January Blues
Jan 9th, 2008 by willa
Sigh…
All I really WANTED to do today was work on my story. I have written 20,000 words plus in the past couple of weeks. A bit late for NaNoWriMo but still, I am thrilled to be past my writer’s block. I just want to keep going, never mind anything else.
Unfortunately, life is not that simple. So we did some homeschooling and I fed the children and half-ignored, half-dealt with a simmering sibling situation.
Aidan is out in the snow playing and Patrick is upstairs on my bed crying after throwing a stopwatch at my back. What happened before that? Patrick wanted to play with Aidan and impress him, and he overdid it, got too wild and scared Aidan. Then Aidan ran and I kept Paddy from chasing him. Just in case you somehow imagine life is perfect around here. It’s not. I am just good at tuning things out. He got my back instead of my face because I had turned away from him to my typing. There’s self-defense for you!
As for housework, I printed out a chart. That’s enough, right?
There is playdough on the floor. I have some on my slippers. And I had to go back and edit this because I forgot a punctuation mark.
…Sigh
Is it ironic that the verification word is “peace”? Sounds like that’s what you need. And hugs.
That sibling stuff is just so normal. We spent time with a larger family over New Year and their middle son is in that stage of not quite there with recognizing when he overdoes it or when joking around flips over into seriously annoying his brother. Violence often ensues (in the brother’s reaction). I bet you have a bit of this to go through before they work it out. Hope it isn’t too bad. Tuning out is a great skill.