Cat Tales: Miscellany and Mischief

January 23 (30DBC)

30DBC January 23 Prompt: Actress Tiffani Thiessen, born on this day in 1974, once said "When you interact with someone you always take something from them." What is something you've been able to take with you from any of your fellow challengers so far this month, and how have you been inspired by each other?

I've been inspired to get back to the productive little student I used to be in college. There's a few college and high school kids that I just really admire for their constant energy and dedication to posting and writing, even if it's late and they have to do, like, 15 entries in a day (here's looking at you, Dragon is hiding ).

Of course, I'm dealing with things in my life that I never had to worry about before, at least, not to this extent. I have a whole apartment that's basically mine to take care of, since Hubby works upwards of 60 hours per week (and I'm home working part-time). I have bills to pay and a bank account to stay on top of, laundry to do literally every single day (even if it's not much, there's always SOMETHING to wash), and now all the symptoms of pregnancy, which have had me NOT feeling like my usual productive self.

Maybe it's because I can no longer have coffee. I'm telling you, that stuff fueled my college career and has really helped advance my writing career as well. Now that I no longer can stand drinking it, I find myself just sleeping in until 10 or 11 a.m., trudging through the house bleary-eyed and with an upset stomach, and in the bathroom more often than I'm out of it.

Regardless of all that, I need to resign myself to the fact that this is my life now, and figure out a schedule that works for me so that I can get more stuff done. And I'm taking my cues from the lovely students here on WDC and within this blogging group, who are always working, always creating, and never seem to lack energy to spread joy and humor everywhere they go.

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