NaNoWriMo - Day 8

It's Sunday night - the saddest night of the week. It's the time when I wish that I had one more day in the weekend before I rinse and repeat my week.

Monday through Friday is the time I dedicate to the day job. Saturday is (usually - or as much as humanly possible) my day. Sunday is time for church and family. However, that isn't always how the week really looks. 

This weekend was one of those abnormal times. 

With the holidays around the corner and my brother's upcoming wedding, I knew that most of my usual free time in November, December, and the first part of January would be dominated by family events. Yesterday and today were no exceptions.

I slept in Saturday morning - which for me was 7 on this particular day. With storms on the horizon for the upcoming week, I knew there was a big project that needed to get done - taking some things out to my storage shed and bringing in my Christmas and winter decorations. After I'd finished that task, it was time for lunch, cleaning up, and heading over to my parents' house for dinner and games to get to know my future sister-in-law and cuddle my nephew. 

Sunday morning was another sleep-in day (7:30 this time) and then I was up and at 'em right away. Church, Sunday dinner-which-is-really-lunch, meetings, more games with the family, and heading home in the late afternoon. 

When I was finally settled at home this evening, the guilt of not having written (other than blog posts) since Thursday got to me and I buckled down to get a good session in before I caved to my exhaustion. 

I think it's important as a writer to know that it's okay to take time to work on other things - household projects, a mental health break, building or strengthening relationships, and getting spiritually fed. It was a fun weekend, even though I didn't get everything in I'd hoped to. But it's also important to come back to your writing. Nothing feels quite like diving into your work!

How was your weekend?

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