Rain and Words

You know what I need? I need for people to stop making cool things. Really. I need writers to stop writing awesome books that I gobble up as if there's no tomorrow. I need WWE to not be kind of cool now and make a completely addicting app that lets me watch all the old Wrestlemania shows (which, I'll freely admit, I'm watching one right now). I need Pinterest and Tumblr to stop updating their databases daily.

Are you waiting for me to say that all these things are the reason why I haven't written a word this week?

Then keep holding your breath.

I've written a couple thousand words this week. More than a couple, actually. I've been rolling along nicely this week, keeping up a schedule and even writing when it's not my allotted time. I'm skipping around quite a lot, but it's working for me. Depending on how this weekend goes, I'm planning on getting down a few thousand more words, but weekends are so crazy. It's been raining (not southern California raining, but really raining) today, and that might mess up our plans for tomorrow, so that might not be a bad thing. Besides, I love writing when it's raining. It makes me feel like a real writer, as I stare pensively outside and ponder my next word. Really, I'm just staring outside and wondering if it could rain for the rest of my life.

So, if it's raining so copiously, then why am I not writing right now?

First off, sassy-pants, it's not really raining that hard right now. Also, I have to write this thing because I made a promise! Further, I have to make a packet for my students, so I don't have that much time to sit down and write. I'm actually still working on the packet, and I have a little more than 2 hours before I have to get ready to go to work, so maybe I could get a little writing done. Depends on if I get this stupid packet done and don't throw my computer out the window because this is so not my division.

Besides all that, I'm planning on another special sale for AYLB in the coming weeks. I had it down for earlier this month, but then the whole cat catastrophe happened, so I had to shelf it. I'm aiming for the end of March, but, as we all know, that could change. But it will be next month, that much I promise. But for now, I have to finish this stupid packet that isn't in my job description and that I'm not going to get any thanks for. Isn't this the life?