Six Things I Did Today Instead of Writing

1. Exercised. As I’ve grown older, I’ve become more acutely aware of something that has always been a part of my life: Gravity. Though I may not be able to restore things to their twenty-something state, I am certainly willing to try.

2. Checked Oscar results: I wanted to watch the Oscars last night. But it’s kind of hard when we don’t have television stations. We’ve tried the whole rabbit-ear thing, but it doesn’t work in the mountains. And we’ve elected not to pay the outrageous costs of satellite TV. Each time we stay in a hotel and flip through stations, it reinforces our reasons for remaining TV free. Therefore, I had to go online to see who the winners were. Come to find out, I haven’t seen these movies anyway.

3. Blogged. Obviously, here I am. Not editing. Not revising, Not writing my manuscript. Oh, the things I’ll to do procrastinate. I even danced around the blogs to see who else was procrastinating.

4. Worked. I actually have a job. That pays me to do stuff. So I did Regional Director-ish duties for Destination ImagiNation. Our regional tournament is coming up next month, and my to-do list is still there. I kind of hoped it would go away on its own.

5. Wrote down new ideas. I have a new idea for a YA novel. But the new idea came to me while I was driving. For some reason, the road is my muse. Of course, it is hard (and not exactly safe) to write and drive at the same time. I reached for my voice recorder, and the batteries were dead. So, back at home, I needed to write those babies down before they fizzled away.

6. Read books to Zane. In between his daily PT exercises, we like to take breaks. So we lie next to each other on the floor while I read. Today it was I Love You All Day Long. I thought it was a pretty cute book. Apparently, Zane didn’t agree. He wiggled away to another area of the room.