Brain Power (or lack thereof), Candy & Feeling Stupid...
As you've probably guessed by the lateness of this blog, it's been a "day". Or a couple of days, actually. I've gotten to the point in my fall where I have so much going on in my feeble little brain that it's both overloaded and rebelling, which is never a good thing. Halloween decorations, my alter-ego's blog event this month, upcoming books, covers that need re-doing ASAP, drafts that need to be finished, insanely huge/intensive projects at the day job, hubby's health issues, dog health issues...it's actually kind of amazing I sleep so well at night, honestly. Then again, I don't go to bed until I can't keep my eyes open any longer (due to the crazy "to-do" list), so that helps...
In any case, all that to say, I'm rather short on available brain power these days. If you notice I'm not around/as social at the moment, that's why. When I have to actually use the ol' noggin for long periods of time each day, my energy for being social gets used up on all the other stuff that needs doing. Just the way things go, unfortunately.
So why didn't I write this post last night as usual? Well, odd schedules, a graveyard to work on, a trip to Costco, a turkey to wrangle (he *was* dead when I started...it was more giblet wrangling that anything else) and cook, and my alter-ego's blog event to maintain. By the time I had time to work on this post, it was after 1am, and my brain was fried from everything else.
My buddy Ardee-ann was just recently extolling my blogging virtues (thank you, dear!). Ironic that I have to go and prove I'm human so soon after that post, eh? I hate when that happens...
My brain is fried tonight too, from an extraordinarily long and gnarly day at the day job (no breaks, obviously, and I chose to read at lunch rather than write this), but it's early enough I can still press it just a little bit further. Unfortunately, there hasn't been and won't be any writing today/tonight. Which sucks, but sometimes there's nothing to be done about it. Tomorrow will be better, I hope.Tonight, I have more work to do on the alter-ego's blog, as much as possible before I allow my brain to melt into a pile of grey, watery mush.
You're welcome. You know I'm all about the imagery...
We did finally buy our Halloween candy this weekend, so that was fun. And yes, I did try a few pieces yesterday too. Can't very well give it out without testing it, right? Besides, I need to figure out what to be stingy with, just in case I decide to do NaNo, right? Although the smarter choice would be to make sure it *all* goes out the door so I don't have to worry about ballooning into a...well, balloon next month (yeah, whatever. Brain fried, remember?).
Aside from the whole lack of mental energy thing, the thing that annoys me the most about having so many things swirling in my brain at once is feeling (and looking) like I'm an idiot. I forget things I should know - things I normally would know, except I don't have any processing power left with which to access them. This leaves me looking stupid more often than I care to admit...mostly at the day job. It's extraordinarily frustrating, because I know if *I* were someone talking to me at that moment, I'd absolutely be thinking about what an idiot I am just then. LOL So it's not like I hold it against people - I totally get it. I just wish it didn't happen so often. Ah well. Keeps me humble, in any case.
And that's another good reason to keep mum on social media when my brain is fried. Keeps me from looking stupid in front of so many people all at once.
In happier news, next week I'll be on vacation from the day job. A much needed and welcome break that should get me back to being...well, not stupid by the time it's over. LOL Hopefully I'll be able to get a lot of writing done as well, and of course Halloween will come and go then as well. Good times.
So...no list this week, because as much as I need one, I'm too tired/fried to actually make one tonight. You can just imagine me like the Energizer bunny, just keeps going and going and going and going...
Meanwhile, I'll be over in that corner hiding under the table, and trying not to drool watching TV, knitting and letting my brain recover for tomorrow's round...
Enjoy
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In any case, all that to say, I'm rather short on available brain power these days. If you notice I'm not around/as social at the moment, that's why. When I have to actually use the ol' noggin for long periods of time each day, my energy for being social gets used up on all the other stuff that needs doing. Just the way things go, unfortunately.
So why didn't I write this post last night as usual? Well, odd schedules, a graveyard to work on, a trip to Costco, a turkey to wrangle (he *was* dead when I started...it was more giblet wrangling that anything else) and cook, and my alter-ego's blog event to maintain. By the time I had time to work on this post, it was after 1am, and my brain was fried from everything else.
My buddy Ardee-ann was just recently extolling my blogging virtues (thank you, dear!). Ironic that I have to go and prove I'm human so soon after that post, eh? I hate when that happens...
My brain is fried tonight too, from an extraordinarily long and gnarly day at the day job (no breaks, obviously, and I chose to read at lunch rather than write this), but it's early enough I can still press it just a little bit further. Unfortunately, there hasn't been and won't be any writing today/tonight. Which sucks, but sometimes there's nothing to be done about it. Tomorrow will be better, I hope.Tonight, I have more work to do on the alter-ego's blog, as much as possible before I allow my brain to melt into a pile of grey, watery mush.
You're welcome. You know I'm all about the imagery...
We did finally buy our Halloween candy this weekend, so that was fun. And yes, I did try a few pieces yesterday too. Can't very well give it out without testing it, right? Besides, I need to figure out what to be stingy with, just in case I decide to do NaNo, right? Although the smarter choice would be to make sure it *all* goes out the door so I don't have to worry about ballooning into a...well, balloon next month (yeah, whatever. Brain fried, remember?).
Aside from the whole lack of mental energy thing, the thing that annoys me the most about having so many things swirling in my brain at once is feeling (and looking) like I'm an idiot. I forget things I should know - things I normally would know, except I don't have any processing power left with which to access them. This leaves me looking stupid more often than I care to admit...mostly at the day job. It's extraordinarily frustrating, because I know if *I* were someone talking to me at that moment, I'd absolutely be thinking about what an idiot I am just then. LOL So it's not like I hold it against people - I totally get it. I just wish it didn't happen so often. Ah well. Keeps me humble, in any case.
And that's another good reason to keep mum on social media when my brain is fried. Keeps me from looking stupid in front of so many people all at once.
In happier news, next week I'll be on vacation from the day job. A much needed and welcome break that should get me back to being...well, not stupid by the time it's over. LOL Hopefully I'll be able to get a lot of writing done as well, and of course Halloween will come and go then as well. Good times.
So...no list this week, because as much as I need one, I'm too tired/fried to actually make one tonight. You can just imagine me like the Energizer bunny, just keeps going and going and going and going...
Meanwhile, I'll be over in that corner hiding under the table, and trying not to drool watching TV, knitting and letting my brain recover for tomorrow's round...
Enjoy
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