I started this blog one day when I was sick, a few weeks ago. Since I was sick, I ignored my regularly scheduled duties in favor of something that only required sitting and thinking. I originally intended to log into a blog that I created two or three years ago -- it only had one entry before it fell by the wayside -- but I couldn't remember the password. I thought this blog would probably be a one-time deal, too. After all, I'm not much of a writer and I don't usually have much to say.
To my surprise, I think of new things that I want to write about almost every day. I have a long list of topics waiting for me in a notebook upstairs, and another shorter list on a scratch pad in front of the computer. My problem now is finding time to sneak off to the computer to write.
Most days, I don't really know where my time goes. By evening time, I feel exhausted and don't have a lot to show for my day. I am home all the time (except when I'm not). My house is kind-of messy, so I'm not spending all of my time cleaning. I love to read, but I haven't finished reading a book for several days, so I'm not spending all of my time with my nose in a book (at least this week ... although the fact that I haven't finished a book could be due to the fact that I have started reading four or five and keep jumping from book to book). I have read several books to Drew and Gracie. I have spent a lot of time keeping Drew from chewing on power cords, replacing the outlet plug covers he pulls out of outlets, and keeping Gracie's crayons off of the floor so that Drew doesn't eat them. I have washed some dishes, done some laundry, cooked some meals. And tomorrow I'll be doing it all again. Sometimes it's discouraging to not have any visible proof that I have done something worthwhile all day.
Maybe I'll get to some of those topics on my list eventually. But for now, I have to go. Drew is headed for the power cords again.
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"Most days, I don't really know where my time goes."
I agree with you there. I love your reading list you posted- I was looking for a couple of the titles at our local library this week, but in the summer the shelves are bare in parts of the children's section and picked over cleanly in the picture book department. The sad thing is that after the Reading Program is over, the shelves are bursting full again. Reading to children is not just a 6 week summer project, but at least there is some reading going on- part of the year.
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