Just a quick one this week.

I’m not a huge fan of Elvis Presley, although I quite like Suspicious Minds and I don’t mind In The Ghetto, but I’d like to quote the man for just a second or two – My hands are shaking and my knees are weak, I can’t seem to stand on my own two feet.

I’ll elaborate.

We’re now one week into November and the amount of progress made on editing the current WIP is exactly… drum roll please…

Zero!

Yes, a big fat zero. Zilch. Zip. Nought. Nil. Nothing. Or as they say up here in Yorkshire – Nowt!

Was I merely full of hot air (or should that be Hot Eire, bit of a plug there) in my last blog post or has something happened to hamper and impede my editing? The answer is the second one. Something has indeed happened.

Look, I know I sounded full of great intentions of what I was going to achieve after the last blog post but since then I haven’t stopped trying to fit a gallon into a pint pot. My body, on the other hand, has stopped. And I can’t seem to get it going again.

Without going into too much detail we’ve basically filled the flat with everything from the caravan, which has now gone to scrap. We didn’t have a large window of time to do it either and so I’ve had to force my weak and wasting muscles into doing things that are, quite frankly, beyond them.

The result?

I’m all shook up.

Quite literally as it happens. I’ve got this uncontrollable shaking in my limbs when I do anything vaguely physical and my restless leg syndrome seems to have taken on a life of its own and my knees are going like road drills whenever I try and rest. It’s all very disconcerting.

I think I’ve broke myself.

It’s a bit like Tonka Trucks. Remember them? Yeah, they were brilliant weren’t they? They were sold as ’The Toys That Last!’ The idea being that they were virtually indestructible. And whilst they were certainly tough and hardy little toys, let’s be honest now fellas, who amongst us didn’t try to prove the slogan wrong? Yes, it took a lot of heavy duty play but they broke in the end. And that’s basically the state of play with me at present. The last week has been heavy duty and now I’m broken.

The solution?

Well, basically do nothing for a week and then try and have a go at editing. That’s the plan. I know it’s not much of a plan but it’s the best I can do for now.

Listen, I know I said I wouldn’t burden you with my medical woes anymore but I just thought I should let you know the state of play with the WIP. I’ll get there. All I can ask is, please be patient whilst I’m being a patient.

As a final note I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to Debbie and Barry Gibson for their fantastic help and support. You two did the bulk of the lifting and have been marvellous. We’d have never done it without you.