Entry 116 — Finally Back
All I have today is a revision of my last mathemaku:
The title of the piece is “Mathemaku in Honor of Andrea Bianco’s 1436 Map of the World.” I changed the previous quotient from “music” to a picture of a lute. My reasoning was that “music” was too general; I wanted something that said “medieval.” I’m satisfied with it now.
I’m a bit shocked to see how long it’s been since my last entry here. I thought it’d only been four or five days. I’m going to try to post more often now, maybe not daily but at least three or four times a week. The past three days I’ve woken up feeling good. I’ve been more productive though not as productive as I’d like to be. Still, I’m out of the null zone I was in.
Part of the reason for that is that my bad leg (due apparently to sciatica) is better, although I still can’t run on it to any extent. I’m optimistic that it will fully come around if I give it time and don’t play tennis again till I’m sure it’s okay. Three times I played when it seemed okay but not right, and each time suffered during the next few days.
The pain pills I’m taking for the problem are probably (alas) the main reason I’m feeling so good psychologically. Also contributing it the fact that I’m winning the game of Civilization I’m playing in! I’ve never won it at the level I’m now playing it at. This shouldn’t mean anything but it means a ridiculously lot! Winning just about any kind of competition really zings me!
That’s it for now. Hope to be back tomorrow. Will definitely be back before the week ends.