I have a love/hate thing with March Break. Here’s a breakdown of the pros and cons:
Pros:
- I work in the education system, so I get to enjoy a week off. It’s a week off without pay, but hey, it’s still a week off.
- That means more time to write and hopefully even more time to write.
- My children also have the week off, and it’s an opportunity to spend some quality time with them.
- I get to sleep in. YAY!
- I get to catch up on some reading.
Cons:
- My children also have the week off, and there is lots of distraction to keep me from my writing.
- I sleep in too late and lose a lot of valuable time.
- I stay up late reading – hence the sleeping in part.
- There is pressure to attend to long-neglected chores – cleaning out closets, going through piles of paperwork, organizing computer files, etc.
I’m sure there are lots of other things I could add to either pro/con section, but you catch my drift. It’s definitely a week of give and take. So I spent a whole day with the girls at the mall, and I met a friend for coffee one night, and that was great! I also cleaned out two closets and filled a garbage bag of shoes and another of coats to donate. I finished reading a couple of great books. I wasted a lot of time on Zombie Farm and Twitter, and a little less time on Facebook.
But I did get some writing done — or at least revised three chapters. And if I don’t waste too much time here, I might even be able to get to Chapter 13! So as much as I got productive with my closets and had a good time with family and friends, I also squeezed in some time to write. As much as it would be great to disappear all week, I compromised. Maybe it wasn’t madness after all.
