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11 February 2008 @ 01:36 pm
Prephecy of the Brown Dwarf, weekly w-count  

2605  

2605. That between some kind of pile-up at work; managing kids, while hubbie has his own pile-up at work and visits home for two hours daily on a GOOD day; between worrying that my older one is a wierdo and that maybe she should go to that school where the teachers will not be MORONS, who say she’s reatarded, because she can read (could when she was four!) and calculate hundreds at the age of six, and knows biological systematics, but eats with her fingers and barks at other children sometimes and refuses to take off her hood for a few hours in the morning. Oh, don’t forget crawling under the table for “no reason, whatsoever”. Yeah, I am worried for her, but I KNOW why she’s like that. Now I need to convince the school system, what here, where I live, is a challenge. Especially, since my social skills suck as much as hers. And on top of that the school I’m thinking about only can accept THAT ammount of kids, and there are more applicants than there are places.

Shit!

Now, I’m tired with the book. I’m tired with forcing myself every day to write that 750, and I’m tired that most of the days, there’s less than that.

I hate the fact that this week I wrote less than half the community goal. I try to tell myself that now it will get easier, but will it? Really? Why?

Gads, I could at least WORK today, to have that overload shit out of the way, but instead what? I’m ranting! Maybe I need to rant? HEEELP!!!

Oh, and btw, I’m really posting these weeklies for my own reference later, but it’s lovely that you comment on them f-list, makes me feel important somehow. THANK YOU! :*



29155 / 100000 words. 29% done!


42 / 120 days. 35% gone! 


And eta: I’ve just read a very nice comment on my story and got a new shiny nick-name for my character, so now I’m a little better. Thank you [info]suffolkgirl. Also, I think I finally started to *get* the readers. There are two readers, actually (*wink-wink, girls*), so who knows, maybe I only get a specific kind of readers, but their reactions are exactly how I expect them, so that’s lovely. 
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silwyna: Herbstwald[info]silwyna on February 11th, 2008 03:41 pm (UTC)
The first thing I thought about: You need a break, Yannik!!! Take a day off, don't write, don't worry about work, play with the kids, take a hot bath after they've gone to bed, watch some BSG, read a good book, eat tons of chocolate, do whatever you WANT to do, not what you feel you HAVE to do!!! The book will never get finished if you feel that way about it. Every writer/author needs a break.

Second: That sounds really bad with your daughter. I'm amazed about the things she can do and I can't believe the teachers call her retarded!!! Maybe she is simply underchallenged in school and that is why she acts that way? As for talking with the teachers, maybe AL could give you some advise. She's a teacher. And so is Moira I believe. There are some other teachers on AR as well, maybe you should just post something in Cloud Nine and ask for some advise on how to handle the teachers?

Thirdly: I'm so, so sorry, that I'm behind with reading your story. I have seen the last two chapters but simply haven't come around to read them. But that has nothing to do with lack of interest, I can assure you that!!! I won't get to it today as well, but I'm hoping for tomorrow.

And last but not least: Don't forget to take the break!!!
olga: me[info]o_yannik on February 11th, 2008 04:58 pm (UTC)
Thanks for the advice on the teachers, but I've talked to AL in private. She gave me some good general advices, but schools in Poland are really specific. I think this is in part to blame our post-comunist heritage. Thank gods things change now, but it's to little and too slow.

As for the time off, what do you think I was doing yesterday and today? :) Well, today I was working, but haven't written more than three sentences. And nada for yesterday. That's why this weekly w-count is so low, weekends used to be my best in the recent months. But I really needed to sleep a little longer, and then, when girls were at their grandparents, I watched some old tv show. :)

And don't worry about reading my story. :) Really, I appreciate you did read and comment so far. I'm not going to post much more than that anyway - some two or three more parts left - because of the potential problems with the publishers, and because beyond that it's a mess, really. :) Not polished and full of errors and silly notes. So whenever you have the time, IF you have the time.

And thanks again. LuV.
suffolkgirl[info]suffolkgirl on February 11th, 2008 09:25 pm (UTC)
Glad you liked the nickname suggestion.

I second Silke, give yourself a break. I think you're doing very well to do any writing at all, with a job and two children to look after. And looking at your graph you're only 6% behind target which is not very much.

And I hope you get your problems with the school sorted out. Sadly some schools don't deal well with children who don't fit their definition of the norm.
olga: six[info]o_yannik on February 12th, 2008 07:51 am (UTC)
Sadly some schools don't deal well with children who don't fit their definition of the norm

That's exactly the words I needed. :) Only... SOME? I live in a 200 k city, and there are 15 (fifteen) places for children with various disorders, from blindness, through physical impairments, to autism spectrum. That's in a school that accepts the majority of "normal" children. Of course there are "special" schools, where only the disabled children learn, but that to me is medieval. Now, while I think Iga qualifies for mild autism spectrum (there, I said it), she does not, no way, qualify for a special school. But in a "normal" school, she's met with silly comments form silly teachers, who don't deal well with children who don't fit their definition of the norm. Presicely.

Gads, I'm so pissed. But while writing this response I got an enlightment, and I have an idea how to deal with that. Only if it didn't require so much manipulating other people... uh.

And thanks. :)
suffolkgirl[info]suffolkgirl on February 12th, 2008 02:43 pm (UTC)
What you were saying reminded me of a woman I work with, her daughter has attention deficit disorder, is very hyperactive, and has bad temper tantrums - so not needing to be in a special school, but needing extra attention and assistance. The school she was at were very unhelpful and basically didn't want to deal with her. Then they moved house, and now her daughter is in a much smaller village school, and is doing a lot better because with the smaller class size she gets the special attention she needed. Anyway having listened to this colleague's account of her problems with the school, I sympathise with your situation. I hope your idea works out. :)