How I have missed the early hours. At one time, several years ago, I would go to bed at 8:00 or 9:00 in the evening and wake up at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, and write. I have spent much of the past year-and-a-half pursuing that schedule. I’m finally reclaiming it: up yesterday morning at 6:30. Up this morning at 5:45. My goal for tomorrow is up at 5:15. I would like to rise by 5:00 on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Friday and Saturday, I will try 4:45.
What Julianna Baggott said about writing despite distractions (children, in particular) is very very very very true. We have to carve out our writing time with a fine blade. Free time? Time is what we make of it.
On a related note, I have successfully held, used, and kept a calendar book since February 13. Hooray. I think this is a new record.
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flummox, v. colloq. or vulgar
[prob. of English dialectical origin; cf. flummocks to maul, mangle (Heref. Gloss. 1839), flummock slovenly person, also hurry, bewilderment, flummock to make untidy, disorder, to confuse, bewilder (see various E.D.S. glossaries, Heref., Glouc., S. Cheshire, Sheffield). The formation seems to be onomatopæic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily; cf. flump, hummock, dial. slommock sloven.]
1. transitive. To bring to confusion; to ‘do for’, cause to fail; to confound, bewilder, nonplus.
2. U.S. colloq. To ‘do up’.
3. intransitive. U.S. To give in, give up, collapse.
flummadiddle, n. U.S.
slang. Nonsense, humbug; also, something trivial or ridiculous.
2009/02/22
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A Slowly Growing List of Things to Look Forward To When You Have a Child
- Every day is either Christmas or Halloween or Birthday or Easter
- Leave those cats alone! They're going to scratch you and it will hurt
- You cannot lie under circumstances, but nor can you tell the literal truth
- Geez that kid is sharp
- Can I have cake? Can I have cake? Can I have cake? Huh? Daddy? Can I have cake?
- For the last time, stop asking me!
- Noticing the growth: taller and a bit heavier to carry
- Children's television shows
- Food. Wasted food
- Remembering that you once acted this way yourself
- Watching where the both of you are going
- The joy of hearing the word "fuck" being used experimentally, and justifying this experimentation by saying "Well they learn it eventually"
- TANTRUMS
- Sitting down together on the living room floor, a mess of blocks & cars & plush Care Bears strewn around you, discussing the complexities of each car's identity, its name, and why it is so humorous
- Having to take responsibility for someone else for a change
- More frustration than you're prepared for
- Wicked cackling
- Drawings of potato guys
- Learning about the world all over again
- Circular Logic
- Unexpected hugs and words put beautifully together out of context
- Waking up after 4 hours of sleep, and unexpectedly having to confront shit, in more than one place, including the carpet, a big toe, a butt, a bed, a toilet seat, and underpants
2 comments:
I can't keep track of a calendar book. I can, for whatever reason, though, keep track of random pieces of paper and old receipts that have all the necessary daily information written on them. What I need is a baggie to put my papers in.
How about a Cub Foods plastic bag?
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