Of mind and house needs to be done. Over the last couple of weeks the sun has shone through the windows revealing corners in need of scrubbing, and every time I open a cupboard or drawer I'm aware that they need bottoming out. My trouble is where to start - the library is worst, probably because I essentially live in this room, despite having a whole house.
Writing also needs something of a spring clean. I have 15 (!) short stories to finish, and 8 to re-send; although I have no markets selected. I'm also about halfway through the agent query process now, with seven sent of about 15 (there are still a couple I haven't decided about). I should also sort my rejections and acceptances into some sort of filing system which is viable for the long term. At the moment I have a plastic envelope which is beginning to bulge. For the first time yesterday I fantasised about a filing cabinet.
My copies of The Blotter Rag arrived, so they are with the Kinships Magazine awaiting Wanderings before I organise and send one copy of each home...see? My piles of paper have piles of paper.
I should also write letters. The Doctors are having a baby, the English-American is getting married and I have any number of letters from friends which should have been replied to already.
This need to spring clean was precipitated, I think, by the arrival of the wonderful new monitor, which resulted in the computer-graveyard effect in the library. I have found the old one a home, but it is the last level of mess I can stand. Tonight I have a meeting, but tomorrow I think I will start organising.
The garden is beautiful, though. Everything is coming back to life. We're going to put in a new bed outside the living room window.
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Well said.
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