Slug-A-Brain

Well, it sure didn't take long to go from being sick and sleeping a lot to the usual "oh hell, how'd it get to be 11pm already?" progressive (over the course of the week) sleep deprivation. I tried, I really tried to do some writing tonight, but there just wasn't enough brainpower there. I think I may have to go back to the early to bed, early(er) to rise plan and start getting up at 5:30 or 6 a couple times a week so I can write from that morning-fresh place instead of this tired, fuzzy, full-day-of-working-parent-slog place. Because I really want to get this novel finished, right? Right. At least I did have some writing time with the Pointies (yeah, that's what our writer's group is now calling itself, since we're 3 and therefore the points of a triangle) last Sunday at the good ol' Applebox and managed to at least start the next chapter. Never mind that I need to do some serious edits to the end of the last chapter I wrote, it's forward momentum that's needed here. Starting is often the hardest part for me, especially after a long hiatus like I've had recently.

Not too much else to report here on this sluggish-brain eve, even though it's been a week since I last posted. In addition to the writing time, there was decent-if-not-especially-eventful family time, there was Girlz Gamin', there was a return to school for Eli (after two weeks off) and a return to yoga class for me (after a month of not going due to one kind of distraction or another). There was a slow recovery from snot and sickness back to something approximating a normal energy level. There was (and continues to be) a mess of Secret Stuff that is currently causing me much anxiety but which I can't post about.

But life's ok. We've settled back into most if not all of our routine, and we're not quite in overwhelm (yet…if the sleep pattern keeps going the way it's going, it's only a matter of time until overwhelm comes back home to raid the fridge and do laundry). I can actually breathe through my nose again, without even the magic of Sudafed, and for this I have been wildly grateful the last few days. The kids are hanging in there and not getting sick (or not too sick anyway…Isaac's had a cough). Stay tuned…I'm sure there's some drama just around the corner.