For the last 9 days, I've been dog/house sitting. The house is great, roomy with lots of windows. It also has a large screen TV. I don't have TV at my house, only a DVD for movies. So having access to something as trivial as the news has been a big deal for me. Spent the first four days getting caught up on the rest of the world, via the tube, and also realizing that beyond the news, Presidential Debates, and access to football games, there is nothing I'm missing out on. So I should've been able to get a lot of writing down right? Wrong. The very first night to be over here, I had to return to MY house for a few things I forgot. Then a quick trip to the grocery. That wasn't a problem. The problem was, that when I came out from the grocery store, my car was dead. All lights, windows, locks etc., worked but the engine would not turn over! Of course it was 10 pm on a Saturday and I was supposed to be at a house 12 miles across town. AAA towed my dead car to my house and a friend gave me a ride out where I was supposed to be. So a lot of my time of my week of rest and writing was spent trying to take care of this car. Public transit took hours as compared to minutes, Uber was more TIME efficient, but not cost effective from this distance. My time these last eight days has not been spent doing what I'd hoped.
And then there is the "Dog" himself. HIGH maintenance little Shitzu. Yeeaaahh. He has a knack for knowing when I'm actually getting into MY writing groove and he does not like NOT being the center of attention. He barks and he whines and he growls whenever I sit down at my laptop to write. And then there is his hair, it's a problem. His people parents like him having really long - ponytail long - hair on top of his head. He also has long hair all around his face. So when he eats or drinks, the soggy food and water gets all over in his facial hair. You have to chase him down to clean him up because he doesn't like the cleaning process. Then he shakes his head ferociously which dislodges the ponytail!! And of course that has to be redone or hair hangs in his eyes and he can't see a thing. So, no long chunks of free time to write. I have to work on the other side of town tomorrow, fortunately my car is working and I've got it back, but it's and hour commute each way. Tomorrow will be a long day.