a list of things I planned to accomplish this summer.  The biggest things on my list were outlining three novels that I have had in mind for some time now and organizing a clothing closet the women at my church are starting in August.  Then my symptoms got worse and the surgery was moved up. 

I was supposed to take six weeks off of work.  Where the clothing closet was concerned, that made sense to me.  I mean, my mid-section had just been cut open and a portion of my anatomy removed.  Lifting boxes was not something that I wanted to do.  But I thought that writing would be acceptable.  It’s not a physically taxing thing.  Mentally draining at times, perhaps.  I understood my inability to write while I was taking the pain meds.  Those things dulled the pain, but also made my brain feel rather fuzzy.  I didn’t expect to be able to write much with my head feeling that way.

But even now, six weeks post-op and 4 weeks after I quite taking any pain meds, I am having trouble concentrating.  Have I dulled it too much with the silly little Facebook games I’ve been playing?  Are there really no more tales for me to tell, no more stories for me to write?