Still mulling sleep.

For writers with kids, the book I have "I'd Rather Be Writing", by Marcia Golub, has a couple of chapters on things to try in order to fit writing around the demands of kids. I'd summarize, but I'm at work and propping the book up next to the computer might attract attention.

Hey, all. "I'm back and I'm a bloody animal!" And on topic, stupid spyware made it so I couldn't write either, all weekend.

Deb, what a beautiful drabble.

Welcome back, Erika!

Thank you...it was quite the torment for me. And not the sexy kind. And Techie Dave is as a god. Even if he thinks I'm cognitively impaired. Guess I've got to finish stuff now. My computer was like a lava lamp all weekend.

internet wife! *There* you are.

Yep, here I am. Glad to be back.

(passes erika lemon bread) hard computer weekend?

Yep...big technical problem...seems that the techie got it though. Maybe this week, I'll send what I've got as far as "crip noir"ETA: My tag is funny in this thread. But that is what happens when you e-mail your friend the editor at 7:30 AM.

Dudesse, you are the noirest crip in all the land, and you know it.

Of course I'll beta anything you like.

X-posting here seems to be the thing to do, so here goes...

Challenge #4 [sleep]

You drift, weighted down, every muscle sighing as the bed takes its turn balancing the child within you. Curled on one side, sinking slow, breathing deep, the first puzzle pieces of dreams shifting into place, forming pictures you’re not sure you see. Almost there, boneless now, you let go…and she wakes.

A foot? A fist? The soft cap of her skull? She turns, awake now, alert. The steady tide has slowed to a memory of movement as you lie still, eyes closed, imagining the swishing path of her hand to her mouth, the toes curling her foot into a comma.

I'm having so much fun with this. I actually have another memory one I think I'm just going to do in my journal since I didn't post it before the challenge closed.

erika, can I add you to my Friends List?