The Year To Date

January was a fun month that flew by in a heartbeat. My husband and I celebrated our birthdays. It was a treat for me and a major groan for him. I don’t mind my age. He randomly sighs thinking about it. For my birthday, Ken, my husband, had gotten Hamilton tickets for myself and our youngest daughter. We are both huge Lin-Manuel Miranda fans. Seeing Hamilton live in Cleveland, Ohio was a real treat. I also experimented in the kitchen and made lobster tails for the first time. They turned out delicious. Overall, it was a real treat. For Ken’s birthday we went out for lunch at Mike’s Place in Kent, Ohio. They have an X-Wing fighter from Star Wars out front. He just had to take a picture with his Trapper Wolf helmet on. He made a tiktok about it. If you would like to see it, her goes by the name jediken. On the plus side of my health, I began weaning off a sleeping medication with my doctor’s help. I’ve been on it for years, but I’ve been doing well enough (mentally) over the last few months that I wanted to try eliminating at least one medication. The first forty-hours were rough. My body went through withdrawal symptoms and I had a seizure. I was diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures a few years ago, so this one wasn’t as scary as it sounds. My body is very touchy. The good news is I haven’t been having anymore issues since that seizure. I look forward to discontinuing the medication in a couple of weeks. That was then. This is now. I’ve already hit the ground running in February. My newsletter is steadily growing. If you want to join click the link in the comments. I’m gifting all those who register with The Vessel. It is the prequel to the Dream Prophet Trilogy. I hired a public relations specialist to help market me and my books. I am a little leery of this. But I figured why not give it a try. I’ll keep you posted on how this either helps or hinders my work. Coming up this month will be new author interviews from authors John P. Wallman and Minnette Meador. Keep an eye out for those in the coming weeks. Remember new posts post every Monday. If there is anything you want to read comment below. If you are an author who would like to do an interview write me at colleentews42@gmail.com. Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful week.