Today was a day to climb back into bed, pull the covers over my head and go back to sleep. The temperature has plunged into fall, and that means it’s good sleeping weather. I wanted to do nothing more than get back in bed after Tori left for school and dive back into the fun novel I’m reading (Jane Yellowrock is a fav).
But I didn’t. I pulled on some clothes, sat down at my laptop, and began pouring the words onto the page. It’s one of those days where the words are there right at the surface, easy to grab, making it a writing day for sure. Generally right now I feel as content as I can be a few days away from payday (we budget carefully, but those last couple of days a month are still tight); Tori is in a great happy place, Charlie and I had an amazing talk on Friday, the house is mostly clean… it’s all pretty good.
There are some issues; my mother is struggling a bit with a medication issue (not like my medication issue, just a regular one) but she’s tackling it with grace and working hard. Charlie and I are still trying to find a way to connect with each other when privacy is at such a premium in this house, and we spent a lot of time talking about how to decrease the stress level for both of us. So changes are happening.
Charlie’s moving away from editing manuscripts and working more on copywriting (here’s his LinkedIn profile if you’re looking or know someone that is). I’m adding clients left, right, and center and I’ll apologize in advance for a couple of sponsored posts that will coming your way on here; I try to do them sparingly but sometimes the opportunity is too good to turn down.
I’ve got two more traveling events this months (Atlanta this weekend for the Aiming Low Non-Con, and next weekend in Washington, DC for the Power Up! Weekend) and then, hopefully, I’ll be done traveling for the year. I love what I do, and I’m grateful that folks send me to these things, but all that makeup-putting-on and being nice to people wears me down. Ahem. I’m ready to be a homebody.
Even if my home is freezing cold today (I will not turn on the heat! I will not turn on the heat! ARG). How are you?
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Privacy is a huge issue in our house. We live in what used to be called “an old shotgun house”. Meaning if you stood in the front and shot a gun it’d go straight on through. Also means no doors and no privacy unless you’re in the bathroom.
The nights are too cold and this house too drafty for us not to use heat, we use wood-heat which means my back is killing me from hauling wood yesterday. My ass is seriously glued to one spot today. Yoga pants, cozy socks, a tank and nice flannel shirt. Yes, it feels good – other than my back.
The heat will be fired back up tonight, too warm during the day but it’s needed at night or we freeze by morning and I would refuse to climb out of bed.
Even with my back hurting, I just feel like there’s something serene about this time of the year.
My husband and I don’t have enough time together either, and sometimes that’s so difficult to fix. For us it has to do with sharing the work of our small business and caring for the kids–we take turns in both places, which means we’re seldom in the same place at the same time. But I trust it will get better. I want to crawl back in bed too, but I should get up.
Sounds like you had a good productive day, I am happy for you. I feel your pain about turning on the heat! I am fighting the good fight and putting tons of extra blankets on the bed.
I’m struggling with lots of little things over here (money/children/time/work/the usual), but overall I’m counting my blessings.
I was piling on the woollies and refusing to turn on the furnace, too — until I woke up on Sun. morning to find that it was 29° outside. I have now given in to the fact that this is Minnesota, and it’s fall (which might as well be winter because it’s so dingdang cold).
Oh well. At least I didn’t cave in September, as I have in some other years. :)
I wont turn on the heat either!
“where the words are there right at the surface, easy to grab”
I LOVE THAT FEELING!
I’ve been walking up and down the stairs five times if I feel cold. Two birds, one stone. I count it as my daily exercise if I do it even once (the only way I succeed is to aim low. ha!)…plus, it really does warm me up…and, as a bonus, it really does energize me.
On days like this, it is nice to go to the local bookstore or library and cozy up with my laptop and their (free) heat.
;) Stay warm!