On Tuesday, I managed to drive myself bonkers.
Personally, I blame the weather. 110 degree of heat is insane! We aren't a desert here in Oklahoma. In fact the Northeastern section of our state used to be called 'Green Country'. I think we might have to change that to 'Brown Country' soon. It's not like this is an unusually temperature, but it's an extension of the days upon days of 100+ temps since JUNE. Ugh!
But then again, it could be the fact that I woke up at 3 freaking 30 AM! I finally gave up trying to go back to sleep at 4 AM. I thought, "Oh, I'll play a little Cafe World and write." I played CW, but then a CW friend IM'd me and that's all she wrote on the writing. Though I did manage to write 176 words--WooHoo--NOT!
So I went for my morning walk and felt quite refreshed afterwards. The kidlet had a friend spend the night and the girls wanted to swim. I managed to hold them off until I took a shower and had a smoothie.
--on a side note: My niece Carrie told me to try fresh spinach in my banana smoothies. So I did. It wasn't bad. I couldn't taste the spinach, though tiny bits did get stuck in my teeth!
3/4 cup 2% milk + 1/2-1 cup spinach leaves + frozen bananas (@ 1 1/2) = green smoothie 2 WW pts.
Anyhoo, while the girls frolicked in the pool. I took my netbook and worked on the synopsis of FIRE. I had about 500 words written and managed to delete most of it and wrote 300 new words. I like the synopsis so far, but now I have to BS my way through the rest of the story.
The girls were good, but distracting, so I decided to do 4 loads of laundry while I worked on the How-To article for Amy. She liked the way my blog looks and wanted me to write an easy how-to.
THIS is what finally pushed me over the edge. I started this blog 3-4 years ago and tweaked it as I went along. I didn't do it all at once!
I think I dug myself deep as I went into far too much detail. I called Amy (she was gone) left a pitiful message and decided to walk away and iron some shorts. By the time Amy called back, I knew where I went astray. I'll probably ditch most of what I wrote and start over with the basics.
Though my kidlet is now off playing at BounceU, I decided to throw in the towel for the day. My allergies/summer cold is bothering me (watery eyes, runny nose, etc) and I'm mentally drained. I have about an hour of peace and quiet.
I think I'll sit down to enjoy Judge Judy eviscerate some poor fool.
Later, Peeps!
Oh, Margaret. . .life in summer heat. I know I've fried my brain cells. Hard to concentrate.
ReplyDeleteIt's been horrible this year, hasn't it, Meg? First we get record breaking cold and snow in February and now record breaking heat. Ugh! I'm so ready for some cooler temps and rain!
ReplyDeleteI've been staying inside a lot this summer because of allergies. Congrats on figuring out your story. Yay!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Edie! I love how the subconscious works on a problem for you. :-)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Judge Judy. I use one of her favorite phrases all the time: "don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining."
ReplyDeleteMany parts of the country have been excruciatingly hot this summer. Makes the outrageous cost of living in the Bay Area totally worth it right now.
Yeah, it's been miserable here, Jody. I would guess that the barn is deserted between 10 AM and 9 PM.
ReplyDeleteWe'll have occasional 100 degree days here, but it's only that hot for a few hours in the afternoon, but after dark it'll drop into the low 60s/upper 50s. Plus there's no humidity to speak of. Still, I do miss having A/C on those days.
ReplyDeleteUsually, I'll make a trip to the barn on hot afternoons to give Murray a cool bath and let him drip dry. I just give myself a shower at the same time.
We don't usually get our hottest weather until after September 1, so there's plenty of warmth to come.