uh-oh...deadlines
11 Jan 2012 08:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennickelsand still blocked.
I'm getting frustrated here. I don't think it has helped that my husband has been off work for a week now. Not sure how he managed that but after working a double last Wednesday he took Thursday off (which was nice because it was payday so we went out to breakfast and then got our grocery shopping done). Then he had Friday and Saturday off as his normal days off. Well Sunday started his new schedule but he, apparently, took Sunday off then had Monday off for his "free day" (I guess--they get to choose 1 extra day off a month in lieu of "holidays" except in November and December when they automatically get Thanksgiving and Christmas for holiday pay). Then Tuesday and Wednesday are his new days off. So he's had a full week off. Which means a full week of having to listen to Skip Bayliss rant on ESPN every freaking morning.
I also hate cleaning the house when he's around. It just pisses me off to be scrubbing and picking up when he's just sitting there playing on his phone and watching TV. So the house is a wreck and I'm stressed out. He goes back to work tomorrow which isn't all that great because now he's working mornings again. I HATE this schedule because he has to get up around 4am to get to work on time which means he goes to bed around 8-9pm which is when the kids go to bed which means I have to do everything with them. He also tends to take a 2 hour nap when he gets home from work (around 2pm) so I'm basically on my own all day and he's cranky and tired and snaps at everyone. Ugh.
Anyway, haven't really gotten anything done all week. The tree is still up even. I planned to take it down last Thursday but then he took the day off and we were out all day. I can't do it when the kids are around because they want to "help" and it gets too disorganized and crazy and I have to fit the ornaments back in the box exactly right so everything fits and nothing gets broken. But every day the kids have been in school he was home and distracting me, lol. I guess I'll do it tomorrow.
But now I have a bunch of writing to do. The ideas are in my head but every time I try and write them down I draw a blank.
I have 4 challenges do this week. I have to write a TV Tropes story at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
stargateland due later today. None of the random tropes I got have inspired me. :(
Then there's a prompt due forstargateland tomorrow. The prompt is easy enough ("new") but I can't seem to write anything.
I also have a challenge due forwriterverse tomorrow. I haven't really participated in any challenges but this is the one I was looking forward to so I have to write 500 words for it. Then I'm running a drabble challenge due on Saturday. Thinking maybe I should participate in one of my own challenges, lol.
It's not helping that my brain is buzzing with all sorts of random ideas that have nothing to do with these challenges. I signed up to dofivetimesbb. I think I know what I want to write but so far nothing has gone down on paper. Plus I signed up for hc_bingo last summer but didn't write anything for it so I wanted to do them all for amnesty. I came up with ideas for almost every square on my card but haven't written anything. Grrr.
Plus I promised myself I'd finish one WIP every month this year. I have way too many unfinished stories from last year and want to work on some of them.
I think the problem is I have way too many ideas in my head and can't untangle them all. I need to focus on one thing. So today I'm going to make an effort to finish the tropes story. It only has to be 100 words or something. I can do that. I'm going to straighten up my room (so it's neat and calm) and then write the story then finish cleaning the rest of the house. I'm hoping this works otherwise I'll just have to skip that challenge. It's not a big deal. I really want to focus on thewriterverse story anyway because that's the one I really want to do.
Oh, and another problem: I now go to bed at a normal time (usually around 11pm). Before I was doing all my writing late at night after everyone was in bed. I was staying up until 1-2am most days then getting up for the day at 6:30-7am. Not sure how this year is going to go if I don't stay up late. I might not get any writing done. :(
I'm getting frustrated here. I don't think it has helped that my husband has been off work for a week now. Not sure how he managed that but after working a double last Wednesday he took Thursday off (which was nice because it was payday so we went out to breakfast and then got our grocery shopping done). Then he had Friday and Saturday off as his normal days off. Well Sunday started his new schedule but he, apparently, took Sunday off then had Monday off for his "free day" (I guess--they get to choose 1 extra day off a month in lieu of "holidays" except in November and December when they automatically get Thanksgiving and Christmas for holiday pay). Then Tuesday and Wednesday are his new days off. So he's had a full week off. Which means a full week of having to listen to Skip Bayliss rant on ESPN every freaking morning.
I also hate cleaning the house when he's around. It just pisses me off to be scrubbing and picking up when he's just sitting there playing on his phone and watching TV. So the house is a wreck and I'm stressed out. He goes back to work tomorrow which isn't all that great because now he's working mornings again. I HATE this schedule because he has to get up around 4am to get to work on time which means he goes to bed around 8-9pm which is when the kids go to bed which means I have to do everything with them. He also tends to take a 2 hour nap when he gets home from work (around 2pm) so I'm basically on my own all day and he's cranky and tired and snaps at everyone. Ugh.
Anyway, haven't really gotten anything done all week. The tree is still up even. I planned to take it down last Thursday but then he took the day off and we were out all day. I can't do it when the kids are around because they want to "help" and it gets too disorganized and crazy and I have to fit the ornaments back in the box exactly right so everything fits and nothing gets broken. But every day the kids have been in school he was home and distracting me, lol. I guess I'll do it tomorrow.
But now I have a bunch of writing to do. The ideas are in my head but every time I try and write them down I draw a blank.
I have 4 challenges do this week. I have to write a TV Tropes story at
stargateland due later today. None of the random tropes I got have inspired me. :(Then there's a prompt due for
stargateland tomorrow. The prompt is easy enough ("new") but I can't seem to write anything.I also have a challenge due for
writerverse tomorrow. I haven't really participated in any challenges but this is the one I was looking forward to so I have to write 500 words for it. Then I'm running a drabble challenge due on Saturday. Thinking maybe I should participate in one of my own challenges, lol.It's not helping that my brain is buzzing with all sorts of random ideas that have nothing to do with these challenges. I signed up to do
fivetimesbb. I think I know what I want to write but so far nothing has gone down on paper. Plus I signed up for hc_bingo last summer but didn't write anything for it so I wanted to do them all for amnesty. I came up with ideas for almost every square on my card but haven't written anything. Grrr. Plus I promised myself I'd finish one WIP every month this year. I have way too many unfinished stories from last year and want to work on some of them.
I think the problem is I have way too many ideas in my head and can't untangle them all. I need to focus on one thing. So today I'm going to make an effort to finish the tropes story. It only has to be 100 words or something. I can do that. I'm going to straighten up my room (so it's neat and calm) and then write the story then finish cleaning the rest of the house. I'm hoping this works otherwise I'll just have to skip that challenge. It's not a big deal. I really want to focus on the
writerverse story anyway because that's the one I really want to do.Oh, and another problem: I now go to bed at a normal time (usually around 11pm). Before I was doing all my writing late at night after everyone was in bed. I was staying up until 1-2am most days then getting up for the day at 6:30-7am. Not sure how this year is going to go if I don't stay up late. I might not get any writing done. :(
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Date: 11 Jan 2012 05:20 pm (UTC)I'm getting ready to type up an artist date I did yesterday. I should also...probably...write something... :: shifty eyes ::
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Date: 12 Jan 2012 05:03 am (UTC)I'm trying to get to bed at a more normal hour too. I'll let you know if I ever succeed. My track record on that has not been all that great.