Writing Has Dropped Off

Ah, it was so nice while it lasted. Stress and school and whatever whims affect these things have caused my muse to retreat a bit from me. In any case, I am not writing. No poetry, not much blogging, and a stallout on prose. It is a little sad.

It isn't that surprising, considering all that is going on. I am smack in the middle of two weeks of midterms. That I don't have time or energy or passion for composing sonnets should not even disappoint me. I know it will straighten out soon, but writing is a good catharsis for me, so I have been a bit emotional these last few weeks.

So I am walking it off, even on really frigid mornings where I must put a turtleneck under my sweatshirt so I don't freeze. I could be working out at the gym, but I am following the wisdom of my late grandparents and getting as much fresh air as I can before the weather gets really inclement.

Sometimes I get writing ideas while I am walking miles away from my house. So I know it is the stress that is tamping it down. But by the time I get home I fall onto that pile of textbooks and force myself to attend to the practical matter of getting through school. My ipod is my constant companion, and many days my only one.

It is all good, but wow. My brain hurts from all the stuff I am cramming into it. I read while Little A plays or watches TV. I read while I eat. I read while I blog. (It is true; I have my Medical-Surgical Nursing book open in my lap as we speak) If I could read while I sleep, I probably wouldn't be a little behind like I am now.

I have to go into campus early on Monday, and I am not too happy about it. But President Clinton is going to be speaking on my campus that day, and I can't be late for my midterm because I am looking for parking. I guess the Obama campaign would shuttle me from the Grand Sierra Hotel, halfway across town. So now I have to decide what I am going to do: chance getting parking a few hours before my test and skipping my morning walk, or schlepping all over town on a politically provided bus on a day when I have a huge test. Nice. I think I am just going to have this stress headache until December.

Ha Ha! This will be fun to write about (?) when I get loosened up later. Sheesh.