Hoo boy. Sleepy Rachael checking in. I've just spent eight hours, ass in chair, working. God bless Mac Freedom — I'd log myself off the internet for an hour at a time, then when the time was up I'd check to make sure the internet was still there, send emails and tweets, and then I'd hop back on for another locked-out hour.
I got a hell of a lot done today, which is exactly what I needed.
Also, I worked listening to the sound of rain, as suggested by one of my PensFatales, Gigi Pandian. I like noise to cover up the sounds of the house, dogs walking, cats falling off stuff, cars going by, but I can never find exactly the right soundtrack, and personally, music can affect the mood of my writing.
But rain? Thunder? It was awesome. I just worked and worked, until the very last minute, ALMOST four o'clock, my preassigned quittin' time, when my eyes got heavy, and I dragged myself out of my tall chair and into my soft chair and then took a little nap.
It felt great.
Now, yoga tonight with sister Christy. Vacation is officially over tomorrow, so back to work I go, but that is good, too. Getting up at 3:30am? Not really looking forward to that. But I can do it!
toni in florida says
Bless your heart for getting up so early! Me, I’ll stick to working mids. I’d much rather sleep from 1-2 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. and work all night (2250-0700), ’cause I can never make myself sleep early enough to succeed at dayshift (which starts here at 0650). When I was forced to that shift last winter (while in training with someone who only works days), I was continually sleep deprived… for like 3 months. Ugh. Still, all shifts need fire dispatchers, so thank goodness there are angels like you who do the dayshift thing. (Any surprise my kids call me a vampire??)
susan says
oh i LOVE the sound of rain and there’s nothing quite as awesome as a good thunderstorm.
Julia says
Rachael, you’ve been totally inspiring over the last few months writing-wise for me. I have also joined a writing group, and while they keep having the meetings on days I can’t attend, I’ve been keeping up with the “homework” and have gotten all the way to organizing my scene ideas into chapters. And that’s when inspiration hit me last night, and I changed the focus of the novel! Let’s see how that works out. Seeing how far you’ve gotten with your book(s) has definitely helped me along. Thanks!
Robynn says
I wish I could use something like Freedom. I badly need a little enforced discipline. Only problem is, most of my work is done online. Even on Ravelry. Buggernuts.
Alida South Africa says
What is happening with Lala’s blog? It says ‘hacked by fatal error’. Am I the only one to get that message when I try to open her blog? Greetings from wintry South Africa.
Wendy says
I actually checked out MacFreedom today. Thing is, like getting into the pool, I am totally afraid.
I need to write, too. But I just need to jump in.