I was going to write a biography post today. Instead I am now writing a post about not writing biography posts.
What happened is....
I was going to wait until after our upcoming Disney trip to write more biography posts. But then Annie (the cat) is getting spayed today, and I thought writing a post might help my mind stay occupied. BUT then I started worrying that what it really was is me taking advantage of Annie's absence to get some writing done.
I went back and forth on the whole thing. Am I an okay person for writing when my cat is surgery, or am I a cold-hearted, selfish person?
I guess I decided it was maybe okay to do a blog post.
I started writing one. I used Random.org to pick my person... It was a filmmaker named Rosemary Myers.
Wait. Back up....
Before I started writing, I had gone downstairs to get a snack. I smelled gas. Tim told me to return in ten minutes to see if I still smelled it. I decided I'd start the post and then go downstairs for a sniff.
Well, after about writing for ten minutes, Tim announced that we needed to vacate the house. The main thing I was thinking at this point is that if this had to happen, good that it happened while Annie was gone. That would have been a pain to get her out of the house. Well, getting her out of the house would be easy. Unlike our past kitties, she gets into the carrier quite easily. (that might change after her surgery). But I'm not sure what we would have done with her in the carrier. That would have made the drama a bit more complicated.
Anyway, the other thing I thought of was that this was probably not a good day to do a biography post. I think I took it as a sort of sign from the heavens. I quickly deleted my post...before vacating the house. Now I'm thinking that I was really quick to read that as a sign, and it probably means I hadn't really wanted to write the post in the first place.
I thought I wanted to get back into biography posts.
I thought wrong.
Sometimes I think I want to quit writing posts all together. That often ends up being wrong. I usually just need a break...sometimes a long break.
I think I'll just go back to writing infrequent posts when I see something Australian-related that gives me strong opinions and feelings. This will probably usually be TV show related.
As for our today-dramas....
The gas company came and by that time, the smell had disappeared. The gas guy used some device to detect danger and didn't find anything. Jack and I had walked to the park, and we smelled the same smell there. SO...I don't know what's up with that.
I haven't heard back about Annie yet. I'm a little worried. I'll probably start getting to be a lot worried in a few hours if we still haven't heard anything.
When we dropped her off, I felt sad for her...and worried. But I also felt this kind of gladness to get a break. I'm a horrible mom. The thing is, now she's been gone for four hours, and I miss her so much. She's needy for attention and that's time-consuming, but the attention she needs is actually a lot of fun and wonderfulness. She's a very fun and sweet cat.
What happened is....
I was going to wait until after our upcoming Disney trip to write more biography posts. But then Annie (the cat) is getting spayed today, and I thought writing a post might help my mind stay occupied. BUT then I started worrying that what it really was is me taking advantage of Annie's absence to get some writing done.
I went back and forth on the whole thing. Am I an okay person for writing when my cat is surgery, or am I a cold-hearted, selfish person?
I guess I decided it was maybe okay to do a blog post.
I started writing one. I used Random.org to pick my person... It was a filmmaker named Rosemary Myers.
Wait. Back up....
Before I started writing, I had gone downstairs to get a snack. I smelled gas. Tim told me to return in ten minutes to see if I still smelled it. I decided I'd start the post and then go downstairs for a sniff.
Well, after about writing for ten minutes, Tim announced that we needed to vacate the house. The main thing I was thinking at this point is that if this had to happen, good that it happened while Annie was gone. That would have been a pain to get her out of the house. Well, getting her out of the house would be easy. Unlike our past kitties, she gets into the carrier quite easily. (that might change after her surgery). But I'm not sure what we would have done with her in the carrier. That would have made the drama a bit more complicated.
Anyway, the other thing I thought of was that this was probably not a good day to do a biography post. I think I took it as a sort of sign from the heavens. I quickly deleted my post...before vacating the house. Now I'm thinking that I was really quick to read that as a sign, and it probably means I hadn't really wanted to write the post in the first place.
I thought I wanted to get back into biography posts.
I thought wrong.
Sometimes I think I want to quit writing posts all together. That often ends up being wrong. I usually just need a break...sometimes a long break.
I think I'll just go back to writing infrequent posts when I see something Australian-related that gives me strong opinions and feelings. This will probably usually be TV show related.
As for our today-dramas....
The gas company came and by that time, the smell had disappeared. The gas guy used some device to detect danger and didn't find anything. Jack and I had walked to the park, and we smelled the same smell there. SO...I don't know what's up with that.
I haven't heard back about Annie yet. I'm a little worried. I'll probably start getting to be a lot worried in a few hours if we still haven't heard anything.
When we dropped her off, I felt sad for her...and worried. But I also felt this kind of gladness to get a break. I'm a horrible mom. The thing is, now she's been gone for four hours, and I miss her so much. She's needy for attention and that's time-consuming, but the attention she needs is actually a lot of fun and wonderfulness. She's a very fun and sweet cat.