TGIF

My brain is so awake today that it only took about five minutes to realize that I'd been writing this blog in a Microsoft Word document. I'm going to mark today down as a good day.

So it's Friday. Summer spoils me. I woke up this morning and promptly thought to myself, It is far too early, I don't even have to work today! Ha. Haha. Hahahahahahaha. Not only do I have to work today, but I also have to clean up my apartment, pack a back for the weekend, and do about eight hours of work for two kids that don't appreciate what I do for them and a parent that treats me like a slave. Ah, work! Isn't it the greatest?

Mini rant over. I thought I would start this blog off by saying, Oh, sorry, The Sims 4 has been on my computer all this week, so of course I didn't get any writing done! But how wrong I am. I've done pretty well managing my time this week, and that includes running around to all the school districts to get substitute packets and seeing about jobs. I managed to fit an hour or so of writing into my day, and I'm counting that a victory. I'm hoping to get more done this weekend, but knowing me, I'll probably type out a page and then say I've done a good job so I will reward myself with eight thousand hours of The Sims 4. You might be laughing at that number, but I wouldn't. If it hadn't been for my humongous migraine last night, I would probably still be playing that game.

All in all, I'm not as progressing as quickly as I want in the story, but I am trying to take my time with things. I've noticed in my writing that sometimes I get impatient when I have a good idea and try to get to it as quickly as possible. If that means skipping some parts that seem pretty vital to the overall story, oh wells! That's what editing is for, right? The problem with that is I sometimes forget those vital things when the editing process comes along. When do I remember them? Once I've pressed published or send, and then I just mess everything up. So now I'm trying something new where I actually write down the good idea and then continue on with the story. Novel idea, right? Well, to me it is. I wrote down an idea the other day and kept typing away, and then when I put in the good idea, I was duly impressed with myself. It doesn't take a lot, folks.

I suppose I should get back to hour seven of mini lessons. Then two whole days of relaxing. Sort of.

(PS - I usually write a title to the post after I finish writing the post. Now that I wrote the title, I can't stop thinking about Family Matters and Step By Step. Just a little tidbit to share with all of you so you can realize how old I am.)