awamiba | Entries tagged with depression

"My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living."

.Anais Nin

Last Friday night we had a Robert Burns Night with my parents where we read the poetry of Robert Burns (well, Nick did, but that's because he had the best Scottish accent) and had some traditional Scottish foods (but not haggis). (that's writing related, right?)

Sunday the kids practiced basketball while I fixed up my desk area where the by-hand writing goes on.

It is tidier and makes the writing go better since I'm not scrambling for pens or notebooks. I've tidied up my computer so I know where the files I'm currently using are and I've set up a profile for everyone else so I can have mine be whatever I want and don't have to worry about boy eyes on my things and them getting confused by the voice control setup that I've been using.

I have been writing this week. Lots of writing and writing related stuff going on. Working on two novels and a few sad poems. I'm enjoying flipping through old notebooks and files of writing from a couple years ago to see what I would've written had I not fallen off the writing track. It's fun putting stories together again and for that I am very very happy with the universe.

Wednesday I was all ready for the call to work. I got up, made myself lunch, dressed in subbing clothes....and no call. Of course. So I did laundry, cleaned the kitchen, and let myself have 2 hours of lovely writing time. It was glorious.