No Time

When I began this blog a couple of months ago, I was hoping to post a little something every day, or maybe every other day, or, more realistically, three or so times per week. Well, it's really frustrating, because I have all these posts running around in my mind, and it seems I rarely have the time to sit down and write out my thoughts. Such is the life of a disorganized mother.

And, it's not that I don't spend time at the computer. It's just that my computer time is eaten by writing weekly stories for the newspaper. They get number one priority status since they actually generate income. Then, I have to keep up on my monthly submissions to TodaysMama, where my vignettes about life in China are posted. And, I simply must read and write e-mails. There actually aren't that many, but it does take a considerable amount of time delete all thirty of my daily spam messages and check out gymboree's clearance sales.

Once I get all of those "must dos" out of the way, I have to log on to all the blogs I now read that other people write. These provide my daily entertainment and chuckles.

Then, on certain days, there are things I must research, or buy, or consider buying on the internet -- a dangerous place to go because of the way time slips away so rapidly while I am there.

If ever I'm really feeling idle, I might even click over to the free rice site (thank you Excelente). It's all for a good cause, right? Actually, Photoguy has donated way more rice than I have, and he does it with our kids, which makes them smarter. He also cheats with his handy mac dictionary! But, he only cheats sometimes. And, I now feel the need to disclose that he is the Scrabble and Crossword puzzle supreme master in this house.

All of that rambling has brought me to my point, which is, that I wish I could update my blog more regularly (instead of waiting a week and then posting two or three huge stories at a time). How do people find the time to do that?