Charlene Mattson's Blog - Posts Tagged "time"
The Odd Time Dilation Feeling
Time is relative.
Everyone knows that. It's not that it's literally moving slower or faster, but it certainly seems that way at the time. It really likes to 'telescope' on me so that a day can feel as though it's been zipped in my brain by the end of the day. (Yes, zipped, like a computer file, lol!)
The last two weeks have been like this with work days seemingly 'zipped' by the end of the day so that it feels like time went by quickly and I'm exhausted, but I still feel like I didn't *do* tons of stuff. I know I did, but since it was all going along at a regular pace and nothing odd happened or stuck out, it all feels like it got compressed and shuttered so that time went quickly.
I had a great two weeks teaching and knowing that I only have one more week (for the foreseeable future anyway) feels distinctly odd-though my son is happy. After that, its back to Strong Start, therapy and sorting out William's prep for Kindergarten. Don't get me wrong, I'll be glad to do that with him again (though taking him to a child psychologist for an exam for the school will be stressful-apparently our only psychologist in this stupid city is fond of medical jargon and likes to sound intimidating. Must put stomping boots on!), but I will miss teaching and working. The money is certainly nice too!
Of course, being too exhausted to play video games or keep up with my fiction is problematic, so I guess in that sense, it's a good thing I have some time off coming, lol.
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Editing is kicked back up again: The Glass Slipper Conspiracy got some more work done on it and I'm working on the outline for Book 3 because I'm just that obsessive, lol.
Books on the shelf:
Vicious Circle by Mike Carey for work. Nothing for home yet-library trip tomorrow.
Everyone knows that. It's not that it's literally moving slower or faster, but it certainly seems that way at the time. It really likes to 'telescope' on me so that a day can feel as though it's been zipped in my brain by the end of the day. (Yes, zipped, like a computer file, lol!)
The last two weeks have been like this with work days seemingly 'zipped' by the end of the day so that it feels like time went by quickly and I'm exhausted, but I still feel like I didn't *do* tons of stuff. I know I did, but since it was all going along at a regular pace and nothing odd happened or stuck out, it all feels like it got compressed and shuttered so that time went quickly.
I had a great two weeks teaching and knowing that I only have one more week (for the foreseeable future anyway) feels distinctly odd-though my son is happy. After that, its back to Strong Start, therapy and sorting out William's prep for Kindergarten. Don't get me wrong, I'll be glad to do that with him again (though taking him to a child psychologist for an exam for the school will be stressful-apparently our only psychologist in this stupid city is fond of medical jargon and likes to sound intimidating. Must put stomping boots on!), but I will miss teaching and working. The money is certainly nice too!
Of course, being too exhausted to play video games or keep up with my fiction is problematic, so I guess in that sense, it's a good thing I have some time off coming, lol.
***
Editing is kicked back up again: The Glass Slipper Conspiracy got some more work done on it and I'm working on the outline for Book 3 because I'm just that obsessive, lol.
Books on the shelf:
Vicious Circle by Mike Carey for work. Nothing for home yet-library trip tomorrow.
