How is this possible?
How is it possible that I can do three loads of laundry a day and still not have any bloody clothes?
How is it possible that I can clean the kitchen twice yesterday and wake up to find three dishwasher-loads waiting for me this morning?
How is it that I can write all bloody day and yet have nothing worth showing at the end of it?
Yes, that’s right. I’ve got them old nothing-ever-seems-to-get-finished blues. The consequence of being a writer who advocates always having an iron in the fire is that nothing ever seems to get absolutely finished. Of course, writers are prone to never finishing, there is always something to tweak. Even books that are “done” and published cry out for a bit of trimming and loving polish.
On the other hand, I am listening to a lot of Seth Lakeman and loving every minute of it. Even my new Jandek CDs are taking second place to him. Amazing, no?
All right. Enough blather. I have a pile of never-finished work to get through. Wish me luck.
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October 10th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
Its even worse when you have to clean up for the cleaning lady and the next day you wonder if she really came.
We were playing a game at a party asking which chore we hated and I put dishes because they are a constant and you never feel finished or at least for very long. The shower stays clean for longer than the dishes gets done. My husband complains about taking out the garbage but that is a once a week chore not like the endless stack of dishes.
May your stacks be short and your books to be read even shorter because that means you’ve had some reading time.
October 11th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
lol Diane–I too clean up for my cleaning service.
I hear ya on the laundry, Lilith. It’s one of those mysteries, sort of like where the socks go. There’s a whole new paranormal genre surrounding washers and dryers that just waiting to be tapped…
October 12th, 2006 at 12:46 pm
Yay! You’re listening to Seth! He is my favourite at the moment…also someone you might like is a new young man called Jack Savoretti – http://www.jacksavoretti.com – a friend from work’s sister’s neighbours son, I kid you not. He is naturally, on My Space too.
And Lil, I know about the cleaning – I am rubbish at housekeeping. I seem to tidy around the bits that need tidying. And the washing always stays the same amount. However, give hubby half a day at home and you walk in and the place is pristine. It really irks me SO much. However, if I climb into the kitchen it remains spotless for a while, because I will do the cooking and I clean up as I go…unlike hubby who takes great relish in using EVERY SINGLE pot and pan he can find making a one dish meal.
Anyway – housework – bah, who needs it!
Liz