Wow -- That was Dirty!

When my muse strikes, I find myself scrambling to get the free-flow of ideas down on paper, stealing moments here and there throughout the day to jot down some crazy piece of inspiration.  Undoubtedly, other important things I need to attend to often fall by the wayside. It used to be time with my husband.  But when he re-painted the formal dining room, hung the “fancy” art back on the walls, and declared we were eating in here EVERY night, I got the hint.

Lately, it’s  my house that has been suffering.  I’ve spent the last two weeks furiously revising two WIPs so that I could clear my plate in anticipation of NaNoWrite. Those WIPs have been completed and passed off, and today I decided to tackle those house chores I've been slacking on.

Wow, my house was dirty!   I made a fatal mistake, one that all moms’ make a few times a year; I moved the couch to vacuum underneath.  My little old Dyson wouldn’t cut it, had to get the shop vac out to tackle that job.  I am heading for the bathroom grout now.  Hopefully I will re-surface in the next hour with a sparkling clean tub and a bleach headache a mile long.

I can’t be the only one who puts off the little things in order to make time to write.  What do you all put off when the muse strikes?