I know everyone is waiting for the next Medically Speaking chapter. I've been saying for ages that I was close, but life has a tendency of getting in the way. Yesterday I managed to get a decent amount of words written down and I'm hoping that it'll be finished soon. I'll do my best to keep everyone updated on how my writing is going while I make the final push to finish this chapter.
The rest of this is going to be pretty personal and unnecessary, so don't feel like you have to read it.
The last week has been incredibly hard on me and my family. The last few months, really. I already tried to post about it a few days ago and ended up deleting it because seeing it in writing and potentially getting notifications for it made it too real. A little over a week ago my uncle was moved to hospice and passed away within a few hours. There was simply nothing else they could do, cancer had done too much damage. He's one of the best, most family centered men I've ever known and the world has felt duller without him. But by far the hardest part has been watching my dad grieve. Even typing this, I was holding it together until I wrote that last line.
In all honesty, until yesterday I hadn't even opened a document in over a week. I'm the only one that lives in the same town, so I had my parents, both brothers, and one of my sister-in-laws here over the weekend. Between grief, trying to get the house ready, and just spending time with my extended family, I barely even thought about Wattpad at all. And before that, for several days Joey's story felt unbearable given everything that was going on. I was having to work on TMoS instead. I think I'm ready to power through it simply so I don't have it sitting in the back of my mind anymore.
Thank you again for your patience and putting up with my whining. I appreciate it more than you know.