Who I am - LJ Idol Home Game Season 5, Week 0
I'm not doing LJ Idol this year.
What? Then what is this introduction about?
Well, I'm hoping to play the home game again this year. It's not that I didn't have fun being a contestant last year - it really was a blast and got me writing regularly again. But there's just too much on my plate to devote to meeting a deadline.
Well, yeah, I guess you are a bit busy...
*chuckle* A bit is an understatement. Today, I pick up my mother-in-law from the airport. Tonight, Thursday night and Friday night I finish my last three evenings at my part-time night job before being away for six weeks. Next Tuesday (unless he decides to make an early appearance), I'll be going to the hospital so my second child, my second son, can be born. Then there's making sure I have plenty of time for both our new addition and our current Captain of Cute, our 2 1/2 year old, Teddy. I'm going to be adjusting to life as a parent of two rather than a parent of one. I need to make sure to have time for my husband, Rich, and keeping us strong as a couple. And there's housecleaning, getting ready to go back to work, playdates, story times, Moms Club... Oh, and there's the probably move at the end of the year that needs to be gotten ready for. Yeah, I'll be a bit busy. But that's ok. It will keep me from dwelling on the stresses of all that's going on around me. :)
But in that, I know I'm going to need time for me. I'm going to need time to role-play (one of my favorite past times, though it has fallen by the wayside in the last couple of years), time to read and listen to music, time to sing to my kids for MY sake and time to write.
Writing is one of the things I miss the most and one of the things I'm hoping to get back. I used to write daily. Either journal entries or short stories, game posts or e-mails. I would put words together, stare at them critically and then revise them to get my point across better. I would feel proud of a particular turn of phrase or an image that I was able to evoke. I would get out frustrations and joy, using the words on the page to work through problems and get out ideas. It was cathertic for me. But somewhere along the way, I didn't make the time to write like I once had. And I'm feeling the stress.
So I'm coming back to write. Stress free writing that is the LJ Idol Home Game. I don't have to make deadlines beyond those that I set for myself. I don't have to worry if we have a week full of appointments or the kids are sick or I'm just run down. I don't have to worry about putting out crap just because I need to write SOMETHING for a prompt by a certain deadline. But I do have a reason to write. And that is why I am here.
So that's me and that's why I'm here. Let the fun begin.
What? Then what is this introduction about?
Well, I'm hoping to play the home game again this year. It's not that I didn't have fun being a contestant last year - it really was a blast and got me writing regularly again. But there's just too much on my plate to devote to meeting a deadline.
Well, yeah, I guess you are a bit busy...
*chuckle* A bit is an understatement. Today, I pick up my mother-in-law from the airport. Tonight, Thursday night and Friday night I finish my last three evenings at my part-time night job before being away for six weeks. Next Tuesday (unless he decides to make an early appearance), I'll be going to the hospital so my second child, my second son, can be born. Then there's making sure I have plenty of time for both our new addition and our current Captain of Cute, our 2 1/2 year old, Teddy. I'm going to be adjusting to life as a parent of two rather than a parent of one. I need to make sure to have time for my husband, Rich, and keeping us strong as a couple. And there's housecleaning, getting ready to go back to work, playdates, story times, Moms Club... Oh, and there's the probably move at the end of the year that needs to be gotten ready for. Yeah, I'll be a bit busy. But that's ok. It will keep me from dwelling on the stresses of all that's going on around me. :)
But in that, I know I'm going to need time for me. I'm going to need time to role-play (one of my favorite past times, though it has fallen by the wayside in the last couple of years), time to read and listen to music, time to sing to my kids for MY sake and time to write.
Writing is one of the things I miss the most and one of the things I'm hoping to get back. I used to write daily. Either journal entries or short stories, game posts or e-mails. I would put words together, stare at them critically and then revise them to get my point across better. I would feel proud of a particular turn of phrase or an image that I was able to evoke. I would get out frustrations and joy, using the words on the page to work through problems and get out ideas. It was cathertic for me. But somewhere along the way, I didn't make the time to write like I once had. And I'm feeling the stress.
So I'm coming back to write. Stress free writing that is the LJ Idol Home Game. I don't have to make deadlines beyond those that I set for myself. I don't have to worry if we have a week full of appointments or the kids are sick or I'm just run down. I don't have to worry about putting out crap just because I need to write SOMETHING for a prompt by a certain deadline. But I do have a reason to write. And that is why I am here.
So that's me and that's why I'm here. Let the fun begin.