Do I write about zombies or am I one?

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And there it goes down the road. A cheery yellow blob disappearing into the horizon, and with it, my carefully planned, but rarely kept, writing schedule. *Sigh*


I'm afraid you have what's known as children

It’s June and the end of the school year is here. And that means I can kiss my writing time buh-bye.  At least writing during the day. I’ll find time to write/edit. Usually between the hours of ten p.m. and three a.m. with a few hours of sleep before the twins plop in the middle of my bed at approximately seven a.m. demanding breakfast between sticking their faces so close to mine my eyes cross trying to focus. After I drag myself out of bed and plod downstairs to pour Cocoa Puffs for one girl and Cookie Crisp for the other (I know, very healthy. I give them fruit, too. Don’t judge me! ha-ha), hand the wrong bowl to each girl, exchange the bowls, pop open a Red Bull (because that’s my coffee), walk by the rec. room and tell my son to turn down the PS4, because surely there are parental abuse laws somewhere that state those things can’t be played at the volume he plays them that early, I’ll drop on the couch and wonder why I stayed up so late the night before and it’ll hit me.  Oh, yeah. I love writing.


imagesSo bring on the obstacles of summer vacation, because I actually love having my kids home. Larry and I tried to have Evan for ten years before he was born and another four years before Aleigha and Alana were born. So, summer vacation isn’t an inconvenience, just a minor bump in my writing schedule that I need to work around. The endless trips to the pool, the park, the play dates, summer camps, day camps, sporting events, water parks, the beach, the zoo, Sea World, and the general taxi service I drive for my kids, I’ll take it all and smile, enjoying every second of it, even if I’m a little (or a lot) bleary-eyed and feeling like a member of the walking dead in one of my novels.


And later, when my family is dreaming in their beds, it’ll be my turn to dream… just me and my laptop.


So, what are your summer plans?

 


 

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And the classic Alice Cooper song for a little mood music…



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