Writer's Block

Yes, you got it. I have it. Writer's block.

To be honest, I'm not surprised. My little vacation from writing has put me into quite a funk. I don't know how to write, anymore.

And...here's a secret...you know how I call my blog Real Writer's Don't Vaccuum? Well...this writer actually does. Yes! I not only vaccuum. I dust. And, I do laundry. I like to keep my house tidy and clutter-free, actually, and if it's not that way--well, damn it, I make it that way. The problem with that is: When you have two elementary aged kids, a husband who likes to hold the remote but not much else and two dogs who don't like to hold onto their fur, then you've got messes. Add a nine-month-old who's walking (gasp! yes!) and climbing stairs and...well...

My house looks like Iraq. Only more dusty. There are no humvees, or street vendors (yet), but the effect is the same. Who exploded the bomb in here?

Overall, the mess and the dust and the clutter (and the fruit flies--did I mention them? The guinea pig invites them to share his fresh veggies every spring and summer and part of the fall. I can't get rid of them) make it really hard for this Felix Unger of a mother to write. (The fruit flies, especially. They like to walk on the monitor. ACK!! WAAUGH! ERG!)

So, I'm cleaning today. I'm even vaccuuming, followed by my little nine-month-old shadow, who helps by picking up the pieces of dust and dog hair I've missed, and popping them into his mouth for safe keeping. I hope that--if I ever get things fixed up--I can sit down and write something. Anything...

I'll start with this blog. :)

What kind of things do you do to unblock your writer's block?