A Novel Attempt

I made my list of New Year’s goals, wrote them in a pretty blue notebook, and reassured myself that these  would be attainable.  ”Heck,” I thought, “I’m being a bit modest–I could add several more. . .” but I decided against that,  reasoning that my “resolutions” could be reevaluated and revamped at a later time.

Then Hubby got sick.  Always committed to going full-throttle, he got really sick.  Epic sick.  In my attempts to babysit him after the thermometer incident, I stayed up until 4 AM, slept (fitfully) until 9:30 AM, then begged our babies (1 dog, 1 cat) to not be overly angry about their late breakfast/walk.  Amidst the fog of sleep deprivation, the whole hooping a half marathon seemed. . . less rational than I’d first thought.  And what about finishing my draft?  In December, heading into the hectic holiday season, I’d promised myself two weeks alone to finish the draft, come hell or high-water, but I could never have anticipated the Epic strep/infection/flu.

Then I remembered, “Oh yea, I’m a woman. . .”

I nursed Hubby, through coughing fits and high fevers, I nursed him, and in those witching hours of the night I read as many horribly boring history books as possible.  Why?  To reinforce that I am stubborn disciplined enough to accomplish anything.  I juggled the dog and the cat (not literally, of course–the dog would probably cooperate, but the cat would have none of that), modeling my wardrobe after that of the Michelin Man as I braved freezing temperatures to run laps around the yard with Savvy, and choking down (horrible) herbal teas that would prevent me from catching cold as I snuggled with Bandit.  I attended 3 Zumba classes in 3 days and, trust me, if you’d met Kyya–one of our awesome Zumba instructors–you’d know why that alone deserves a medal.

And just yesterday I attended my first Hooping-the-Half official Hoop Walk (and after, I forced my reluctant muscles through a Zumba class.  Masochist–who, me?).  I am woman. . .

. . . and the first draft of my novel is finished.

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