Wattpad & Concussions

        Hey, blogettes! It's Smiles here and ready to write a post for you guys to tear into. First off sorry I haven't written in a while. There has been a lot going on in my life lately. It's finally slowed down for a bit though so I have decided to log on and get you guys caught up. Here it goes. 

        I joined Wattpad in the middle of March, and I love it. I already have one work published called Graceful Wind under nonfiction and the short stories sections, and it is about what happened to give me a concussion and what I am doing about it. I hope that people learn from my stupid mistake and enjoy the book because it gave them a fair warning of the results and what it does to a person. Honestly concussions are a huge headache that also makes you feel like crap and have trouble with school and social interactions for awhile. 

        I remember coming home from the hospital on Wednesday and just crying for like an hour straight for no real reason. It was very sad, and then on Friday I cried because I was learning things but then when it came to putting them into action I didn't get them or I didn't remember what I had studied for so I either have to take the test at a later date or use my notes or even the full textbook on a test was also embarrassing. Then lunch comes along, and I have to eat it in the high school office alone with the secretary because the lunchroom is too loud and I am too embarrassed by this injury to ask my friends to come along. I don't know why I am too embarrassed because this has happened to at least two of the people that sit with me at lunch so they would understand probably but I just am. 

          Another thing is I have had to limit my screen time. I'm now up to four hours total, and right now I have about another 2 and a half hours left to do what I want. It's nice though because you have time to do other things since you really can't  be glued to your computer doing whatever. Wattpad has had to wait and so has Twitter and this blog due to my health. I am slowly recovering and getting better, and I have a Doctor's appointment on Wednesday to see if I can be cleared to do lifting and full outside practice with the team again. Believe it or not, I already miss it a lot. Running is my buddy and it makes me feel really happy. When I am without it I feel lost, and down. 

        They only thing that has me pumped up is the first track meet is a week from tomorrow and I have to be ready and better by then, so I'm fighting and fighting hard back from this concussion doing whatever I can to make sure I am in shape and ready still even though I was benched for pretty much a week of legit practices. I mean I did light on Friday but light isn't the same as full practice. The thrill level is different and the feelings that you have are different too. You want to push harder but you know what you get when you do and making your doctor unhappy is never good news nor the right answer to anything.