there are no pictures09.20.2012

with this blog post. Sometimes I get paralyzed thinking I need to find a great picture to go with a blog post, and then I don’t post.

I missed posting yesterday because my kids came down with strep. My writing time (I have a babysitter for eight hours a week so I can get writing done, and then I make up the rest of the time during the evenings/on Saturdays) quickly devolved into me shuttling kids to the doctor in a very inefficient manner and then obtaining medication in an equally inefficient manner. At one point, I realized I hadn’t eaten yet that day, and I ended up sitting in a Walmart parking lot eating a Quarter Pounder in my very messy minivan, and I thought, “What have I become?”

And I thought: I know what I want to become.

A better writer.

A better mom.

Someone who prepares healthy meals and keeps them in sealed BPA-free plastic containers in the fridge and can grab them at any instant so I always have something filling and nutritious to eat on the go.

Hi Allie you probably can’t see this or don’t realise that I’ve written. I’m Lauren anyway and live in Australia. To anyone that can see this I urge you to read te matched trilogy!! It is the best read I’ve had in years and I can’t wait for reached!! I’m literally counting down the days until it comes out. I’ve done dozens of book reviews on the trilogy and my whole school knows who Allie Condie is now!! We are all besotted with the trilogy!! Well done Allie!! You don’t need to become a better writer because your writing has touched everyone and especially me!! All over the world everyone loves you!!