Inactivity
Oy. Sorry it's been a while, but after a grueling work week I came down with a hellacious head cold last Friday. I'm now in the hacking up a lung recovery phase. As a result I've not been writing much. This is not good for several reasons but the most important is this: it's ruining my sleep schedule. Every night I tumble into bed, physically exhausted, and oddly I don't fall off to sleep immediately. Then, at least twice during the night I wake up from a dream and start altering it (but by now I'm half-awake and then full on awake). Last night I realized I was writing. My little "Let's fix this dream" is really my poor writing brain screaming "Hey! Pay attention! I've got things for you! And if you're not going to bother while you're awake--consumptive cough or no--you'll pay attention now!" So I waste two hours each night writing mentally (but never on paper) while in bed. Bullocks to that. Starting today I'm going to write on paper and hope that my damn brain gets the signal and lets me sleep.
By the by, the sheer awfullness of this cold makes me suspect I may have somehow contracted a Man Cold. See below for explanation.