Whew!

[queenoftheskies]

That just about says it all.

One thing I notice about the extended commute is that it makes it feel like I've been through TWO days, instead of one, by the time I get home.

Tonight, I didn't get home until around 7:30, but I can blame part of that on youngest son's dress rehearsal for the play he's in at school.

Then, once I got home, kitties all wanted mommy time, making it hard to type. Kitty Malik and I had an accident. :(

The THIRD time he jumped into my arms, he caught one back leg on my shirt and freaked. While I was trying to get him un-caught, he turned and snapped...and caught me on the mouth. So, now I have kitty bite on my bottom lip.

However, he felt really bad about it and kept standing up beside my chair to pat my leg and "talk" to me. I love kitty "talk".

Anyway, I'm making progress on Phantom Song, so I'm going to be a trooper and not complain. I'm back to writing every day in spite of real life, which pleases me to no end. However, I feel like I'm slogging through quicksand, fighting NOT to get sucked down.

I'm not accomplishing a lot of words, but I do have words at least. It's very frustrating because the story is pretty well-developed and I could have had twice as many words by now if I was still working my old job.

I'm not, though, and I'm determined to make this all work, so I'm just going to keep going and see how things turn out.

Next week should be easier. Youngest is on Spring Break, so I get to come straight home. I should be home (in theory and with NO rain) by 5:30 every night...though I have to take oldest to college on Tuesday and Thursday.

Still...it's better and I'm thankful for such favors.

I'm already ahead of last month on words, so I can't complain. And, I'm still determined to hit that 1,000,000 word goal this year. Things'll smooth out. Sometimes, it just takes a while.

Phantom Song

1,206 words today

24,335 / 100,000 (24.3%)

Monthly Word Count Goal Progress:

24,335 / 125,000 (19.5%)

2006 Word Count Goal Progress:

209,531 / 1,000,000 (21.0%)

Good night, LJ.

Comments

[frigg.livejournal.com]

:(

I used to commute extensively when I was studying, spending hours in the train daily. It's exhausting. I hope you can find another solution soon.

[ultharkitty.livejournal.com]

Eep! I've never had a kitty bite on the lip, but I've been scratched there before and it's painful. :S *sympathy*

[aberrant1.livejournal.com]

Hee. I love animals' ways of apologizing when they bite you. My dog has a tendency to snap at me when I'm trying to dig sandspurs out of her feet. She usually catches herself right before her teeth would touch my skin and licks me instead. Once in a while she doesn't catch herself, though she's never bitten me hard enough to draw blood. Then she looks all guilty and follows me around being pathetic for a while like, "You know I didn't really mean it, right? You forgive me, right? Right?"

[merebrillante.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Kitty bites hurt. But it's nice that he tried to make it up to you afterwards.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I had a kitty that panicked once when his claws got caught in my sweater, and scratched me on the chin. He also apologized. So sweet!

[spaceoperadiva.livejournal.com]

Don't tell people it's a kitty bite. Tell them it's from your boy-toy.

[blzbob.livejournal.com]

Long commute suggestion. Get a tape recorder and dictate story ideas and/or stories themselves. Then re-type when you get home and use that time to relax and zone out. It really does work!

Hope you can get some rest.......

[dracschick.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

take care,
Chris

PS--NJ commutes are pretty hellish as well.