It’s Kerbside Clean up next weekend. That’s when our council tell people to put their big rubbish out on the footpath and they come and take it away. You know how things accumulate, like that microwave that broke down, and the office chair that lost one of its wheels and tips people off at inconvenient times. Well, this is a chance to get rid of these things.
I know I should be sorting through our house, putting things into piles. Things that are rubbish and go in the bin, things that can go out in the Kerbside Cleanup, and things that we will give away to the Salvation Army.
But I would much rather be writing. Up to page 108 of the rewrite of The First T’En. If I’m not careful I could just disappear into it and not surface for a month!
So there’s a battle going on. Do I stop writing and clean up the house, or do I keep writing and hope someone else will do the cleaning for me. (Like that would ever happen!)
How do you balance life and writing? I walk a tightrope.
Lord, Rowena, if you haven’t worked this out with all your experience, what hope is there for the rest of us? 🙂
I’ve been struggling with this myself lately – even if I’m not writing, all I want to do is sit and think about what’s going to happen, where it should go next. Exercise – out the window. Housework – um, later.
Don’t know about you, but I’m praying for friendly fairies 🙂
Nicole, I get in a cleaning frenzy every now and then. I sweep through specific black spots (behind the fridge – Gaah) and clean them out.
But most of the time I’m lucky if I get all the cooking, shopping and washing done.
Alone time in my head is really precious!
I like Nicole’s idea of friendly fairies. Where can I get one? 😉
Balance is hard and just when you think you’ve got it, something changes…. I always feel like I’m in catch up mode especially for things around the house.
Eleni, what I’d like is a wife!
And one of those magic mirrors that men have. You know the kind that makes them look good no matter how much of a pot belly they have.