Hey there writing world! I've missed you! Somehow I made it through my summer of crazy travel and helping family and I returned just over a week ago.
Life taking care of 9 children, which turned into 10 after my sister had her baby, was even crazier and harder than I had anticipated it being. It wasn't just the sheer number of children but that all the kids were so little (oldest being only 10 1/2 and not much help since he has some special needs), that many of them had daily and multiple tantrums and meltdowns, and that my sister was on full bed rest and then eventually was still greatly incapacitated as she recovered from a c-section. But we all survived and my sister and her family are hanging in there and doing as well as can be expected.
Fortunately, there also was help sometimes from some of my sister's friends and members of her church congregation (especially with many meals) which was greatly appreciated and I still am awed by the kindness of those people.
That probably explains why even though I took my laptop with me on my California adventure, I didn't write a single word. Not one. I tried. I thought about my WIP. I thought about my crit partner's WIP. I thought about some ideas. But I somehow couldn't get around to opening up Microsoft Word and typing. Because at the end of each day I felt so completely exhausted that I basically used any extra time I had to watch mind numbing television and do repetitive knitting. That was my form of lying in the fetal position and rocking myself back and forth, lol.
So today can I just tell you that I'm counting down the hours until school starts tomorrow for my kids? I'm that excited that my crazy, insane, summer is officially over! Even better, my kids are excited to be back at school. They can do their thing. And I can do mine. I'm so looking forward to writing, reading, spending time with friends, sewing, knitting and finishing my still incomplete home, and getting back to normal, structured life.
Hope you all had a great summer! And here's to having an even better fall!
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Hi! I'm Leslie. Mom to three fun kids and two fluffy kittens. Chocolate and caramel aficionado. Occasional domestic goddess. Resident of the sunny, sagebrush side of Washington state. Book reader extraordinaire. Middle grade and young adult writer in training, one word at a time. That's me. Thanks for visiting and let me know what you think in the comments.
Hey Leslie! Hope the kids back in school help you get back on track.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Back Leslie! I second the excited feeling of the kids being back in school... a nice change for all of us! :-)
ReplyDeleteGood luck getting back into a routine that involves writing!
Welcome back! Sounds like you really did have your hands full. Well school's starting, you should get some writing time in.
ReplyDeleteSounds like my summer, Leslie. I didn't have a bunch of kids, but it was still crazy. So glad you're finally getting a break. Happy writing. :)
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, Leslie! You're a saint! With all those kids, you had to have had some MG inspiration in there somewhere, right? Good luck getting back to real life!
ReplyDeleteWelcome back!
ReplyDeleteWow that is so much work! You deserve all kinds of blessings and a little writing time :)
ReplyDeleteWow. I am exhausted after reading that :P
ReplyDeleteHopefully having the kids back in school gives you some much needed writing time! You know, as soon as your energy battery recharges.
Yeah! You're back! I can completely relate to this - I've had a difficult time getting any writing done this summer, too.
ReplyDeleteHere's to school :)
10 kiddos? No wonder you disappeared. I'm glad you survived it.
ReplyDeleteI'm ready for my kids to go back to school, too. I do well on a schedule. :)
Leslie,
ReplyDeleteWhile I can't relate to caring for 9-10 children, I can relate to not writing a single word all summer. Sigh. I am also looking forward to the structure that comes with fall. :0)
And you're still sane, Leslie? You're amazing! And you write, too!
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ReplyDeleteSounds like a crazy summer! I'm glad you made it through and everyone's doing good. Hope your writing is going well now!
ReplyDeleteYou were BUSY! But glad you survived :) Hope the first week back in life runs smoothly... maybe you'll even finally get some writing done!
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