Well the holiday has come and gone and I am finally sat down last night to write. The rust needed to be shook off the keys and the words were hard to come by to start, but the story is coming together and I am starting to plug away at it. I am thinking about it a lot outside of my time spent writing and that is a good thing. Word count last night was just over 400 words. Not good, but an ok start after the holiday festivities, plus I am working on a rather difficult scene. I hope to really dig in this week and pump out a couple chapters.
It was a busy weekend for me with four different parties to go to plus a parade and a game of paintball. It was nice to relax, catch up with friends, and recharge for the final last two weeks of teaching. The end of the year is always bittersweet. I look forward to a summer with my family and catching up on all of the things I put off during the year. As always I will miss the seniors who are graduating and moving on, yet in the fall there will be a brand new set of students to meet and I get to see how the returning students changed and grew over the summer break.
Over the course of the paintball outing two things happened. One: I found out that I am not as young as I once was and that bruises do in fact hurt. Two: Even with the bruising I had a great time acting like a kid running through the woods firing balls of paint at my friends. Sometimes we all need to act like a kid again and remember to have a little fun.
To all the Dad’s out there: enjoy the time you get with your kids. They are only young once and it goes quicker then we think. My oldest is leaving 1st grade and the years have just flown by. I plan on taking some time this summer to enjoy seeing life though all three of my kid’s eyes. From the excitement of superhero movies to learning to walk this summer will have a little of everything. As a teacher I have the wonderful opportunity to spend 3 months with them and I do not intend to waste a day of it. Between the 7 year old, the 4 year old, the 9 month old, and the family dog I should be pretty busy don't you think?
Now on to the writing!!! The story is waiting.
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
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