A Story sphere I drew to represent all the different thoughts bouncing around in my head!
It’s Monday night – the time has flown, my weekly post is due,
I’ve not got much to write about…
No, wait, that’s not quite true.
I’ll tell you how I’m feeling now the new school term has started
– in truth I’ve been a mixture of elated and downhearted,
as my eldest son has taken to his new school like a pro
though my middle son has told me that he misses his big bro,
while my youngest took his first four days completely in his stride
but on the fifth day, he said “What? again?!” and clutched my leg and cried.*
What else?
Oh yes, my writing… well, last weekend was a blast,
so awesomely inspiring – my ‘to do list’ now is vast!
I’m determined to take action and submit, submit, submit
I know I’ll get rejections, but the key is not to quit.
Apart from that…
My art – I’ve nearly finished my assignment!
two pieces are completed while the third just needs refinement
(that’s really not exciting as I’m rather far behind
though thankfully my understanding tutor doesn’t mind.)
So onwards!
With my mega-plan (I’ve made an epic list)
to knuckle down and focus now on all the things I’ve missed
And that means lots of time for friends and chats and cups of tea
for drawing and for writing, because f**king FINALLY
after nine whole years of parenthood I have some time for me!
*I sat with him and built some blocks. He recovered (probably faster than I did).
What a cool way to write about your days Maddy. I’m envious that you have some time for yourself now. My day will come
#whatimwriting
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Love it!
I am secretly counting down the days till my son can start school and I’ll get some time for myself back. Or at least time for myself that isn’t bought by Netflix and drawing out naps longer than he really needs him.
But I know I’ll find the transition challenging if I’m faced with tears.
I was submitting like a fool in August and the first week of Sept but I’m feeling a bit deflated now. I can’t find the inspiration to write on anything new.
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Lots done, lots to do and yay for your you time. Hope middle settles down honey xxx
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Thanks for the link to the Story Spheres. I love that!
And the following lines:
“It’s Monday night – the time has flown, my weekly post is due,
I’ve not got much to write about…
No, wait, that’s not quite true.”
are actually pretty much perfect and I can totally empathise with them!
Sorry to hear about the tears
– never good. Hugs. xx
But I wish you all the best with your epic list…
Loving your monotone artwork! It caught my eye as soon as I looked on the linky! Your poem was fab, bouncy and joyful and such a cool way of telling us what you’ve been doing. Liked your *, I do like a *footnote! Good luck with your epic list, it’s great you were so inspired by the weekend writing festival.
Love it! Ha ha!
Love that you wrote a whole post in rhyme, how cool. Great to hear the assignment is going well and you’re inspired by the Writer’s Festival. Good luck with that epic list.
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Your poem is a great way to describe what’s going on. And I love the ideas bouncing round in your head. Hope some of them find their way out of your head and into the world.
#WhatImWriting
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I love this so much, I spend most of my life talking in rhyme with my 4 year old. I don’t think I could manage this though
#Prose4T
Love this! Especially the last line…
It’s hard when the little ones cry at school drop-off isn’t it? The realisation hits them that this is every day, for years! I hope he’s settling now. xx
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Lists! I know exactly what you mean, although I have yet to find my stride with the term (and I know that I will do so just as half term rolls around). Love that you are using storyspheres to draw your thoughts; I need to do some, I think! Xxx
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Sounds like you’ve had another busy week… And I love that it came out in rhyme!
Good luck making your way through that epic to do list xx
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The perfect way to sum up your new found writing freedom! Brilliantly done Maddy – this is definitely one of my favourites of yours
Thank you for linking to Prose for Thought x
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Perfect – love it!