{"id":2234,"date":"2014-05-19T22:47:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T04:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2014-05-19T22:58:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T04:58:56","slug":"a-writers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paksworld.com\/blog\/?p=2234","title":{"rendered":"A Writer’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

It began early in the morning with a cat deciding it was time for the human to wake up.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As those of you with a feline in the house know, once the cat who thinks the human should wake up arrives on the bed, and then on the human, waking up will occur, with or without the human’s cooperation.\u00a0 That was, roughly, 5:30 am.<\/p>\n

It continued with some breakfast, some business emails, some goofing off on Twitter, whence I found this wonderful video: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vjm-WQKJCOM&feature=youtu.be&ac<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 That’s a three day old foal playing around in the sun in Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

Then a 4.7 mile bike ride, then hurrying through some chores and things, and the arrival of the restore CDs for the OS for my son’s computer (the hard drive toasted itself) before heading off for the gym for my twice weekly workout.\u00a0 Back to find word from friends in the city (where son’s computer has resided for a week or by now two)\u00a0 of when we could gather to put everything together.\u00a0\u00a0 I had a hard workout and was ready for the sack, but instead showered, changed, and drove into the city\u00a0 to meet up with friends and son…and then we spent two fruitless hours trying to get the OS to load on the new hard drive.\u00a0\u00a0 Frustrating for the tech at the company trying to help us as well as us.\u00a0 Finally gave up after 9 pm, because I knew I had to drive the 50 miles home after dropping off son at his apartment way the heck out the other side of the city.<\/p>\n

Came home very tired, and discouraged (at the state of my fitness–so many things were hurting from today’s workout and the long drives against a strong gusty wind, at the failure to get son’s computer fixed, at the pile or other work that wasn’t getting done while I either went to the gym or didn’t get the computer fixed, etc.)\u00a0 and discovered in my email a note from Agent that a new review was in–and a good one.\u00a0 Really good.\u00a0 As in “Gives even a tired, discouraged, stiff and aching\u00a0 writer the warm fuzzies” good.<\/p>\n

And so to bed, as Pepys put it.\u00a0 Tomorrow is another attack on the ailing computer–or replacing it.\u00a0\u00a0 And finishing an important letter to the Copyright Office.\u00a0\u00a0 And washing socks and doing the laundry I didn’t get done today and hanging it out before I head to the city.\u00a0 Likely no bike riding but plenty of work to accomplish.<\/p>\n

[added later]\u00a0 I can’t resist–Writer Ego strikes again:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/book-reviews\/elizabeth-moon\/crown-of-renewal\/]<\/a><\/p>\n

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