We are almost done with the first month of 2012, and I'm not doing a great job of keeping up with my resolutions. I'm not exactly shocked by this, but it is a little disconcerting to know that even with the perception of people watching (that would be you, oh faithful readers i.e. my parents and sister), I am still not exactly motivated to keep on truckin'. I suppose I should cut myself at least a little bit of slack and acknowledge that I was on vacation for at least part of this month, so a few of my resolutions weren't really possible. I went to the Caribbean, by the way. It was amazing, though surprisingly cold for the first couple of days. I was very good and only bought a few souvenirs. It was a cruise, so I was a little worried about getting seasick, but I ended up doing pretty well--though the boat did have its moments of trying to get me to toss my cookies. Cruising was especially interesting because of the incident with the ship in Italy. I've got to say it is certainly an interesting experience when your mother comes into your hotel room the day you're supposed to sail and says: "I've got good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
"Gimme the bad news."
"A ship in Italy ran into a sandbar and there are at least four dead."
Let me just say, I've forgotten what the good news was. Luckily, our ship didn't encounter much besides some heavy waves, for which I am eternally grateful.
Now that I have been firmly sidetracked, I suppose I'll try to get back to my original point. As it turns out, I am more than capable of distracting myself (case in point, detouring into a short description of my vacation). At the moment I am ignoring my novel twice over. First, I have started a second novel that has absolutely nothing to do with the original. Second, I am writing this post. And, I suppose I should add my second distraction - Words With Friends. Damn you Scrabble knock-off for being so addictive! No wonder Alec Baldwin got kicked off of that plane.
I choose to place the blame for my third distraction on the addictive quality of board games. For the second, I fully blame my sister. She taunted me (taunted I say!!) about being a hypocrite and only writing two blog entries when I promised I would write more. See, sis, now I have five! *Sigh* That's not going to fly with anyone, is it? Fine! At least allow me to blame her for planting the idea in my head. Otherwise I'll have to admit to even more character flaws and, really, a girl can only take so much self-deprecation.
As for my first distraction, I intend to blame my own over-active imagination. While attending a conference for work, I got bored and began to write the first thing that popped into my head. I will admit to just one more character flaw and say that I do tend to get bored easily, which is really how I started most of my writing projects. That same tendency gets me into trouble, however, when I get bored with whatever project I happen to be working on. So, I have decided that, as I have the next week off, I will get at least ten chapters out of this newest novel idea. Then I can at least say I got distracted for a good reason. Who knows, maybe I'll really get into this one and finish it. Or I've just jinxed myself horribly and won't get beyond my last stopping point. Either way, I'm sure I'll learn some kind of valuable life lesson. That kind of maudlin stuff happens all the time...right?
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