{"id":30380,"date":"2023-11-03T15:30:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T20:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=30380"},"modified":"2023-11-03T15:30:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T20:30:57","slug":"swapping-out-janes-dancing-for-janes-digging-has-been-keeping-me-sane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/swapping-out-janes-dancing-for-janes-digging-has-been-keeping-me-sane\/","title":{"rendered":"Swapping Out Jane’s Dancing for Jane’s Digging Has Been Keeping Me Sane"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Swapping out Jane’s dancing for Jane’s digging has been keeping me sane for a few miserable weeks.<\/p>\n

The misery began with back pain that I thought was the normal stuff I’ve dealt with for decades. But it turned out to be a pinched nerve that requires bed rest, physical therapy appointments, and exercises simple enough for a kindergartener to zip through with ease, but feel like climbing Mount Everest to me.<\/p>\n

The worst misery came with the word that my last living uncle, the one after whom Uncle Tim in the West River Mysteries is modeled, died. We knew it was coming, but it came sooner than we knew it would. That particular misery expanded when I realized driving 3 1\/2 hours to attend his funeral was out of the question due to my pinched nerve.<\/p>\n

More misery came with the cancelation of a See Jane Dance!<\/em><\/a> speaking engagement at the Onawa Public Library in western Iowa because it was too far to drive. The misery continues gnawing as I wonder whether a speaking engagement on November 9 at the Huxley Public Library will suffer the same fate. And, gasp, what about the See Jane Dance! Book Launch Party<\/a> on November 11 at Chocolaterie Stam in Ames?<\/p>\n

3 hopeful facts and 1 saving grace are keeping the misery at bay. The hopeful facts are:<\/p>\n