Yesterday morning Jane pitched up with a short story for me to proof. This is an honour, I tell myself, despite the fact that Jane's idea of "short" is anything under 20,000 words.
We tried to discuss some of the salient points this afternoon, but with six kids trashing her lounge we were forced to postpone until this evening. We susequently spent an hour and a half on the phone discussing...er... some films with Dustin Hoffman in, Peter Hall's 1989 production of The Merchant of Venice, the way BBC News 24 insists on making news out of nothing, the moronic nature of Jeremy Vine's presentation style, oh, and her story (and why I was looking for it in the fridge).
Having finally sat down to do some work, all I can think about is that, apart from finishing this story (my ambition for this evening), I have yet to load the dishwasher, put some washing in the tumble dryer, put the bins out, get the cat in, feed the baby, go to bed, and sleep, all before six-thirty tomorrow morning.
So, it's sleep or story, and I know which one's gonna win.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
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all that and you STILL have to consume your beer! (for the sake of cinsistency, of course)
Housework is just a horrid, pesky, persistent thing, isn't it?
Rebecca - Sadly, I missed out on the beer yesterday evening, thus breaking the flow of my experiment.
Now I'll have to start all over again...
Housework? Hate it!
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