Aside from the fact that I can’t usually find a thing I’m looking for in my house if I haven’t seen it in the previous two days (okay, that’s an exaggeration, but the frustration makes it feel that way) most of my lost things lately have been inside my own head.
Concentration. It’s what it all comes down to. Having a thousand things go through my head at once (disclaimer: this post will include many exaggerations. And by many I mean about a million or so.) is conductive to forgetting everything. For instance, twice this morning on my paper route I walked past a house I was supposed to deliver to because I have my novel in my head. A particular scene that I’ve been pondering… can’t remember now which one…
Too many people to take care of, (the last of which is ALWAYS me (exaggeration)) too little money to do all the crazy things my kids demand of me (i.e. taking the bus to the mall which costs $500 each way compared to driving the car which costs only pennies) (guess which one of those is an exaggeration. Right. The pennies one.), and where was I… Oh yeah. Not having enough time to write and edit, and read and CREATE! That’s gotta be the worst because it’s what keeps me sane. So I create in my head while I’m supposed to be doing other things. Like delivering the paper. And running red lights. And floundering around like a beached fish, gasping for air and dying… dying … dyin… dyi… d.
I’m such a drama queen this morning. Time to find some sense in it all.
This post is part of SoCS. For the prompt and everything you need to know to join in, click here! https://lindaghill.com/2014/10/03/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-october-414/
October 7, 2014 at 5:46 pm
I write my best stuff when I am laying in bed trying to get to sleep or nowhere near a pen and paper. I feel your pain.
My Tween reckons I exaggerate as well but like… we just know she’s always wrong. Right?
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October 7, 2014 at 5:49 pm
Every. Single. Time. haha!
Yeah, pen and paper are like cops – never there when you need ’em. 😉
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October 5, 2014 at 12:23 pm
…yeah… 😛 I have painted thousands of pictures and written thousands of poems…most are in my head. I was wondering if we could invent a ‘thing’ that could ‘create’ our creative thoughts… you know- or like when you look at all the stuff you have to do and you can just maek it happen with YOUR MIIIIND. Would be flippin EPIC! …Mayybe I should just get a recorder thing to record my brilliant thoughts as I go along? HEY!!! YOU could DO SO DO that!. You would be the crazy lady who delivers the papers…but I suspect you are already POSSIBLY – that. 😀
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October 6, 2014 at 4:45 pm
Haha! I am. But not as crazy as the mailman, who walks around the block chatting with people on his bluetooth. It looks as though he’s talking to himself ALL the time. 😛
We so need this. Maybe Jason can invent it. He’s good at techie stuff. 😀
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October 6, 2014 at 4:47 pm
I thought that was Nav? …. 😉 ASK HIM!! I demand answers immediately! I NEEEEEED to – oh shit – we could just youtube…. bummer –
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October 6, 2014 at 4:48 pm
..or did you mean the ACTUAL – think things inot happening thing…LMAO!
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October 6, 2014 at 4:51 pm
Yes! We need a machine to record our thoughts!!!
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October 6, 2014 at 4:53 pm
You know what – I actually think it has been invented already. I am ‘fairly certain’ that dude Steven Hawkin has one! I am going to go look!
Like we could afford one! At least if we know if it exists we can live in clearer anticipation 😉
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October 6, 2014 at 4:55 pm
*madly writes my million-dollar-bestseller* 😉
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October 6, 2014 at 4:58 pm
…hold up…not a worker… he chooses the words on a computer screen…BORING. Looks like we have to do it the old fashioned way babe!
Well hey – LETS PRETEND! SEEMED to inspire you – LOL!!!
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October 6, 2014 at 5:08 pm
um…get writing again!…Interesting developments in the future… http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21408-telepathy-machine-reconstructs-speech-from-brainwaves.html?full=true#.VDMEIPldWT8
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October 6, 2014 at 5:10 pm
YES!!! 😀
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October 6, 2014 at 5:11 pm
EPIC!!…’soon’ we will JUST have to plug into something.
The REAL virtual world is upon us my dears 😀
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October 6, 2014 at 5:13 pm
Excellent! There may even be some virtual “exercise” in my future!! Hahahahaha!
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October 6, 2014 at 5:16 pm
..yeah – sorry – I am slow tonight… I missed the apostrophes – oops. DELETE DELETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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October 6, 2014 at 5:18 pm
Hahaha! That would be the second time you’ve read my mind today. 😀
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October 6, 2014 at 5:20 pm
Perhaps we are WAY too much on the same wave length Angel.
Do you know how many words I typed wrong in that sentence? …sigh… my fingers are out of practice with this shit…I NEED that machine.
Though…seriously… I would have to umplug sometimes or I would be in deeep trouble. 😛
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October 6, 2014 at 5:22 pm
Haha! Tell me about it. 😉
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October 6, 2014 at 5:25 pm
sigh… oh well… at least your wine did not get drained away. Biding my time – biding my time. Good girls. There are a lot of tractors on the roads these days Linda. Such happy folk driving them…
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October 6, 2014 at 5:30 pm
That’s it. We all need tractors. To hell with this techie stuff!
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October 6, 2014 at 5:32 pm
THANK YOU! Laughing quite pleasantly now. Does take the edge off – sport of.
These tractors – … makes it hard to focus on ones driving. Those folks must get soooooooo HOT inside those things. They must REALLY want to take their shirts off.
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October 6, 2014 at 5:33 pm
Don’t get me started.
hehehe
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October 6, 2014 at 5:35 pm
…sorry… I am sorry. Sorry…
Those tractors are just REAL nice
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October 6, 2014 at 5:37 pm
WITCH! WITCH! Get the WITCH!!
hahahaha!
Yeah, well, you started it! hehehe
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October 6, 2014 at 5:39 pm
NO chocolate for you!
Ah sheeesh…no wine for me…OR….
Tomorrow we shall have tractors.
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October 6, 2014 at 5:41 pm
Hahaha! *goes out into the country to look for tractors*
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October 6, 2014 at 5:46 pm
lolololololol!
They come in all shapes and sizes.
And they are larger than life sweetie.
AND – real slow down the windy road.
AND – oh AND – OH.
A bummer getting stuck behind them – but when they come towards you…a sight for sore eyes. So charming – though a little rough around the edges.
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October 6, 2014 at 5:48 pm
Poetry to my eyes. 😀
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October 6, 2014 at 5:53 pm
It is. It truly is.
They make them quite sturdy these days.
Not like the older models that are a bit dented.
You know how those older kinds always seem to get a flat tyre too. JUST inconvenient really.
But the newer models come at a fairly high price –
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October 6, 2014 at 5:55 pm
But sooo shiny…. And more likely to keep running!
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October 6, 2014 at 5:58 pm
so so sooooo shiny…. exactly. For a loooong time.
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October 6, 2014 at 5:59 pm
Hahahaha! I’m afraid we’d be deadly if we ever actually met in person. 😀
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October 6, 2014 at 6:00 pm
…make me cry now… I guess that is why there is an ocean between us 😛
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October 6, 2014 at 6:02 pm
It’s for the best. 😉
Ah, but one day. You never know. 🙂
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October 6, 2014 at 5:35 pm
shit on it! I got the daughter to bring me the chocolate….
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October 6, 2014 at 5:37 pm
Chocolate’s what keeps me going my dear.
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October 6, 2014 at 5:42 pm
I have no doubt darlin’… NO doubt.
AND – we shall WRITE – LOTS!
And ride tractors. Nooooooooo…one track mind today! GOOD GRIEF –
You are such a bad influence LINDA!
WITCH WITCH!!!!!!!!
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October 6, 2014 at 5:43 pm
Haha! Good vibes there, my dear.
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October 6, 2014 at 5:47 pm
Yeha
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October 5, 2014 at 2:14 am
Oh, I can relate to this! Even though I don’t have children, I think I just have that sort of head! I left a delivered parcel outside the front door last week, I knew what it was and it was on the front, wide porch. The next morning the delivery man, picked it up and took it back to the post office!! I’ve started sorting some stuff in my house- there are about a million boxes waiting to be sorted, thousands of family photos, clothes, clothes, clothes….furniture….between my friend and me we have eight spare cupboards (no exaggeration) , thousands of books, spare desks, an abundance of lounges… and most of that is not exaggerating.
I have reached the moment of “this mess has to go, it’s messing with my mind!” And, it’s interrupting the significant things- the writing.
So, good luck! I’ll be thinking of you, here on the other side of the world.
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October 6, 2014 at 4:43 pm
And I shall be thinking of you too, Kate. 🙂 I’m also trying to empty my mother’s three bedroom condo since she moved into a retirement home – it’s a challenge to say the least.
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October 4, 2014 at 7:26 pm
I can always understand getting distracting and dealing with a train of thought that goes so far it needs a passport. I was doing the dishes the other day and about half way through I got a phone call. That phone call took me away from the job I was doing and when It was over I was gone. I ended up writing a few posts on my blog because the phone call was from an old friend. It made me smile while he talked about his co worker who spent 30 minutes trying to convert him to a christian. I know people like that and I don’t agree with them. So it made me laugh and connected with me…the dishes still aren’t done.
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October 6, 2014 at 3:28 pm
Wait ’til you get to the point that you get so distracted you forget to feed your kids. It happens. 😛
A passport. Hahahahaha!
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October 4, 2014 at 6:02 pm
Hello Linda,
I nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award. I know you have been nominated before I wanted to nominate you also because I enjoy your blog and the community that you provide for bloggers. Check it out when you get time http://jcceewatkinsbarney.com/2014/10/04/blog-awards-alert/
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October 4, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Thank you so much JcCee! I’ll come and check it out. 😀
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October 4, 2014 at 7:08 pm
You’re most welcome Linda!! 🙂
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October 4, 2014 at 11:14 am
Oh gosh, I can identify with that! Today I cancelled my gym plan because I couldn’t find my gym bag… Only to finally find it in my wardrobe concealed by a bunch of clothes. So I can relate to this 🙂
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October 4, 2014 at 11:20 am
So frustrating, isn’t it?
By the way, the link in your pingback was broken – I’ve fixed it now. You might want to make another comment on the prompt page to let people know. 🙂
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October 4, 2014 at 11:28 am
Haha yes, frustrating indeed! Ah I see, thanks for that Linda. Will pop by to make another comment 🙂
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