So much time
There’s a Yiddish folktale about a family that was crowded into a small house. When they went to the rabbi for advice, he told them to bring all their animals — from the chickens to the horse — into the house. Later, when they moved the animals back out, it felt like they had lots of room. (A Russian version of this story was recently featured on Between the Lions.)
This story seems very applicable to my schedule right now. Today was the last session of my sons’ classes at the local rec center (t-ball and "blast off for babies"). Last Tuesday the PTA had the end of year carnival, and I only have a few loose ends to finish off before I can hand over my responsibilities as PTA secretary. And I just emailed to the editor a draft of the article that I’ve been getting up at 6 am every day to work on. It feels like I’ve got lots of free time all of a sudden.
June 13th, 2005 at 12:36 pm
You’re doing freelance writing? On top of everything else? What kind of stuff are you writing, and for whom? You are just awesome.
June 13th, 2005 at 1:45 pm
yes, tell us more about the writing– where/when will we be able to see it?
June 13th, 2005 at 3:03 pm
I’m still in the stage of not wanting to jinx things, so I don’t want to talk about the writing until I actually see it in print.
I will say that it’s related to what I write about here — the editor contacted me after reading this blog — and that I was bouncing off the walls for days after hearing from her.
I’m glad that I’m not trying to support my family by writing though. I think my pay is going to work out to something like $2 an hour.