A Cure For Everything.... and Oh So Much Fun!
IT'S HERE! I'm an hour late but that's okay. To the right is my read-a-thon TBR pile. However, I'm deviating from it slightly to finish up a wonderful romance from writer @mizwrite. It's a beta-read and this is the perfect opportunity to finish it up. I'll be updating this post hourly with my reading stats. Starting in 30 minutes.
The Read-a-Thon is four days away. I've chosen four short reads. Here they are in the order I'll read them in:@jimsissy likes to have word-a-thons, and this time it was for her birthday. I thought I'd share the step-by-step process of how that goes on a normal day for me.
After lunch I block off the kitchen and stairs for the 1yo. All the kids have been schooled and we've played some games. After lunch I settled us all into the living room, although the older kids go back and forth from their bedrooms. Now keep in mind that we live in an apartment, while big for an apartment it's still not that big. So there's not too many places for hiding and doing naughty things. Its the advantage of small. It's hard not to know what everyone is doing and it gives a very small amount of escapism. Not as much as at night, but still you get my point. Now on to the step-by-step...
Starting Time: About 1 p.m.
-Open Scrivener.
-1yo falls and his mouth is bleeding.
-Sit back at desk.
-Dryer finishes.
-Sit back down.
-Nature calls.
-Sit back down, ear phones in.
-6, 5, & 3yo start arguing.
-Sit back down, hands on keys, there is actual typing...for about 3 minutes.
-5yo yells at computer. I stop to explain how it doesn't make the computer work any fast no matter how loud you yell at it. I make a mental note to talk to 16yo about his influence on his siblings.
-Sit down, hands on keyboard.
-Dennis Palumbo, Kresley Cole, and Gena Showalter are staring at me. Stop it books!
-Tap, tap, tap.....progress....tap, tap, tap.
-Nature calls. Damn coffee.
-Come back down, it's lunch time for 1yo.
-Twitter while feeding child.
-Learn about www.beatcancereverywhere.com and do some more twitter while still feeding 1yo.
-Jammin song comes on, must do a jig with the kids. Pause feeding.
-Continue with Feeding and donate $1 each to Stand Up To Cancer, Bright Pink, Spirit Jump, & Alex's Lemonade Stand all at www.beatcancereverywhere.com
-Kid fed, distracted by www.twitterbackgrounds.com. I've just realized you can customize it with your own pictures. Too cool.
-Poop diaper. Bleh.
-Realized I didn't turn dryer on. Oh well, more time before I have to fold.
-I don't even sit down before 1yo is crying again. A full tummy and clean arse is just not enough for this kid. *snickers* He's actually still worn out from visiting the pumpkin patch the day before, off to bed...again.
-Now its 3 p.m. I'm rereading this list and trying to figure out how all of that takes up two hours.
-Oh yes, the twitter background......I'll ponder the fact that I'm going to finish the background rather than get back to word-a-thon later.
-I find out that to use the background maker it cost $4.99. The $4.99 at the top of the page, very clearly I might add, should have clued me in. *facepalm* Photoshop people don't pay for that kind of thing. I'll make my own.
-Back to that writing.
-Stop to argue with @jimsissy about my twitter avatar. She'll be who I blame later when there are no words for her word-a-thon.
-Back to the writing.
-Possessed by tickle monster that will not be satisfied until kids are conquered.
-Sit back down, twitter off, go! Some one is shot, shirts come off, chick is thankful for bras, witty convo, I'm laughing, having fun oh but no..."I'm hungry! I'm hungry! I'm hungry!" That would be the kids.
Oh and it's 4 p.m. now.
-Sit back down down. I feel stuck (funny how I was just having fun with this and now nothing). I type anyway, there is a backspace button after all.
-Two paragraphs later and I'm out of coffee, I'm not stopping b/c fingers are actually flying. The fun is back!
-Pause, clean child's hands. Think ahead and set timer for 1/2hr. I'll have to start dinner then.
-Unpause.
-Fast forward a half hour and its dinner time.
-Fast forward to 7:40 and the kids are fed, me fed, teen home, watched vampire diaries (at this point
I'm not even sure why I'm watching it anymore...okay so I like Damon. First time ever that I've watch a show for the bad guy, but the actor can freakin deliver a line!)
-Back to the word-a-thon before bedtime comes around.
-9:30 Kids in bed, husband home, Moonrat has me watching Legally Blonde, NOT my fault! She even gave me time and channel, you tell me how I was suppose to resist such a good chick flick? I did keep typing though, it was slow but still...
-Fast forward to midnight after The Husband has distracted me for a freakin hour! Imagine him wanting to spend time with me after work? The nerve.
Results: 500 words (roughly three pages), two deleted scenes, and rearrangement of some others. That folks, is how its done.
Note to self: No more copy/paste font size goes funky.
