I am very engrossed in reading lately.  There just aren't enough hours to read what I want to get read.  I'm also feeling that very intense need to write, but not just any old thing.  I long to write stories and summaries; the stories for my creative outlet, and the summaries to make sense of all the awesome things I'm reading about so they can "gel" so I can have an intelligent conversation with someone without tripping over my words and figuring out how to "say" what I really want to say... without saying too much.  (My husband would offer you his deepest sympathies at this point.)

So, I've come up with a solution to my "problem": I just need a "pause button".  Unfortunately it isn't realistic in any way, shape, or form.  Only the people in movies can have a "pause" button, but wouldn't it be nice? 

I could pause life and get all the nasty "work" done, and even get a head start on my reading or writing.  Then, I could push play again and spend my "real" time with family and friends and in reading and writing.  Then, if I found I was running out of time to get my writing finished up, I could just push "pause" again and tie up those last few loose ends before going to bed.

So while dear hubby is away on business, and since I don't have a pause button, I don't get the nasty work done, but I do spend a little time with family and friends, (far less than what is needed), and I stay up far too late and do as much reading or writing as I can, but a lot of my writing gets a bit neglected (okay, a lot neglected) because as soon as I get on the computer I get distracted and while I'm distracted someone decides to play a mean trick on me and press the "fast forward" button, the one that logically can not exist, but is oh, so very real.

Love and Hugs~