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there was scheduled to be silence.
Wil had to work, so he was going to be gone from 9 until 4. Myr was having two friends over, but they were going to leave at 9 and spend the day filming their little horror movie for English class. As for me? I was going to be writing because I have fic due in, ah, five days.
My plan: wave goodbye to husband and daughter, drink lots of coffee and write, write, write. Oh, there was cleaning the kitchen, making chicken soup and jello jigglers in there, too, but they are minor things that can be done around writing.
After a day of good writing and food making, we were going to go see Holmes at the local theatre
What really happened (so far).
Woken up at 8 by the phone. It seems that yesterdays very icky rain had, with the sub-freezing temps, turned into rather slick roads. All the teenagers involved in the movie (being intelligent Wisconsin teens) called to say that driving on ice slicked roads should be postponed for a bit. So the movie was pushed back to 1. Unfortunately, Sara was getting a ride in with her mom and had to be here at nine anyhow. We also had to pick up Alli in the AM. So I drove (being able to drive on icy roads), did a short trek out to pick up leftover food from my moms and buy chocolate syrup (blood in the black and white portion of the film) and Alli with all the filming equipment. Spent the morning listening to Myr, Sara and Alli downloading music for the film and watching Lady Ga-Ga videos. I don't like exiling the kids to a separate room, so they did it in the main room. So I cleaned my kitchen and spent some time laughing with the girls.
Then, because Myr can't drive with more than one passenger, I got to drive them to the filming spot at noon. I got home made coffee, got settled and... got a phone call at 12:40 asking if I could please bring them more/warmer coats, gloves and/or hats because they are teens who really don't understand that just because the sun is shining doesn't make it a warm 20 degrees outside. Oh... and could I also please pick up Randi at 1:15 because she is suddenly carless due to her parents making other plans and taking their only car. (Keep in mind this is Merrill, we have no public transportation on Saturdays) I said sure, so I gathered clothes, dropped them off, went to pick up Randi and delivered her to the park.
I got home, made some coffee and started on the chicken, thinking that getting that done would clear up time for dedicated writing. Only the phone kept ringing every five minutes, nothing important, but annoying and interrupting. Then at 2:45, Myr calls all upset and panicked. It seems that while filming her “run from the psycho killer” scene, she somehow lost her class ring. The rest of the cast was searching in the snow for it, but she needed to call me to tell me how sorry she was. As if I would be mad at her for that. I try to calm her down telling her we will figure it out and that I’m sure there was a lost ring guarantee when we purchased it. She was calmer then, and said they would look for a couple of minutes yet then get back to filming.
Five minutes later she calls back saying "Alli is the greatest!" because she found the ring and balance is restored in the world. Then she made sure that I would be available to drive people back to where ever they need to go once filming is done. Of course I can. She will call when I’m needed.
I still haven't finished the chicken. I don't see much writing getting done, but the movie is still on the list. I think the pizza that I was going to provide for lunch has been cancelled since lunch was several hours ago and I'm not upset that I won't be spending money on that (although I would have been happy to do that for Myr and her friends). I should really plan on some sort of food for me for lunch (you know the several hours ago thing) and figure out what we will eat before the movie…
So goes life when you're a mom. I'm just glad that the roads are better, all the kids are having a good time, Myr has her ring and the movie is actually getting filmed.
Life is pretty good. It just never goes as planned.
Wil had to work, so he was going to be gone from 9 until 4. Myr was having two friends over, but they were going to leave at 9 and spend the day filming their little horror movie for English class. As for me? I was going to be writing because I have fic due in, ah, five days.
My plan: wave goodbye to husband and daughter, drink lots of coffee and write, write, write. Oh, there was cleaning the kitchen, making chicken soup and jello jigglers in there, too, but they are minor things that can be done around writing.
After a day of good writing and food making, we were going to go see Holmes at the local theatre
What really happened (so far).
Woken up at 8 by the phone. It seems that yesterdays very icky rain had, with the sub-freezing temps, turned into rather slick roads. All the teenagers involved in the movie (being intelligent Wisconsin teens) called to say that driving on ice slicked roads should be postponed for a bit. So the movie was pushed back to 1. Unfortunately, Sara was getting a ride in with her mom and had to be here at nine anyhow. We also had to pick up Alli in the AM. So I drove (being able to drive on icy roads), did a short trek out to pick up leftover food from my moms and buy chocolate syrup (blood in the black and white portion of the film) and Alli with all the filming equipment. Spent the morning listening to Myr, Sara and Alli downloading music for the film and watching Lady Ga-Ga videos. I don't like exiling the kids to a separate room, so they did it in the main room. So I cleaned my kitchen and spent some time laughing with the girls.
Then, because Myr can't drive with more than one passenger, I got to drive them to the filming spot at noon. I got home made coffee, got settled and... got a phone call at 12:40 asking if I could please bring them more/warmer coats, gloves and/or hats because they are teens who really don't understand that just because the sun is shining doesn't make it a warm 20 degrees outside. Oh... and could I also please pick up Randi at 1:15 because she is suddenly carless due to her parents making other plans and taking their only car. (Keep in mind this is Merrill, we have no public transportation on Saturdays) I said sure, so I gathered clothes, dropped them off, went to pick up Randi and delivered her to the park.
I got home, made some coffee and started on the chicken, thinking that getting that done would clear up time for dedicated writing. Only the phone kept ringing every five minutes, nothing important, but annoying and interrupting. Then at 2:45, Myr calls all upset and panicked. It seems that while filming her “run from the psycho killer” scene, she somehow lost her class ring. The rest of the cast was searching in the snow for it, but she needed to call me to tell me how sorry she was. As if I would be mad at her for that. I try to calm her down telling her we will figure it out and that I’m sure there was a lost ring guarantee when we purchased it. She was calmer then, and said they would look for a couple of minutes yet then get back to filming.
Five minutes later she calls back saying "Alli is the greatest!" because she found the ring and balance is restored in the world. Then she made sure that I would be available to drive people back to where ever they need to go once filming is done. Of course I can. She will call when I’m needed.
I still haven't finished the chicken. I don't see much writing getting done, but the movie is still on the list. I think the pizza that I was going to provide for lunch has been cancelled since lunch was several hours ago and I'm not upset that I won't be spending money on that (although I would have been happy to do that for Myr and her friends). I should really plan on some sort of food for me for lunch (you know the several hours ago thing) and figure out what we will eat before the movie…
So goes life when you're a mom. I'm just glad that the roads are better, all the kids are having a good time, Myr has her ring and the movie is actually getting filmed.
Life is pretty good. It just never goes as planned.
