Living alone it’s easy to form a habit of writing every day,
there is little to distract or pull you away from the goal, but the problem
with that is if you get caught up in the writing you are doing and put off all
the other chores that need done.
Dishes, and laundry, still need washed. Floors need swept,
or vacuumed, or mopped, and bills need paid, checkbooks need balanced; the
world doesn’t stop moving while we’re concentrating on our fictitious worlds
and sometimes that catches up to us, sometimes in heart stopping ways.
The other day I got a call from sister-in-law, her asking or
a ride to do some errands was no big deal, I do that all the time, but I about
had a heart attack when she said, “Today after my appointment.”
Today! I instantly racked my brain, positive I’d looked on
my calendar that morning to be certain when her next doctor’s appointment was,
and I was sure it wasn’t until the following day. So I was reaching for my
planner as I asked her if she’d read her calendar correctly pointing out what
day of the week it was.
She groaned, “It’s tomorrow isn’t it?”
Her calling for a ride was one thing. She doesn’t drive, I chauffeur
her around all the time, but her mentioning an appointment I didn’t have on my
calendar? That’s a whole other problem, and the fact is, I’ve spaced her appointments
before. That’s why I’d specifically checked my calendar, I knew one was coming
up, wasn’t sure when.
But such is the life of a writer. She needed a ride to run
errands, I thought it would be easier to do them on separate days, so I took
that day to run her errands, the next day was her appointment then I woke up
this morning and moaned. Today is Wednesday!
Yeah, sometimes life just gets away from us. J
Happy writing everyone!
