Friday, January 13, 2006
Big Happenings
So far this week, in order of importance:
- My husband got a job! He's been laid off for the last three months. 'Nuff said!
- My two-year-old started preschool. We both cried when I dropped him off. I assured him that even though Mommy leaves, she ALWAYS comes back. He screamed louder. I called a half hour later and they said he had stopped the wailing as soon as I left. I believed them because the kid has lungs and the phone is close to the classroom. When I came to get him, he looked happy with his big boy backpack strapped to his back. He ran to me, gave a big pout, said, "Mommy left me." I now think guilt must be on the nature side of the nature/nurture continuum.
- I finished my attempt at a commercial novel, which I wrote in basically two months. Surprised myself by having great fun with it. I've sent it to the scout who convinced me to try it in the first place. Crossed my fingers.
- Reread the thing and realized there are miles to go before anyone sleeps.
- Decided to sell my house, so my husband doesn't have to maintain the two hour commute into the City.
- I stopped smoking yet again!
- Gave in and bought a Sirius radio--not for Howard Stern, okay maybe a little, but mostly for NPR.
This weekend I will:
- Rewrite, rewrite, and then write again.
- Go to a gala birthday (really a wedding from the sound of it) for a one-year-old.
- Meet my cousin that I haven't seen in over a year.
- Call all those people I haven't spoken to over the week.
- Find a second to take a nap.
Funny, it didn't seem so bad when I was planning it all.
