Daily Word Count: 4,408
Cumulative Words Written: 42,317
Total Words Discarded: 5,500
Total Chapters Drafted: 17
Time Spent Writing Today: 6 hours
Today, I’m taking baby steps. I got up and made my residency brunch: a cheese omelet, toast with butter, green salad, liquid yogurt. Kept my foot elevated the whole time I was at the table. Otherwise, I’ve been in bed.
And I’m making words. Lots and lots of words vomited.
People ask me all the time how MTM and I spend so much time apart. Don’t I miss him? Is it hard on our relationship? How often do we talk?
Well, dear readers, where MTM is concerned, I NEVER take baby steps.
MTM and I are both workaholics. When we’re in the same place, we’re both good about shutting off work and focusing on each other. But when we’re apart, we both get a ton of stuff done. I almost think the time apart is necessary for us to get anything done.
Of course, I miss MTM every second. I never get tired of being with him. When I’m on residency especially, I get really lonely and homesick, not for home really, but for him. He’s my home. I miss him across the dinner table, on the other side of the desk, in bed. Coffees are no fun, either.
Being apart strengthens our bond. We tend to really focus on each other when we’re together. I’m stingy with my free time, devoting as much as possible to MTM. He’s my person, the soul I depend on upon all others. When we’re together, I do my best to make sure he understands that. And when we’re apart, I try even harder.
We text all the time and FaceTime several times a day. With a five-hour time difference, it’s sometimes challenging to talk face-to-face. Especially if we have a residency activity or I take a trip to the beach. But you can always find us on FaceTime around 11am, when MTM first wakes, and around 5pm, when MTM is likely having lunch.
MTM is my muse. I couldn’t write or speak without him in my corner. He believes when I don’t, picks me up when I fall, encourages me to keep going. He’s always with me, wherever I am in the world.
Postscript: I walked to dinner with my fellow residents tonight. Enjoy after-dinner sunset outside Bangula, the local eatery.
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3 Comments
When I was often “on the road,” we didn’t have FaceTime. We didn’t have phones or computers. We had pay phones and phones in the room, but spent very little time there. It was a different world, much harder to stay in touch, not having those crucial conversations as a matter of routine. Made my decision to stop an easy one.
I’m very grateful to be doing this when I am.
Aye. Being able to connect is a shiny spot as far as technology goes.
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