I just finished an e-mail interview in which the journalist asked me to “describe a typical daily schedule.” I tried to sound somewhat professional in my answer, but I thought for your Thursday entertainment, I would share my real writing schedule here. This was yesterday:
9 a.m.
Drop children off at school. Rush home to begin writing.
10 a.m.
Finish calling Telus and the plumber and writing a letter to Service Canada. Tell my husband I have no time to talk to him. I’m writing.
10 – 10:55 a.m.
Write.
11 a.m.
Pick up son at school.
12
Lunch and an errand.
1:30 p.m.
Husband requests presence at Home Depot, to choose bathroom faucet.
2:15 p.m.
Son drops bouncy ball into Home Depot toilet.
2:30 p.m.
Finish dousing my hands with sanitizer.
2:45 p.m.
Race back towards daughter’s school.
2:46 p.m.
Son removes wheel from toy car and inserts wheel on his finger, restricting blood supply.
2:50 p.m.
Stop at Melonheads (much closer than ER) and work with friendly hairdresser, bottle of lotion, and pair of scissors to extract son from wheel.
3 p.m.
Scream into school to pick up daughter.
3-5 p.m.
Supervise cranky children.
5 p.m.
Escape house to attend CWILL BC meeting
Yup, a lot of writing sure got done yesterday. And to top it all off, Min chose a different fixture after I left Home Depot. And it’s hideous.
You know, if this writing thing doesn’t pan out (but it’s ‘panning’ very well, btw), you could always try stand-up comedy.
Oh no. Min!
Don’t worry. I made him take it back after work today.
This schedule sounds so very familiar…. 🙂