Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.
Jessamyn West
Ha.
Ha ha.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
I do not write alone.
I barely visit the restroom alone.
And if I were to only write when I could write without interruption, well, I'm guessing all my posts would be approximately 4.721 words in length.
Approximately.
As I've been sitting here typing away, I have given instruction for 4 of 8 to hit the bathtub. I given a step-by-step procedure for slicing cheese. And presently, 3 of 8 is standing at my shoulder, trying to determine if Cup O'Soup can have an expiration date.
You know how brain researchers say that you can't hold two thoughts in your head at the same time?
They apparently never bothered to interview mommy bloggers.
The irony of my writing environment really hit home when I was working on yesterday's Sunday Selah. The main theme was on distraction, how distraction can keep us from yielding spiritual fruit. And in the middle of encouraging others to focus on the Lord, to focus on the Word, I was simultaneously issuing edicts on sibling relationship guidelines and the rules for playing Skip-Bo.
I know I am not alone out there.
So I want to hear your best weird blogging story. Where was the strangest place you wrote a post? What are the most hilarious circumstances surrounding your blogging happy place? Come on, 'fess up. If you really do have a lovely ivory tower surrounded by blooming vines where you compose in quiet, feel free to tell us that (though we may have to engage in a little mocking...) But if you find yourself hiding in your master closet so that you can finish four more sentences that don't include random items that need to go on your grocery list, be sure and tell that one too. Write a url of your post and your name in the Mister Linky's box below or write your experience in a comment.
And as I was typing the above paragraph, I actually had to scold a couple of the kids that it is not allowed in this house for them to eat grated Parmesan cheese out of the container, pouring in into their palms and popping it into their mouths.
Sheesh.
We use a spoon to eat straight Parmesan cheese, like civilized folk....
HAHA! You are too funny! :P I don't have a laptop so my location of typing doesn't change, but I have been know to be talking on the phone, typing with one hand, whilst waving the other hand wildly at the children to be quiet! HEEHEE! Does that count!
ReplyDeleteSay, do you have any words of wisdom, to this soon to be mom of 4? I figure you must have a few hints since you are blessed with double that! :D
Have an AWESOME Monday, Octamom!
I have actually taken my laptop into the bathroom with me.
ReplyDeleteI have also typed one-handed(took me forever)while trying to get a fussy two year old to take a nap.
P.s. Alex says thanks for the birthday wishes. :)
Oh my gosh! Abbie has a thing for Parmesan cheese too! Only she uses a bowl too so she can spill enough to share with the doggies! :)
ReplyDeleteIf I had a laptop I might write in some very odd places, but to be honest, I have a journal that I sometimes jot things down in. I've done this in a car outside the supermarket, or in the bathroom at my office -- or using a flashlight in the middle of the night so I don't wake any other family members up. I've also typed with a cat rubbing against my hand and a baby grabbing at my shirt and trying to nurse. It's been very ... uh... interesting at times.
ReplyDeleteToo funny - and too true! I write in the office because no laptop, here. I usually try to do it while chickies are either at school or still in bed. I do, however, write ideas down on scraps of paper and napkins or whatever is available, then I find them in the bottom of my purse or send them through the wash. Which is my favorite, because then I blame chickies for putting paper in their pockets before I remember, oops, it was me. . .
ReplyDeleteROFL too funny. Yum on the cheese LOL eeew! I like mine on spagetti bolognaise!! LOL.
ReplyDeleteMy kids are older so they're not my distraction. My distraction is myself. My thoughts run wild and rampant and I'm my own worst enemy for getting anything done, bloggy or otherwise.
ReplyDeleteWell, normally all my blogging is done from the living room couch, but I have to admit I have taken it to the bathroom with me just to get some peace!
ReplyDeleteOnce, I was desperate enough that the laptop and I went into the bathroom to blog. Sadly, it was a short venture...
ReplyDeleteAnd, of course, a spoon should be used to eat straight Parmesan cheese! Just like when one eats straight icing from the tub....
I'm beginning to suspect that I can only write with interruptions. I'm that conditioned, you know? I mean, geez - who could get anything done in a roomful of quiet? It would be...I don't know...deafening, wouldn't it?
ReplyDeleteThere! I found the post where I talk about discovering that silence isn't all it's cracked up to be. Up there in Mr. Linky...
ReplyDeleteGoodness. I have nothing interesting to blog about. My kids like to be on the computer as much as I do! Or I make them practice the piano. Or something to keep them occupied while I blog. I still can't manage to go to the bathroom alone though ... now THERE would be a trick!
ReplyDeleteluckily for me my blogs just fall into my head and i can do multiple things at one time. otherwise i would never get anything written down...
ReplyDeletei usually unless it is 4:30am, am issuing directions to the kids, trying to get the puppies to behave, answer phone calls and typing at the same time...
who ever thought those typing classes in school would come in so handy, especially the part about not looking at the keyboard.
Mommy bloggers are amazing creatures!!!!!
I don't blog anywhere interesting- just at my kitchen counter on my laptop. But, like you, I often find myself writing complete paragraphs, never stopping once to type, all while answering 3 different kids questions, 3 different ways, 3 different times... give or take. But- hey, that's nothing... I've been known to saute some meat, talk on the phone, AND nurse a baby- ALL at the same time. No problem-o.
ReplyDeletei had to laugh reading over all these comments! we're all in this together... i really enjoy my blogging, and the outlet and connections that it gives me. i try to type when the girls are taking thier nap, or when everyone is in bed before hubby comes home. it helps if i prepare several posts, and then set them to post throughout the week. when i get busy, blogging is the first thing to go. but i'm always thinking about my favorite bloggers, so maybe something is wrong with me...
ReplyDeleteYou made me laugh.
ReplyDeleteMore often than not, I'm a midnight blogger (or make that a 2 a.m. blogger)... Thankfully, I've slept a little better this month, but then blog postings have been few and far between. I get to blog in my home office or on a laptop.... At that hour of the day or night, not too many distractions!
Roban
Interruptions, nope, none here. My kids sit and play happily together for hours on end no arguments, no blood, no grotty fingers in the cheese.
ReplyDeleteHang on, back from my happy place now and returning to the real world... I don't think I'd know what to do if I got some uninterrupted time... I have nowhere I can hide but after your hiding in the cupboard comment I am starting to see our BIG bedroom cupboard in a new light. I just wonder if they would be intelligent enough to follow the power cord to find me? Or heaven forbid turn it off to entice me out?
And there are no grotty hands in the cheese here... Only mummy puts her clean hands in and they have to stand there with their mouth open like baby birds and I drop in the "worms". That's what other normal families do isn't it?
Very cute! I'd like to participate next week. Love the little animals on the computer.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a mom, so I haven't succombed to the strange blog writings situations...yet! All my posts are written from my writing/reading chair at home or my desk at work.
ReplyDeleteI actually do have a writing sanctuary...
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