Wow. The cozies are in FULL effect here at the Ho-Heinichen House of Whores and Hosiery…
We put on the comforter.
*ira explodes into a puff of fluff*
It’s amaze.
It’s finally cold enough to have it on. This is the ONE thing I like climate-wise about this time of year. The rest of it, down here in LA at least, can suck my D. Sun going down at 4:30 in the afternoon? Nope. When it’s cold enough at night to sleep under the down comforter? Yes, please.
I did work today, unfortunately. I paid for this working weekend by NOT doing this work earlier in the year. Sigh. I’m going through all our transactions for the year and organizing them into expense and income categories. Fascinating stuff, I know. But, it has to be done. We owe our accountant this information in a week or so, I think.
I’ll get it done on time. It’s just going to take a couple weekends of putting in several hours. Blech. 🙄
Liz’s dad left today. It was such a nice visit with him. Truly. He had a safe drive home, avoided the traffic, and he loves his new phone.
I got to watch the Warriors play, which was nice. It was a really fun, close game and they won! The Kings, which is who they were playing, are a MUCH improved team from last year. New coach, I think. New style of play. Very fast. Very athletic. They may actually be good this year, which would be awesome for my friend Joe. Hi Joe!
Anywho…
I’ve been thinking A LOT about this coming work week, and the several that will follow. I’ll be in the Netflix offices full-time, which means I’ll have to write outside of 9-5 work hours. That’s going to be an adjustment. It’s been over a year and a half since I’ve done that, and the last time I did it, I wrote at a SNAILS’ pace.
But, I know I can do it.
I’m much stronger in my writing discipline. I know, or am getting to know, exactly how long stuff takes me, each phase of the process. I’m also starting, slowly, to find more confidence in the process I’ve laid out for myself; ie- don’t worry so much if something isn’t working during that first draft. Just get it out, and trust that the revising process will fix it.
So…yeah. I have anxiety about it because I feel like I’ve failed to meet my own expectations in this area before: working and writing. But…it’s also alleviating some anxiety as well because it’s solving some cash flow issues.
I vacillate between feeling anxious about it, and excited about it. To be honest…I’m mostly excited. I’m excited to go in on Monday. It’s a new experience, and I know I’m good face-to-face. This is ideal if I want to get some more regular work with these people. I get to work with them in person.
We’ll see what happens.
I’m making schedules in my head. When to get up. How much writing time I can get in each day. That’s one of my major obsessions, I just realized: making schedules. I do it constantly. It’s a release valve for anxiety, I suppose…and when I *have* a schedule and actually stick to it, I feel really, really good.
Sigh.
I’m going to stop there tonight. Try to take my mind off it. It’ll bubble up again tomorrow, that’s for sure, so I’ll think more about it all then.
Night, guys 🙂 Thanks for listening.