Spring Break?
I'm on Spring Break from the day job this week. Yay!! An uninterrupted stretch of writing, reading, rest and relaxation. FH just started a new contract position, so I'm all mom, all the time from now on (typically we split CC-care on the days that we're both home). CC and I have lots of awesome events planned: 2 playdates, coffee with a college friend, time outside, St Patty's Day craft fun, and a trip to the mall. Although "rest" won't be in my vocabulary (please, please let her nap this week. Please!!), hanging out with her is its own kind of break. I get to run around, playing imagination games (yesterday I wore a cape and captured some bank robbers), and enjoy her personality.
I'm at a point where I need to redirect my focus, too: I am at the point in my latest manuscript where I need to take a little time away--no more than a couple of days, but when you're drafting, even that can feel like a lot--to figure out some structural issues. At school, my students have turned in one paper and are drafting another (I have to write comments on the draft over break) and we're starting a new book, Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD, once we get back. And it's spring--Daylight Savings has arrived, the snow is (nearly) gone from my backyard, and the weather is (supposedly) going to get warmer. A time of change.
So this week I'll wear my cape, build with blocks, cajole a nap or two, and spend some time outside. Hopefully, by the end of it, we'll all be refreshed and ready to get back into the routine of work, writing, and daily life. Until then, I've gotta police a jailbreak.
I'm at a point where I need to redirect my focus, too: I am at the point in my latest manuscript where I need to take a little time away--no more than a couple of days, but when you're drafting, even that can feel like a lot--to figure out some structural issues. At school, my students have turned in one paper and are drafting another (I have to write comments on the draft over break) and we're starting a new book, Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD, once we get back. And it's spring--Daylight Savings has arrived, the snow is (nearly) gone from my backyard, and the weather is (supposedly) going to get warmer. A time of change.
So this week I'll wear my cape, build with blocks, cajole a nap or two, and spend some time outside. Hopefully, by the end of it, we'll all be refreshed and ready to get back into the routine of work, writing, and daily life. Until then, I've gotta police a jailbreak.