Getting to the Page

Dear Barb,


Wow, don't get me started on how much I don't write these days.  I need the motivation you are seeking...send some my way if you find it! I can hardly even do a two-minute FB update anymore, I feel so out of sorts with The Page.  "I haven’t been to the gym in a month, my to-do lists take me a week to complete, and I’m just kind of blah lately. "Sounds like my life, entirely. Only I think it's been longer than a month since the gym has seen my face.


So....sorry, but I don't have any other suggestions.  I do think that the morning pages is the (our) best way to get started though.  I have a horrible tendency of sleeping until the last possible minute these days, leaving myself no time at all for anything before heading off (usually late) to work.   Of course, I come home (even as early and luxuriously as 2:00) and it seems those few hours until dinner just disappear with laundry, errands, JJ and his homework, sports, whatever. Suddenly, every night, it's time for bed and I haven't accomplished a thing.  Let alone writing.


I don't think I've fully adjusted to my new schedule - meaning working outside the home.  It's like I totally gave up on housework and basic family care things - I swear my bathroom rivals the boys' in filthiness.  I can't even stand to brush my teeth in there, my sink is so revolting.  I grocery shop only when we are completely out of things - so not like me.  I'm the queen of anticipating the last gallon of milk and never letting the beer fridge let us down with the spares.  Thank God I didn't take a full time position or I think my whole house would fall apart.  How do people do it? What is wrong with me??


Of course I'm still wishing I were on a lawn chair with a cocktail in hand, which isn't exactly helping. And I'm stressed about Christmas shopping (or, the lack of which I have done). The weather sucks, I'm feeling terribly fat and out of shape.....grrrrrrr.  Writing seems low on the priority list, yet it's probably what I should most be doing. 


You are much more dedicated in your writing than I ever have been, so I'm sure you will find rejuvenation sooner rather than later.  Feel free to write here for practice, if not for updating your daily life. I'd love to read some things you've been working on!


Love,
A