Week One

I'm still alive.  I haven't had ANY wine yet.  Who could have predicted that?  I think in anticipation of losing my mind, I was able to plan my days carefully so I haven't gone crazy yet.  I noticed the first days of this week are supposed to be up in the 100s so I took the kids outside early in the day.  It's actually nice to hang outside when it's still 75 out while I sip my coffee and watch the kids play.  I brought a towel and just chilled on the grass.  I might keep doing it even when it's not going to be super hot out. 

Also the summer is still young.  There's still plenty of time to go crazy.  I'm not trying to say 2.5 days of sanity equals success.  My kids fight for fun now so it's only a matter of time before my patience wears thin. 

I have started working on my other writing exercises.  I was inspired by listening to a stand-up routine and now I have 4 almost fully fleshed out characters.  I've been working on it every day for almost a week now.  Maybe it'll actually turn into something this time.  It feels a lot more doable than most of my past ideas.  I'm feeling hopeful.  And a lot more day-dreamy than usual.  I think that's a good sign.  So best case scenario: I'll have a rough draft by the end of the summer.  Worst case: I'll never finish it and forget it ever happened.  Hopefully I'll end up somewhere in between. 

So I'm taking a few months off.  I'll be back in August! 

Summer Break

Yes, I'm blogging on back-up day again.  I made a rookie mistake on Tuesday.  I got out my computer with a plan to pay bills and then blog.  That never works.  Paying bills always sucks all the creativity out of my body.  It's basically like salting the ground in my brain.  I could have tried to reset and blog later in the day but I had too much stuff to do.  So that bring me to today!  And it just happens to be Bishops last day of school.  They had their official end of Kindergarten ceremony yesterday.  I'm pretty sure today is just one giant party.  Now I have to figure out what to do with Bishop all summer.  Thank God it's only 2 months. 

It's probably a good thing I'm not blogging while he's out of school.  My writing would just be a slow spiral into insanity.  That may sound entertaining but.... no it'll probably be entertaining.  Or boring if I adjust quickly.  I expect to go through significantly more wine than usual.  That may sound alarming but my usual rate is one bottle every 2-3 months.  So I'll probably get up to one per week.  It's not even about being prude, my tummy just can't handle a lot of alcohol.  Most of my diet is planned around not getting a tummy ache.  Maybe I should be eating more tums.  I am over 30, it should be part of my diet now.  Then I can drink as much as I want!  That's how it works right? 

So I guess I'll let everyone know how it's going next week when I do my make-up blog.  After that, I'm gonna peace out until August.  Maybe I'll work on some private writing stuff.  I've been meaning to do that along with blogging but, since there's no accountability, it kinda got pushed aside.