I'll Write a Novel, Run a Marathon, and Save the World

I shouldn't be blogging. I am in a five day writing workshop. It started last night and ends Sunday morning. I was assigned an 8-page fictional story to start and finish before then. I am terrible at fiction, but I love writing challenges. I'm excited to see where it takes me. I should be investing any free time into the story, but I just got back from a run, and am taking a few moments to debrief. In class I felt so jittery and excited. I think it's from working all day and then sitting in a classroom for two hours. I enjoyed the lecture and writing exercises a great deal. After class I was so jittery that I was excited to get home and run. When I made it home, I started my run much too fast, but I was just full of energy. It died, though. My run was good, but not any better or worse than normal. My energy to write a novel in one night is gone, which is good, because my instructor reminded us of all of the excuses and traps we can fall into in order to avoid finishing a story. He said 8 pages. No more. No less. I'm curious to see where I will go with this project.

Work is going well. I love the kids, but we don't have very many yet, which makes me sad. It makes for a slow day, and the kids don't have as many others to play with. Today we took them swimming. That's one of my favorite parts of my job--when we take them to the pool. Their reactions are just priceless. I should blog about so much more, and put more thought into this, but I'm tired. I need a shower. Plus, I really need to get going on that story!