I've been dealing with a lot of school stress lately, but that's not the reason I've not been updating. I am still writing chapters, but I've come to say I may not post anything for a little while.

I've been in and out of the hospital for a bit now due to some health issues I have. 6 months ago I started having a pain in my lower left rib area. I went to the doctor about it and they had me take an X-ray, but there was nothing wrong with the bone. They gave me muscle relaxants that made my pain ten times worse. I stopped using them and made another appointment. The doctors felt around and decided that they were correct the first time but just gave me the wrong medicine. So they gave me a new dosage of muscle relaxant which did not hurt but instead made me feel really woozy, and they also assigned me to 6 weeks of physical therapy. My physical therapist told me that they did everything for my muscles and bones and that I should not be having this kind of pain. That they were afraid an organ underneath was enlarged. So I left PT and went back to the doctor. They were confused about the place I was having pain, so they sent me to get an abdominal ultrasound. They found that my left kidney is a lot lower due to a birth defect, and is in my pelvic area, but they couldn't determine what was causing pain in my rib. So they sent me to get a cat scan, which showed that my left kidney was rotated and moving, which may be causing the pain but they are still unsure. So they're sending me to a urologist, to figure out what's wrong. I don't see an end in sight.

I've also just been hired at Dierbergs, so I have less time to write than usual. My plate is full but I'll still try as hard as I can to upload chapters for you. I adore all of your comments, they make me so happy. You encourage me to write more, to make you happy. So I'm sorry if things don't come out right away :/