And the Deadline Looms...

[PlanetMom]

It has become painfully apparent that someone didn't want me to meet my writing deadlines last week. Well, it certainly seemed that way-with every wretched creature or thing in this household serving as a colossal distraction. There were those with an unquenchable thirst for adult conversation, those who became obsessed with humming some idiotic little jingle, those who crawled onto my lap to punch the keyboard with glee, those who needed help fishing cereal out of their orange juice and those who had fevers and sore throats and the urge to hurl into a big bucket every nanosecond or so.

To top it off, I had to deal with a flooded bathroom one morning-which stemmed from owning a stupid pipe that decided to dissociate from its stupid tank-resulting in a stupid deluge that lapped at my heels until I wised up enough to throw down some stupid towels and shut off the water. Curious onlookers took impeccable notes of the tirade which ensued. Thankfully, no one could reach or operate the video camera.

There is a god.

Perhaps it's just that I, in particular, have issues with being distracted. Maybe I simply need to learn how to focus more effectively on my work. Yeah. I'll bet that's it. Deadlines or no deadlines. Distractions or no distractions. Learn to focus.

Never mind the throngs of picnickers who will soon be making landfall.

Need. To. Focus.

Planet Mom: It's where I live (in a highly distracted state much of the time). Visit me there at www.notesfromplanetmom.com.

Copyright 2008 Melinda L. Wentzel

Tags: kids, sick, interruption, deadlines, writer

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