Today was a good day. A restful day, and I sit here in bed writing this a full hour earlier than usual, which is always a good sign.
I knocked out another full scene on my pilot script today. It was a fairly long one, but I was able to do it in an hour. I could have squeezed more writing into today if I’d really wanted to, but it may have been at the cost of other things, and I chose to spread the love around.
I got my “off-day” editing done. Quickly, too, took my just an hour and I was afraid it would take longer than that. I did laundry while I watched the A’s win for the second game in a row…something they haven’t done in over a month. I’m sitting right now, in fact, in clean sheets from having done the laundry. I LOVE CLEAN SHEETS.
True story, when I was a kid, I didn’t realize that sheets needed to be washed just like normal clothes…so there was a stretch for a few years when I was responsible for my own laundry where my sheets were never washed. I know! That’s freaking disgusting. When I realized, I felt like an idiot, actually. I could never figure out why my parents’ bed was always so much softer than mine…and then I learned. It’s because they washed their damn sheets more than once a year! Sigh. An embarassing story, but a true one. Kids are freaking disgusting, yo. Truth!
I also did my grocery shopping and took care of the pups, both in the morning and on the evening walkies. Had a nice long, relaxing walk today. Oh, and I took a solid two hour nap. I didn’t sleep the whole time, I was in and out, but it was glorious. I was freaking tired. And it worked. I feel refreshed. I just took a shower…everything feels clean. It’s a really nice state of affairs. I highly recommend it.
I’m also encouraged by the fact that I’m marching towards having this latest draft finished with Icarus, and it’s the first time I’ll be finishing a draft of something having actually accomplished the execution of the choices I made with scenes and characters. Like, I feel like what I *intended* to put on the page is finally, actually ON the page. I mean, at least at that point, my intention is coming across with a piece of writing, as opposed to it being a muddled mess. Then, someone can agree or disagree with a choice, but at least the choice is there to be debated.
In any event (<— pretty sure that’s something I write a lot on this blog…felt the need to recognize that fact for some reason. Carry on!), I am excited to cross that finish line and move on to the next project. That next project starts essentially a week from tomorrow, so it’s right around the corner. I still need to break it up into bite-sized goals that I can actually accomplish, as opposed to deadlines of the “finish outline” variety that are just too big and overwhelming in a nebulous way to be very helpful. Small, daily goals are the key. I think I’ll go brainstorm some of that right now, actually. I have the time.
So, a good, busy but relaxing day. What a Sunday aught to be, eh? See you tomorrow!