Ten Ways I Know I’m Drowning in my WIP

I try to move the laundry only to realize I started the washer, but never put anything in it.
My four-year-old says, “Mommy, can I watch another movie?” And I respond with, “Sure…wait! You watched a movie?”
The battery on my cell phone is dead by noon because I checked my email ten thousand times for more revision notes.
I look down at my Mt. Dew and realize it’s empty.
I look down at my Mt. Dew and realize I poured it into a sippy cup (this is also known as Mommymatic mode).
I look down and realize I’m surrounded by cans of Mt. Dew, none of which I remember opening.
All the chocolate in the house is suddenly missing.
My pants don’t fit.
Hubs says, “You realize Pandora’s been skipping for the last ten minutes, right? You’ve been listening to the same phrase of Shakira over and over again.” And I say, “Yeah. Shakira. Good.”
I realize at 9 p.m. that it’s Thursday and I haven’t written my blog post yet.

Off to revise!

11 Comments

Su

February 24, 2012 at 2:58 am Reply

LOL! All true! (Although for me it’s hot tea, but the same principle applies.)

Becky Wallace

February 24, 2012 at 3:21 am Reply

@Su: It’s like. “Where did it go?” and “How could I possibly have eaten/drunk all of that?” Sadly, my bad habits seem to make my best writing.

Sharon Bayliss

February 24, 2012 at 4:09 am Reply

LOL. You sound like me.

Becky Wallace

February 24, 2012 at 12:15 pm Reply

I bet this is a chronic condition among writers. I’m going to call it…revisionitis.

Jen

February 24, 2012 at 4:11 am Reply

At least the Dew in the sippy won’t spill. And don’t forget to brush your teeth!!! Cuz thats a whole lot of mt dew 🙂

Becky Wallace

February 24, 2012 at 12:16 pm Reply

I’m just glad I didn’t try to serve it to someone who typically drinks out of a sippy cup. That could have been interesting.

This raises an important question that perhaps deserves a whole other blog post, if not an entirely new dedicated blog: which is best, blue Mountain Dew, Code Red, Baja Breeze, or regular Mountain Dew?