Saturday, February 6, 2010

Squirrels

Sometimes I have a hard time focusing.  I feel like the dog in the movie, "Up".  The dog can talk, of course, because it's a movie.  Every time the dog is talking he is interrupted by a squirrel that runs by.  Mid sentence his head turns and he says, "Squirrel!"  He stares toward the squirrel for a few moments and then goes back to his conversation which he has now forgotten.  This week I was thinking about the colors I want to use to repaint my house.  As I'm looking through colors, I see a recipe, which reminds me that I should really learn to cook a few things while my kids are still at home, which reminds me that I'm a mom, which reminds me that I'm writing a book about being a mom, which reminds me that I'm working on my second draft.  As I pick up my second draft to do some work I see the magazine where I found all the cool paint colors.  "SQUIRREL!"  Now I'm deciding which wall would make a better accent wall in the dining room.  Someone asked me yesterday how long I've been working on my book.  I began to tell her that I wasn't sure, but maybe a couple of years, which reminded me of how thin I was a couple of years ago, which reminded me of running, which made me want to look up marathons in the area, "Squirrel!"

So how long will it take to finish???  I was hoping by summer, but that's when a lot of squirrels are out. 

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