There’s people on leave at the dayjob this week, which means I working a lot of overtime this week and my dayjob has gone from “seriously, wtf did you hire me for, there’s nothing to do” to “not enough hours in the day to do the work of the two people I’m covering for.”
I have the next installment of Flotsam to write.
My house is a mess, I’m sleeping four hours a night, and I’m living on baked beans ’cause I don’t have the time to go shopping at the moment.
I’m incapable of communicating with the world in a language other than panic and bile this week. In the words of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: Don’t push me, ’cause I’m close to the edge.
See you next week when things are calmer.
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I so get where you're coming from. It's gonna be a tough week – I just had one of those myself. Good luck with reaching your deadlines – I know you can do it, we did Clarion! but I know it's exhausting when trying to manage the dayjob, sleep and eat with some mind to your health – unfortunately something will suffer (I know it won't be your writing) just make sure when you're back on track to be kind to yourself and nurture your body with sleep, exercise and good food.
Oh, and you just raised some great memories of Grandmaster Flash 🙂
Hugs Michele xx