@Fiddlerman Slowly getting better It still hurts, but it's way better than it was before. I've been taking it easy with it, and am hoping I might be able to try playing again later this week, but I won't push it, if it doesn't feel ready I won't try since it's taken so long to get to this point, haha. I have been able to finally hold my fiddle guitar style and play that way (doing anything with my arm hurt for a while) so I can at least get my fingers moving again, so I have that to tide me over until I can play for real I really miss it, and I imagine I'm going to be a bit rusty at first. 

@Ripton I get bored super easy, too. Sometimes learning a technique within a tune makes it easier for me to practice it. But to keep myself moving, for everyday practice have my books stacked up, scale, etude then shifting, and after all that I work on a tune. I keep it moving along, and go back and forth between them all. For me, the more challenging the better because then I can get interested in really getting it right, instead of just doing the pattern, getting bored, and moving on too quick. (ok, challenging, but not un-doable at my level, that would just get discouraging, haha).