A Time to Write

As I write I am sitting in a cold, bare room that until today has been our dining room. All pictures, ornaments, book shelves and crates of toys have been evacuated in preparation for the demolishing of a wall, and the construction of a new “open-plan kitchen-diner”. We have waited weeks for the plans to be finalised and a date to be set, and all I can think as I ponder the imminent chaos is, when will I get time to write?

Yesterday I spent all day emptying our kitchen cupboards and re-organising a make-shift kitchen in the conservatory. Today my husband and I have ripped out most of the old kitchen, and pulled up the old floor. We are now ready for weeks of dust, excessive noise, problems, and stress. My time will mostly be spent ferrying the kids between various families’ houses for days at a time and keeping well out of the way. I am obviously very excited about having a new “open-plan kitchen-diner”, however I can’t help but feel anxious that I will not have enough time to focus on my various writing projects and assignments.

Being a mum for nearly five years has taught me many lessons, one important one being that in order to cope with the day ahead you must go to bed early the night before! So I can usually be found tucked up with a good book by ten o clock (sad I know).  Since I have become passionate about writing again I have learnt a new lesson (or re-learnt an old one); the best time to write (for me) is when it is quiet and there are no distractions. In my house I struggle to find quiet time to write, and with a building project looming, and my choice to add yet another writing project to my list with blogging, I feel compelled to break a restful habit, and start burning the midnight oil.

I think I’ll do it tomorrow though, I’m exhausted! Well it is half past ten…goodnight!