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Weblog Archives August 31, 2004 I hate Tuesdays. Oh, I know it's fashionable to hate Mondays - it's THE day to hate. But I can get through Mondays just fine, it's the Tuesdays that kill me. You see, most days The Man comes home for lunch and gives me a wee break from the toddler wrangling. We have the day broken up into two neat (if unequal segments) so I have so much to do before lunch and so much to do after lunch. When The Man doesn't come home to lunch it's a triple whammy - no break, a different schedule and a toddler who asks repeatedly 'Where's my Daddy?'. It is mind numbing. And add to that the fact that for some reason The Boy rarely sleeps well on Monday nights and you get one numb Mombie stumbling her way through Tuesday. Oh, crap, The Boy doth bellow, I must go. He's claiming to be lost but I know where he is - I always know where he is. I've posted a new essay here. August 29, 2004 So far so good on keeping organized, I love my Yahoo calendar. I just wish I could carry it with me everywhere, not that I go a lot of places but still, sometimes I get out. Really I do! I had a terrible thing happen yesterday, it was my day to sleep in (The Man and I each get one weekend morning to sleep in) and sleeping in made me feel worse than I felt when I first woke up. Do you know what sucks? THAT. I'm applying for an arts council grant to use while I write a collection of short stories in the fall and I need a letter of reference from two established writers. Now I ask you, how is your average unpublished writer supposed to accomplish that? Luckily, I did that reading last September and a couple of established writers did comment positively on my work so I imposed upon that slim connection to ask them for references. I've heard back from one of them, my childhood writing idol, and he is willing to write me a reference and told me that my writing is 'of excellent quality'. I'll live on that compliment for weeks. In fact, even if I don't get the grant that comment will make the process of applying worthwhile. I actually don't hold out much hope for getting a grant, I think they tend to sustain established writers rather than handing out money to unknowns but hey, it's worth a try. And I only want a little bit of money to cover part-time toddlerwrangling and the income I'd be missing from freelancing for 6 weeks. That's not too much to ask is it? Probably. On that note, I must go get some sleep. Watch for a new essay on Tuesday night. August 24, 2004 So in case you didn't know it, one of the weird things that happens to us pregnant dames is really vivid dreams. Last night I dreamt (dreamed?) that I was worried that I had gotten pregnant again, on top of my current pregnancy. So I was going to have to go through that first few months of nausea on top of my current somewhat uncomfortable girth. My dream-self, in her infinite wisdom, decided to terminate the second pregnancy, but of course, in dream logic I forgot that the termination might also put Jack at risk and then I started to panic. I woke up in mid-panic and it actually took a few minutes for me to realize that Jack was safe and that I had been dreaming. Needless to say, it took me a while to get back to sleep. And I'm feeling like crap today as a result. But on the upside I spent the morning with Spiderman, who apparently likes to eat apples 'in big' for his breakfast and has a very gruff voice. My MIL gave The Boy a pair of Spiderman PJs last night and he was ready to jump right into character this morning. The amusement kept me from napping in my cornflakes. I In case you are keeping track, Spiderman likes apples 'in big', applejuice, tubby toast (PB toast that is), and taking a bath. He's not so keen on dancing, purple cars or reading the last few pages of a book. I forgot some things in my last entry: 1) Angela also rocks as an assistant director, organzier person. 2) Kevin is a frickin' awesome choreographer. 3) choreographer is somewhat difficult to spell I've posted a new essay here. August 21, 2004 So the moral of the story is: sometimes the mombie is a slacker. I have been incredibly busy all through August and even when I had free time I was not in the least inclined to write about life, the universe and everything in here. A rundown of the past month: August 2-16 - My brother-in-law, his wife and their adorable children were visting from France. The Boy and his cousins got along well overall but there were some rough spots before they got to know each other. August 5&6 - Angela directed her second show for split pea and I ended up performing in it due to work issues for one of the actors. The show rocked, Ange is an excellent director. She reminds me of a young me. No wait, she's way better than I was at her age so I'll just say she does a great job and leave it at that. August 7 - Full day family picnic with The Man's relatives, the weather was hot, the boy was charming, iced tea was consumed by the bucket full, the place was swarming with Little Aunts. It was big fun. August 9 - Our 8th anniversary. I can't even fathom that we've been married that long. And it's all been good. Neece sang this Edie Brickell song at our wedding called 'Love like we do' and there's a line in it that goes 'I'm happy even when the times are rough 'cause any time with you is good enough'. That really sums it all up. The Man and I have our differences but I'd still rather be with him than with anyone else, no one makes me feel the way he does. And that is damn cool. You should all be jealous. August 10 - Kid's BBQ at our place so my friends' kids could meet the French relatives. We had bubbles and hotdogs everywhere. August 14 - Birthday lunch with Jason. Have I mentioned before that Jason rocks? He totally does. He doesn't, however, like Chinese food so don't try and lure him out with promises of chow mein. August 19&20 - Phil directed his first show for split pea, and that rocked too. He took the show in directions I would never have dreamed of and it totally worked and was amazing. He introduced a theme that I hadn't written into the script and it really made the whole radio show basis of the script a lot stronger. I was really impressed. And the man is great with the visuals, do you think that has something to do with him being a filmaker? So August has been way busy so far, I haven't even listed the writing I've done, or the outings we went on with various relatives, or my new fascination with Yahoo calendar which has led me to organize my life to a hithertofore unimaginable degree. In keeping with this new organization, my plan is to write a new entry here at least twice a week and to add a new essay/story once a week. Let's see how that pans out, shall we? © Christine C. Hennebury 2003 |
