Glitches

Dear computer, oh why or why can't you just go to sleep when I tell you to?

Monday is my short day at my day job. I had my big old plan to get in a few hours of coffeeshop writing before meeting my sister. She's taking me birthday shopping. And here I am, all cozy with my coffee, and there is only 25% of my battery left on what was 100% when I left the house this morning. On 25% I have about 30 minutes, which means I am not going to be able to do more more than write and post this blog. Boo!

I still have my trusty copy of The Well Fed Writer in my backpack, so I suppose I will just read more of that once technology dies. I also have another paper notebook and pens-- and perhaps I can try and write the old fashioned way, but mostly, I don't want to give myself too much more work before I have my current workload more under control. The thing with writing longhand is you just have to go back and type it later anyhow. It is quite possible I could have a late night tonight.

So what do you do when life throws a glitch in your writing plans? How do you make your lemonade and keep it from getting too sour? I could try some poetry-- haven't done that in a while, and my process tends to be relatively low tech, so retyping won't be too big of an issue.

I could try writing emails on my phone -- my phone is charged, it's just browsing that's limited. I might be able to do a little research with the phone browser, write notes in longhand. Perhaps I can get an article out of the experience. Who knows?

So what do you do with glitches? You make them work, somehow. Because, really, what other choice do you have? And in the end you wind up a little wiser for the experience.

TTFN!

Gretchen