Going back into my habit of writing a blog post first thing in the morning as a way of “priming the pump” as it were, getting my words down so that I can get to the fiction.

I feel so good this morning. Did a full 30 minutes or so of yoga first thing this morning, stretching everything out. I’m still contemplating a gym membership, just so that way I make sure I get in my steps every day. I feel better when I’m closer to 10K steps rather than 5K steps.

I am still tired around the edges, but I’m mostly recovered from traveling. I do what I can to minimize the effects of travel, for example, I wear sound cancelation headphones in the plane. Because I am such an introvert, the plane noise really affects me. When I was a lot less well, I would always get sick the day after flying. I’d always assumed it was because I was exposed to so many people and possible germs. Nope. It was the noise. Making sure that I always traveled at the front of the plane (which was quieter) and the noise cancelation headphones ensured that I no longer got sick after flying.

I’m also back in ketosis this morning, after a single day of being back in compliance. I figure this is because of general metabolic flexibility, as well as because I never fell that far out of ketosis while I was traveling.

But that leads, as always, to the next question: how long will I feel good? When is the next time I’m going to drop down into the rabbit hole? I don’t know. If I was having a regular period, it would be showing up in the next few days. I don’t feel as though my period is coming, though. It will show up when it does, and I’ll just have to deal with it then.

Yesterday, as always, I had a few moments of doubt about the current novel I’m working on. I had no words yesterday whatsoever. Was it because I was done with that novel? Was there something wrong with it?

No, no, nothing like that. I cannot write fiction when I’m physically exhausted. Period. Despite feeling so good this morning, I’m not sure how many words I’ll be able to manage because I’m still so tired. We’ll see. I’m hopeful I’ll manage a lot, though I’m also aware that the first hour is going to be slow because I really need to go back through what I’ve written so far and get myself back into the story.

Except…I know what one of the next scenes is going to be, and I’m kind of excited about that. Don’t know what the end of the novel is – don’t know how the character is going to get out of the current predicament. I trust myself, trust the process, and I know that I’ll figure something out.

Looking around – it’s so nice being back here in the tiny house. I’m standing at my production desk writing this. Sun has just come up through the trees. The sky is blue and cloudless. Should be gorgeous. Will plant bulbs today, for spring flowers.

Yesterday I made keto naan. It’s basically coconut flour, psyllium husk, salt, baking powder, water and coconut oil. That’s it. It takes a lot of time to make it – I have to fry up two pieces at a time.

Before we left, I made vegan parmesan cheese. And I found that wonderful vegan butter.

So last night, I was able to have garlic bread. OMG was it good. As I think I said before, the vegan cheese doesn’t necessarily taste like parmesan. However, it hits all the right notes in my mouth so that my brain thinks it’s cheese. I have ten pieces left – two in the fridge and eight in the freezer. I get really good garlic bread now and again for the next month. Kind of excited about that.

And speaking of being excited, I’m going to move over to the writing computer and get back to the fiction.

I hope that y’all are having a wonderful week!