Charlene Mattson's Blog - Posts Tagged "kids"
Writing this while playing with Mario Plushies one-handed
I'm done the string of teaching jobs (at least for the moment, though I might be working two days next week), much to my son's glee. He's been bouncing off the walls all day today, getting into everything and clinging desperately to me. Which would be fine, but it does lead to some awkwardness when I trip over him or when I'm wiped out and he just wants to keep playing :D
I guess it's a nice ego boost to have someone miss me, but I'm tired out!
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It will feel awfully strange to go back to the writing/William's activities cycle. The three weeks I spent 'at work' was tiring to be sure and could be frustrating at times, but at the same time, it was very liberating. For several hours a day for five days a week, I didn't have to worry about William or even really think of him (Besides wondering how he was doing every so often). I was way too busy keeping ahead of my students and dealing with them! It was rather nice to be 'me' and not 'me+kid'; I can see why so many moms go back to work after a while.
Certainly I'm glad to be back and there are some things which *need* to be done and only I can really do them when it comes to getting William ready for the fall, but still. I dunno; it'll feel strange for a bit. I'll get used to it just in time to go back to teaching XD.
I am glad to be back to writing fiction and reading and freelance writing may be less frustrating now that I've had some time away. Hopefully things can move along for a while and we'll have another book out this year :)
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What's on the shelf:
Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
Steadfast by Mercedes Lackey
Book progress: Glacial. Kinda piecing together bits of book four though, god help me, lol.
I guess it's a nice ego boost to have someone miss me, but I'm tired out!
***
It will feel awfully strange to go back to the writing/William's activities cycle. The three weeks I spent 'at work' was tiring to be sure and could be frustrating at times, but at the same time, it was very liberating. For several hours a day for five days a week, I didn't have to worry about William or even really think of him (Besides wondering how he was doing every so often). I was way too busy keeping ahead of my students and dealing with them! It was rather nice to be 'me' and not 'me+kid'; I can see why so many moms go back to work after a while.
Certainly I'm glad to be back and there are some things which *need* to be done and only I can really do them when it comes to getting William ready for the fall, but still. I dunno; it'll feel strange for a bit. I'll get used to it just in time to go back to teaching XD.
I am glad to be back to writing fiction and reading and freelance writing may be less frustrating now that I've had some time away. Hopefully things can move along for a while and we'll have another book out this year :)
***
What's on the shelf:
Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
Steadfast by Mercedes Lackey
Book progress: Glacial. Kinda piecing together bits of book four though, god help me, lol.
