Monday Roundup

It's Monday, and as always I partly dread the week ahead. I know there's going to be lot of work, but if I convince myself that it's all worth it, I tend to feel accomplished. And starting this week, my time is freed up a bit. Friday was the last episode of As the World Turns (I know, I know--I did love my stories) so now I have absolutely nothing to keep me from working from the time I get up until dinner time. I'm using this extra hour to my advantage. I will bee working on 277 Miles revisions for the full hour until I can get it into a polished, workable manuscript.

One other thing I have to get out of the way: my shameless promotion of the week. This week (and for many more weeks to come) I'm going to be letting you guys know about the estate jewelry I have up on eBay. This week I have two lovely bracelets. Check them out.

This little writer has to get back to her work, so have a happy week!

My turn to chime in...

I watched nearly eight hours of presidential inauguration coverage today, which is exciting and really tolling on my knees since I like to sit Indian-style in my recliner. Anyway, after all of that, I think my favorite moment was this one:

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My other favorite moment was when Brian Williams said that President Obama looked like he was jonesing for some Nicorette after the luncheon. That's why I watch NBC. But hopefully I'll be back to work tomorrow (yay me) and in full force, which means no more TV during the day, except my 1 hour escape for As the World Turns. Gotta watch it. It's addicting.

My Beef with TVLand

I love TVLand. Anyone who knows me knows that I love old shows. But lately, TVLand has been straying from its roots. It used to show all old shows, no excuses. I even showed my favorite, Emergency!, at one time. And I have been forgiving them for showing less than popular reality shows, but now Scrubs is going to be on the channel?? Uh-uh. No. Don't get me wrong--Scrubs is an awesome show that is perfect at 11:30 network slots and Comedy Central, but NOT TVLand. It's not a classic (although it could be one day) and I think that TVLand is making a gigantic mistake, just like Nick at Nite did. Nick at Nite now doesn't show programs that are more than 20 years old... that's not what the purpose of it was supposed to be at all! I'm just glad I can get everything on DVD these days....

I'm done ranting now. I promise. I have to get back to work before As the World Turns comes on.

My laziness is kicking my butt. It's true that I wake up at 6:30 in the morning for my twenty minute workout, then after a shower I work on articles for four hours, but there is such a large gap in the middle of the day for me that I feel lazy. I take this break for lunch and my soap opera, but those only take an hour and a half. I'm usually sprawled on the couch for six or more hours, until I force myself to get back to work at 7. Why can't I be more productive?? I could be making a really living at this freelance thing if I would actually take more work. but I have 20+ articles in queue right now and the pressure is just too much... I feel like I'll never get them done. In reality, they'll probably be done by noon tomorrow... probably.

I think I need a vacation. Good thing I get one next weekend! I have to go apartment hunting... fun, fun. At least I won't be writing anything for four days. It's a break from something.

I am really getting the hang of scheduling my time so that I don't feel bombarded by article work, yet I don't feel like I'm sitting around doing nothing. If I push out all of my articles before I watch As the World Turns at 2, I can usually feel al sense of accomplishment for the day. And of course since no new shows until April, I can still work on more articles after the Nightly News at 6:30. Usually I odn't make it past one or two articles at night, but it's still work, you know? I figure that, with the average pay I'm getting per article and how long it takes to write each one, I make about $5 and hour. Under minimum wage, I know, but at least I'm doing something I love, unlike working retail. Shoot me if I ever suggest doing that again! The only downside is that this will not get my the money that I need to move to Chicago. Average 1 bedroom where I want to live is twice the rent I'm paying now... rediculous! Looks like I will have to find some other form of income. Maybe I'll get back to selling crap on ebay... that seemed to work well before.