Comments on: The Friday List–the Quitter’s Edition

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:56:46 +0000

I quit my statistics class. It wasn’t required, and now I feel so relieved that I don’t have to worry about it anymore.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:26:58 +0000

Thanks! Yes the clutter gets so old! lol yeah it was cool!

By: robin

robin — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:48:19 +0000

Cool, Jone, you and I can be remote reading buddies, since “Arsonist’s Guide” made my short list of books I want to read before the end of the year.

Emma, thank you! I love to think of my book being read in other countries. That tickles me no end. And hurray for hot chocolate and reading on the train! That sounds so picturesque.

Dylan, good job patching up your friendship! And I so relate to those cleaning frenzies when you just can’t take the clutter anymore. It’s pretty great that you ran out of things to clean and had to clean yourself!

Kelly, good luck to my fellow Writer Girl in making your decision. Sometimes we have to take the long view toward our work: do we want to have books on the shelf, or keep doing what we’re doing and never find the time?

Kelley, I admire your restraint! It’s so hard to keep the eye rolls under control when someone is bossing you around. You’re a good and tolerant granddaughter, and I hope you feel good about that!

By: Kelley

Kelley — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:11:04 +0000

My somewhat overbearing grandmother (hey, she’s 80; she’s earned it!) spent two days and a night with us this week. My nice thing for me? Actually letting her help with the girls without rolling my eyes about the way she does things. Letting her unsolicited advice go in one ear and out the other without cringing. Asking her to tell my daughter what life was like when she was a child many years ago while I sat and mused about the stories I could write along those lines.

Robin, I await your next book excitedly.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:53:52 +0000

Good things I’ve done this week: Stayed off the blog while I make some decisions. I’m still not 100% there yet, but at least I’ve given myself permission to work on it!

Kudos to you, Robin. Writer girls have to write after all

By: Dylan

Dylan — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:11:56 +0000

Oh good for you Robin! I need tons of quiet when I write to… that would explain why I haven’t written anything in forever! O_O Let’s see well… somtimes I go on this crazy rant and start cleaning, organizing, whatever and usually it’s because I see the mess and can;’t take it anymore… SO I did that this week all over our house, and then ran out of things to clean so took a shower. XD I also started Gossip Girl and read alittle more on some of my other books! oh I also patched up a friendship! so I’m doing good!

By: Emmaco

Emmaco — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:45:20 +0000

I bought a hot chocolate and read my novel on the train home, instead of working. It was a great start to the weekend.

And I have your book to pick up tomorrow at the post office! I’m very excited and am sure I’ll want more books so am glad to here about your quitting resolution.

By: Jone

Jone — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:11:16 +0000

I want a library car. That would be way cool.
Good for you, Robin, just say no!! I bought the Arsonist’s Guide to Writer’s Homes in New England yesterday. I cleared appointments for Saturday so I could have a day to myself. I rediscovered ratoutille this week.

By: robin

robin — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:01:19 +0000

Pam, I’m so happy for you! Love that you gave yourself sleep. I’m convinced that there are a lot of times when I eat sweets and other junk when what my body really wants is a nap. Feed yourself a nap.

Sarah, yay! I get so caught up in challenges (which is why I won’t be doing NaNoWriMo, even though I might end up writing that much on my own next month–but I don’t want the pressure). It’s also why I posted that thing a few days ago about forgetting the TBR pile, and just reading the books you really want to for the rest of the year–exactly like you’ve decided.

By: Pam Coughlan

Pam Coughlan — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:55:14 +0000

Good for you, Robin! Stay home. In fact, stay home all day today. Really.

The nice thing I did this week - this is that post, right? - is go back to bed. I love booktalking to teens, but it wears me out for the rest of the day and sometimes the next. I’ve just been running at full steam for a while, and I’m pooped. So on Wed., I woke up, got my kids off to school, and went back to bed. It was like calling “do-over” on the day. It felt great.