One of Those days

Definitely.
 
I have the honour of playing chauffeur to my 5 year old son. He's on a half day from school and is going to a birthday party at 3, so I'm taking a half day from work to do it all. Also I think I could do with the break. The average day runs like this - get up, feeding frenzy (usually dealt with by their dad - he's a star), get dressed, go downstairs, force one of the two children away from the tv long enough to manhandle them into their clothes with various shouts of "turn that off" and "turn that down" and "Leave the cat ALONE!", get my breakfast, feed half of breakfast to one or both children, brush teeth, run out door to work and the peace a quiet of my library! Phew! A normal day is pretty peaceful. Then school pickups, and dinner which is almost exactly the same as the morning but in reverse.

It's no wonder I am exhausted.

The party is in Greystones, which is south of Dublin and a lovely town. While he is at the party I will probably have a wander and do some shopping. I might even *gasp* sit down and have a coffee by myself. But let's not push the fantasy too far here.

Not a lot of writing news. I am trying, with the aid of others, to jump start our "Jumpstart Writers" writing group again. This is a critiquing group which myself and Dude and Elan from Hatrack had going a while back. We're at the recruiting phase. World domination comes later :D

I wish there was some news, but I am basically plodding along on the Irish Mythology novel, currently titled "Moy Tura Echoes", and waiting on the large number of submissions I have out there - everything from my novel "The Penitent" to poetry to short stories. About the only thing I don't have out at the moment is the novelette length story "The Wolf's Sister" which is a Holtlands story (yay!) but needs some polishing. Maybe this weekend. I have a market in mind. It's a bank holiday so Monday is "off" (see above breakfast, but extend to a 3 day stretch)

So, fingers crossed. Deep breath. Here goes the day!

R