most pointless post ever y/y?

[carolinecrane]

It is not quite 6:00 pm on a Saturday, and I am already in my pajamas. I KNOW WHAT THIS SAYS ABOUT MY LIFE, OKAY?

In my defense, I spent from 11:45 am yesterday to 12:45 pm today corralling my sister's children. That is an exhausting fucking task, you guys. I have no idea how you full-timers do it. I am wiped out.

I also had Weirdo Writers at 2:00 today, and since I am the group leader I had to show up. I would have preferred a nap, frankly, but they couldn't get in the library meeting room without me, so I went. I read them the first couple chapters of my gay romance, and it was well-received. So thumbs up for that.

Now I am couch-riding and possibly also working on some Glee fic, because I am lame and a glutton for punishment and also too tired to think seriously about my novel. (Liz, I may have outlined the next fic or seven in this series yesterday while the kids were trying to tear down their swingset. We should probably discuss any writing plans you may have in the works so I don't fuck up anything you're working on? I need to send you this thing I'm writing anyway because Noah's mom is in it and you'll probably need to rewrite her dialogue completely. LOL I just called him Noah. SHE HAS ALREADY INFILTRATED MY SUBCONSCIOUS.)

Unrelatedly, my legs hurt super a lot and I don't know why. Also I have cramps. The end.

Oh PS: GUESS WHAT ELSE HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND? ONE OF MY CROWNS FELL OUT. IN MY BREAKFAST. EW. (It is rendering mealtimes not-fun, I have to say. I have a dentist appointment at 7:00 am on Monday. Also not of the fun.)

Comments

[yabamena]

Oh man. I hope you were getting compensated in some way for more than 24 hours of babysitting. Cookies at the very least. Hell is other people's children after a certain point.

I know you're in a writing group, but I'm fuzzy on the details (probably because I was AWOL most of this year). It must be nice to have other people to write with, though. Even if they are weird. I'd been toying with the idea of finding a writing group around here, but I'm still not sure.

Sorry you're all achey. I send you good vibes and iced hot chocolate.

[carolinecrane]

They pay me to watch their brats, which is more than fair, so I don't really mind. It is seriously exhausting, otherwise I would feel pretty bad about taking their money. (Babysitting money is what paid for my crane tattoo. I am putting away the $100 they gave me today toward my next one.)

I joined a local writing group on Meetup, and at the time it was inactive, but then I got involved and it sort of snowballed because I am a reluctant-but-natural leader. Then we left Meetup because it cost money and that's stupid. So now we aren't really growing, but the regulars are all decent enough writers, which is nice because it sucks when you have to critique strangers with zero potential.

Anyway, it's a pain because I'm in charge so I have to arrange meeting space, but the actual writing/talking about writing/critique sessions are useful and inspiring, so I recommend it, if you can find a group near you that's not enormous. (For critiquing purposes especially smaller just seems to work better.)

[yabamena]

Well, that's good! And tattoos are always worthy causes. :D

Ew, Meetup costs money? Bah, you'd probably be able to use Google's handy tools. I think they seriously have something for everything now. But then, they are slowly taking over the world. Anyway, that's the main fear I have, critiquing other people (because I know I can be harsh sometimes without meaning to be) and being critiqued. Though, not so much the latter because I feel I need it.

See, you and I are on the same page with that. I'd hate to do the arranging, but I wouldn't really trust anyone else to do it. But I think I will look, because I really want to write, but I need the motivation of other people. There's that pesky validation again. ;)

[carolinecrane]

It costs $150 a year to run a group on Meetup. It doesn't cost anything to join groups, though individual groups sometimes charge dues to cover the yearly cost. Depends on the group, of course. We were having trouble scraping together dues, so we left Meetup. There are only about eight of us who are active, whereas the group had almost 100 members on Meetup. So fuck that.

Google has everything you need to run the same type of group for free, as you suggested. We use Google Calendar to schedule events and we have a blog. It's a little more work, but that's fine. For now.

[yabamena]

That is some crazy ridiculousness right there. if they absolutely have to charge, they should make it a sliding scale thing where each member of a group pays their own dues individually so other people don't have to pick up the slack for inactive members. But that neither here nor there now that you guys have moved on.

It might be a little more work, but it has a better pay off, right?

[egret]

I am sorry that your weekend has been not fun!
I spent the entire day in my pajamas and hours and hours watching my DVDs of The Shield. Thought about how much it is like fanfic because of all the drama about the mens' feelings.
Then I worked on one of my fanfics about men's feelings.
So now I am up too late.
I admire your self-discipline so much. I must copy you more in that respect. Hey, there's your natural leadership again! :)

[carolinecrane]

LOL men's feelings. I do love fandom.

Pajama days! I would have had one of those today, I think, if it weren't for the fact that I have to be ready to get out of my house in case someone wants to show it. Though my phone is not exactly ringing off the hook here. I am supposed to go work out at some point anyway, and I have to grocery shop, so it's just as well.

I feel like I have zero self-discipline in any aspect of my life. I'm a big fraud! Now you know the truth.