I'm not sure why it happens, but I actually did not feel overly right yesterday and I woke up feeling like could spit nails this morning. There is absolutely no reason for any of this. Only bad thing about yesterday was that my job was boring, but that definitely doesn't get my blood boiling. I think the worse that happened was something I was trying to type up got obliterated and not being in the right frame of mind it came off worse. Other than that it was just another rainy day.
Even talking to God and praying didn't seem to help much at first. It was two hours after I got up that I felt like I had an even keel again emotionally. I even called to apologize to my husband because I know I was not helping his morning any even if I didn't lose it until he finally did. I guess he wasn't doing so well either, since he is trying to get over the cold I gave him. I only have minor congestion that is just bad enough to be annoying at times and more due to it seeming to lag on for days.
So I manage to find my equilibrium and I can function at work. Whether emotionally or mentally off it is not going to go well for the day if you know you have to do a huge amount of number data entry for a project. It probably wouldn't help me if I were home trying to edit my novel either. Though if I were home I would have some good Christian bands playing in the background to help sooth the beast within.
Hopefully it is gone for awhile and doesn't come back without a reason ever again. I doubt this since I am only human. I can definitely see why we should not be ruled by our emotions because sometimes they just don't make any sense at all.
All I know is that the Bible study, some lying down and then having the Christian music going made it so I actually did three hours of productive novel editing last night. I'm quite sure if I did not lean on God and rely on His Word to help get my mind and emotions on the right path, everything could have gone far worse.
Maybe I'm just feeling cabin fever and wanting it to be spring real soon now that I survived to March. ::laughing:: All I know is that I definitely was off kilter for some reason I can't determine for sure.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Zipping Right Along
Time and what I'm managing to do with it is zipping right along. Even the needed do-hardly-anything day yesterday helped immensely. My husband even called into work and we both pretty much worked on getting rid of our colds. I'm sure I gave it to him for that matter.
It made it close to 50 yesterday, but turned the world into soupiness as the snow melted. Our road is pretty much a mud pit due to the dirt they throw on it during the winter. So it warmed up after all that snow we had when I posted only three days ago. Of couse, today it stays cooler and rains all day. I'm ready for warm weather where I can get out without having to wear boots for a walk or too many layers. Actually I'm ready for some nice 70 degree and sunny days. I'm finding it far too easy to be lethargic these days.
On a good point, I definitely was not lethargic on Sunday. I got about 25% of my sci fi novel in outline mode. So far one scene jumps out that needs editing, but not much. Finding I'm wanting to leave the worldly stuff in there to a degree to show how it contrasts with how the character feels and changes by the end of the novel. I just don't want anything risque scampering around in the pages. ;)
The interesting thing is the outline is way different from the one for the homework assignment I did using the young adult novel idea. However, both are helping with the writing process as needed for each story. I'll be able to go back to the YA novel more easily now with what I have done for the homework assignments in order to finish writing it. The sci fi novel, I'll know where I need to edit, delete or add scenes in order for proper flow and timing of the plot as well as keeping the character arch true.
I think the in depth outline I'm doing for the completed sci fi novel is going to wind up being around 25 pages or more by the time I'm done. I'm guessing it will take a minimum of 12 hours to complete due to it taking 3 hours for the first 25% of the story. I would love to have it done by this weekend, but we shall see how that goes. Only good thing is that I'm back to my normal work schedule which might actually help me get things done.
I think I'm up to doing a workout when I get home before I plunge into my outline. The moving around will help immensely. This nerve issue with my left arm will hopefully get some relief if I get in the stretching and weight training the physical therapist told me to keep doing. Due to the crummy weather, I'll hop on the treadmill if it is in a place where I can get it plugged in. Use of the equipment we have at home is random now based on the fact we have pieces of book shelving being assembled taking up living room space and crowding out the exercise equipment areas. It will all lead to even more organizing and getting things where they belong in the house once done. Less clutter will even help the den and how I arrange my writing areas.
When I feel fried on my novel editing, I'll grab my article and work on the suggested edits from the critiques I got. I could try a story for the faithwriters topic of the week, too. Now what was that? Yup, definitely in novel mode at the moment.
It made it close to 50 yesterday, but turned the world into soupiness as the snow melted. Our road is pretty much a mud pit due to the dirt they throw on it during the winter. So it warmed up after all that snow we had when I posted only three days ago. Of couse, today it stays cooler and rains all day. I'm ready for warm weather where I can get out without having to wear boots for a walk or too many layers. Actually I'm ready for some nice 70 degree and sunny days. I'm finding it far too easy to be lethargic these days.
On a good point, I definitely was not lethargic on Sunday. I got about 25% of my sci fi novel in outline mode. So far one scene jumps out that needs editing, but not much. Finding I'm wanting to leave the worldly stuff in there to a degree to show how it contrasts with how the character feels and changes by the end of the novel. I just don't want anything risque scampering around in the pages. ;)
The interesting thing is the outline is way different from the one for the homework assignment I did using the young adult novel idea. However, both are helping with the writing process as needed for each story. I'll be able to go back to the YA novel more easily now with what I have done for the homework assignments in order to finish writing it. The sci fi novel, I'll know where I need to edit, delete or add scenes in order for proper flow and timing of the plot as well as keeping the character arch true.
I think the in depth outline I'm doing for the completed sci fi novel is going to wind up being around 25 pages or more by the time I'm done. I'm guessing it will take a minimum of 12 hours to complete due to it taking 3 hours for the first 25% of the story. I would love to have it done by this weekend, but we shall see how that goes. Only good thing is that I'm back to my normal work schedule which might actually help me get things done.
I think I'm up to doing a workout when I get home before I plunge into my outline. The moving around will help immensely. This nerve issue with my left arm will hopefully get some relief if I get in the stretching and weight training the physical therapist told me to keep doing. Due to the crummy weather, I'll hop on the treadmill if it is in a place where I can get it plugged in. Use of the equipment we have at home is random now based on the fact we have pieces of book shelving being assembled taking up living room space and crowding out the exercise equipment areas. It will all lead to even more organizing and getting things where they belong in the house once done. Less clutter will even help the den and how I arrange my writing areas.
When I feel fried on my novel editing, I'll grab my article and work on the suggested edits from the critiques I got. I could try a story for the faithwriters topic of the week, too. Now what was that? Yup, definitely in novel mode at the moment.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
First Day of NaNoEdMo
NaNoEdMo started today, but I didn't. I'm actually at work due to the project through the weekend. I'll finally get my weekend some time this coming week. Then I'll crank through some editing.
To make things more interesting, I'm fighting off a lovely cold that has me sleeping extra when I can just so I can manage to be here through the weekend for this project. I'm so tempted to add on some vacation days to just disappear for more days to recuperate.
On a good note I actually got my writing assignment I discussed in the last post done and sent in on Tuesday. Then, while sitting here for this project one night, scribbled out the character biography I needed for the next assignment. I typed that up this morning and reorganized it. I also dug through what I have done of the draft to find a scene where dialogue and action are the primary sources for knowledge of the characters involved for the reader. I need to recheck that it states no more than 4 double spaced pages and not at least. My brain is suddenly scared that I read it wrong, but I'm not handing it in until I get the other assignment back from my mentor. At least, I'll have this assignment ready to go as soon as she's done with that one. I need to get one more extra lesson squeaked in at the least to be sure I am caught up again.
The outlining I mentioned actually went really well. It helped determine where I've gone already with what I do have written in rough draft and solidified more of the idea for the rest of it. The character sketch ended up having some of the ideas in it as well. Due to how well it went for this, I'm definitely starting off my NaNoEdMo with a scene by scene outline for the sci fi novel to really find where the plot needs work or the character arch seems to sag. I bet this will take a few hours in of itself. The one for the YW novel used in the lesson took me around four hours minimum to do. However, part of it is not written and I could make up most of it. For the sci fi novel I have the entire thing written and then I need to mark where things should change and outline how to make the change flow in.
Only time will tell in how much it will take to truly edit what I have to. Needless to say, despite crazy work hours and other life interruptions, I have a feeling I'll be needing 50 hours to do a lot of this editing. Now to see if I have 50 hours in one month to do it. Oh, wait. I bet I do! I used to spend around 20+ hours playing internet games like EverQuest in a week and still get some stuff done. I think I do sleep more now, though. ;)
It might as well snow if it is winter, but could someone convince March that since it came in like a lion that it better be a lamb by the 15th. :P I'm ready for spring, but have 7 inches of new snow instead.
To make things more interesting, I'm fighting off a lovely cold that has me sleeping extra when I can just so I can manage to be here through the weekend for this project. I'm so tempted to add on some vacation days to just disappear for more days to recuperate.
On a good note I actually got my writing assignment I discussed in the last post done and sent in on Tuesday. Then, while sitting here for this project one night, scribbled out the character biography I needed for the next assignment. I typed that up this morning and reorganized it. I also dug through what I have done of the draft to find a scene where dialogue and action are the primary sources for knowledge of the characters involved for the reader. I need to recheck that it states no more than 4 double spaced pages and not at least. My brain is suddenly scared that I read it wrong, but I'm not handing it in until I get the other assignment back from my mentor. At least, I'll have this assignment ready to go as soon as she's done with that one. I need to get one more extra lesson squeaked in at the least to be sure I am caught up again.
The outlining I mentioned actually went really well. It helped determine where I've gone already with what I do have written in rough draft and solidified more of the idea for the rest of it. The character sketch ended up having some of the ideas in it as well. Due to how well it went for this, I'm definitely starting off my NaNoEdMo with a scene by scene outline for the sci fi novel to really find where the plot needs work or the character arch seems to sag. I bet this will take a few hours in of itself. The one for the YW novel used in the lesson took me around four hours minimum to do. However, part of it is not written and I could make up most of it. For the sci fi novel I have the entire thing written and then I need to mark where things should change and outline how to make the change flow in.
Only time will tell in how much it will take to truly edit what I have to. Needless to say, despite crazy work hours and other life interruptions, I have a feeling I'll be needing 50 hours to do a lot of this editing. Now to see if I have 50 hours in one month to do it. Oh, wait. I bet I do! I used to spend around 20+ hours playing internet games like EverQuest in a week and still get some stuff done. I think I do sleep more now, though. ;)
It might as well snow if it is winter, but could someone convince March that since it came in like a lion that it better be a lamb by the 15th. :P I'm ready for spring, but have 7 inches of new snow instead.
Monday, February 25, 2008
It's Been a Whole Week
It's interesting how time can fly. Between work, writing, family, and church, I can fill a week up pretty good.
I received honorable mention in intermediate for the challenge that ended this past Thursday. I'm getting encouraging comments on the one that can be read now. I'm not much of a short term and short worded writer, but these challenges are helping a lot on both counts. I still need to write up what I plan on posting before this coming Thursday for this week's challenge of "Actions Speak Louder than Words".
I signed up for NaNoEdMo which starts this Saturday, March 1st. The goal is to take a novel you have written and see if you can manage to spend 50 hours working on editing it for the month. I decided to try this for two reasons: I have this sci fi novel I really like, but needs work, and it would be interesting to actually log the time used for editing to see how much time things really do take. So maybe by the end of March I'll have those things I need to change figured out and I'll also know how much time I can put into editing a novel in a month around other writing things. I still have a few more lessons to complete for the apprenticeship course. I have to critique at least one thing a week while I have my inspirational article up for critiquing. I plan on revising it and reposting the revised version to have it complete by the end of March, as well.
To make life more interesting, a project I am assisting with at work has me changing shifts randomly. Not for the worse, mind you. I actually can come to work when my husband does during the project. On the downside it winds up going into weekends a lot. So an attempt at a three day weekend this coming weekend has been cancelled. I know I'll definitely have to work Friday night, but I'm hoping if things don't have the same bumps in the road as last time I may not have to come in Saturday or Sunday. Time will tell on this.
All this project means is readjusting the times I do my writing, plus working it around when the husband is doing something. Usually I am home alone during the week and so is he. We wind up like ships passing in the night though he does get up to have breakfast with me before napping a bit to get all his sleep.
A young adult adventure novel I have started will get attention through my fiction writing homework for the apprenticeship course. However, it isn't going to see extra time while I try to edit the sci fi novel in March. I'll have one of the main character sketches done and an outline by the end of this week for an assignment. I've never done an outline for anything, but I'm going to be doing one for the YA novel for homework. I'm thinking of doing one for the sci fi novel as well so I can figure out how to tweak the plot and character arc so they work better. Both will be an interesting test for me and my writing.
To top things off, my lethargic self (I'm on a computer at work and at home with what I do) needs to eat less and move more. So its time to push through the getting lazy bit to exercise some and I need to eat less. I'm eating far too many calories. At this rate I'll be having to buy bigger clothes and I don't want to. I actually have some clothes I used to fit in before I was disabled last winter. Exercise will help the physical problem that remains to. Even so, I'm not finding it easy to get started and keep going even if once I do get going, I love it.
So throw in the exercise of at least half an hour five days a week to the list at the beginning. I'm really not sure how this will all work out, but I do need to put the exercise stuff in the schedule better.
I received honorable mention in intermediate for the challenge that ended this past Thursday. I'm getting encouraging comments on the one that can be read now. I'm not much of a short term and short worded writer, but these challenges are helping a lot on both counts. I still need to write up what I plan on posting before this coming Thursday for this week's challenge of "Actions Speak Louder than Words".
I signed up for NaNoEdMo which starts this Saturday, March 1st. The goal is to take a novel you have written and see if you can manage to spend 50 hours working on editing it for the month. I decided to try this for two reasons: I have this sci fi novel I really like, but needs work, and it would be interesting to actually log the time used for editing to see how much time things really do take. So maybe by the end of March I'll have those things I need to change figured out and I'll also know how much time I can put into editing a novel in a month around other writing things. I still have a few more lessons to complete for the apprenticeship course. I have to critique at least one thing a week while I have my inspirational article up for critiquing. I plan on revising it and reposting the revised version to have it complete by the end of March, as well.
To make life more interesting, a project I am assisting with at work has me changing shifts randomly. Not for the worse, mind you. I actually can come to work when my husband does during the project. On the downside it winds up going into weekends a lot. So an attempt at a three day weekend this coming weekend has been cancelled. I know I'll definitely have to work Friday night, but I'm hoping if things don't have the same bumps in the road as last time I may not have to come in Saturday or Sunday. Time will tell on this.
All this project means is readjusting the times I do my writing, plus working it around when the husband is doing something. Usually I am home alone during the week and so is he. We wind up like ships passing in the night though he does get up to have breakfast with me before napping a bit to get all his sleep.
A young adult adventure novel I have started will get attention through my fiction writing homework for the apprenticeship course. However, it isn't going to see extra time while I try to edit the sci fi novel in March. I'll have one of the main character sketches done and an outline by the end of this week for an assignment. I've never done an outline for anything, but I'm going to be doing one for the YA novel for homework. I'm thinking of doing one for the sci fi novel as well so I can figure out how to tweak the plot and character arc so they work better. Both will be an interesting test for me and my writing.
To top things off, my lethargic self (I'm on a computer at work and at home with what I do) needs to eat less and move more. So its time to push through the getting lazy bit to exercise some and I need to eat less. I'm eating far too many calories. At this rate I'll be having to buy bigger clothes and I don't want to. I actually have some clothes I used to fit in before I was disabled last winter. Exercise will help the physical problem that remains to. Even so, I'm not finding it easy to get started and keep going even if once I do get going, I love it.
So throw in the exercise of at least half an hour five days a week to the list at the beginning. I'm really not sure how this will all work out, but I do need to put the exercise stuff in the schedule better.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Off and Running
It's been busy since last Wednesday.
The husband took Thursday off so we could spend some time together since we don't work the same hours. We went out to dinner, it was both good and bad. I should have stopped with the fritters and skipped the steak. One piece was good, but one definitely was not. We were home fairly early where we just lounged for a bit, but we were both pretty tired. He fell asleep trying to read and I wound up chatting with Julie over at Christian Writers Forum for the usual Thursday night book chat. It wound up being just the two of us, but we chatted away most of the hour.
Somewhere over the weekend I managed to pull off completion of another scene in young adult novel idea I have started. I feel more comfortable working on this rather than trying to edit a sci fi thing I pulled out from six years ago. I am using it for my fiction writing assignments that I am now working on in the Christian Writers Guild apprenticeship even if the sci fi was used in the recent screenwriting assignments.
Of course, the first fiction assignment was a letter to a reader who views things way different than you do and then a parable. I found that letter hard even if at one time I was on a way different path that did not agree with where I am now. We'll see what my mentor has to say about it. At least the next assignment is going to be way easier even if it will take a lot longer to complete.
My current entry that is posted for the FaithWriters weekly challenge about "spilt milk" has received several great comments and was selected a jewel by this weeks jewelers. Of course, I have to wait until Thursday to see where I really placed. In the mean time I actually cranked out a rough draft for "Don't bite off your nose to spite your face" challenge. It actually uses the MC (main character for those who don't know) from a previous challenge entry. It stands alone, but it follows right along with where the MC wound up next. I left the rough draft for the husband to read when he gets home. He at least gives me an honest opinion and can point out general things, like wording he don't understand.
I've had two people give me some great ideas to play with for the article they critiqued for me. I like most of the ideas given and knew there would be some wording and grammar mistakes I missed. I'll be leaving it a bit longer for any further critiques people may do before editing and posting with edits for a final review. I'm hoping to submit it by the end of March.
Now it is almost bed time, so I can be ready for another day of work. If only it could seem as productive as my writing lately. I've got a lot done, but not feeling like it really is geting me anywhere or that it matters. I actually have to make people fix things tomorrow because they can't even fill out paperwork consistantly so it actually agrees on all forms.
The husband took Thursday off so we could spend some time together since we don't work the same hours. We went out to dinner, it was both good and bad. I should have stopped with the fritters and skipped the steak. One piece was good, but one definitely was not. We were home fairly early where we just lounged for a bit, but we were both pretty tired. He fell asleep trying to read and I wound up chatting with Julie over at Christian Writers Forum for the usual Thursday night book chat. It wound up being just the two of us, but we chatted away most of the hour.
Somewhere over the weekend I managed to pull off completion of another scene in young adult novel idea I have started. I feel more comfortable working on this rather than trying to edit a sci fi thing I pulled out from six years ago. I am using it for my fiction writing assignments that I am now working on in the Christian Writers Guild apprenticeship even if the sci fi was used in the recent screenwriting assignments.
Of course, the first fiction assignment was a letter to a reader who views things way different than you do and then a parable. I found that letter hard even if at one time I was on a way different path that did not agree with where I am now. We'll see what my mentor has to say about it. At least the next assignment is going to be way easier even if it will take a lot longer to complete.
My current entry that is posted for the FaithWriters weekly challenge about "spilt milk" has received several great comments and was selected a jewel by this weeks jewelers. Of course, I have to wait until Thursday to see where I really placed. In the mean time I actually cranked out a rough draft for "Don't bite off your nose to spite your face" challenge. It actually uses the MC (main character for those who don't know) from a previous challenge entry. It stands alone, but it follows right along with where the MC wound up next. I left the rough draft for the husband to read when he gets home. He at least gives me an honest opinion and can point out general things, like wording he don't understand.
I've had two people give me some great ideas to play with for the article they critiqued for me. I like most of the ideas given and knew there would be some wording and grammar mistakes I missed. I'll be leaving it a bit longer for any further critiques people may do before editing and posting with edits for a final review. I'm hoping to submit it by the end of March.
Now it is almost bed time, so I can be ready for another day of work. If only it could seem as productive as my writing lately. I've got a lot done, but not feeling like it really is geting me anywhere or that it matters. I actually have to make people fix things tomorrow because they can't even fill out paperwork consistantly so it actually agrees on all forms.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
So It's Wednesday Already
...and I still don't have my weekly challenge written for FW.
It's one of those weird weather days, ending in fun snow to drive home in after a downpouring rain. I give up figuring out the weather for this winter. I'm just wanting to hybernate for another 6 weeks or so.
I actually like playing online video games, but I killed my subscription in order to make sure I did writing instead. Probably a good thing since I really want to be doing that now instead of writing. Of course, I can't. So instead I caught up on some message board stuff at FaithWriters, killed my email, and checked out the boards and blog at the Christian Writers Forum.
So it's an hour later and now I'm typing here instead of typing my challenge entry. Funny thing is my entries I wind up doing at work in little snipets seem to do the best. One won 3rd place and another was in 8th place. I'll know tomorrow how the one I finally did from home placed. It did get some great comments and some good red ink fixes, too.
It's just a jumbled brain day. However, I was really focused at work. I did data entry for some measurements obtained from testing, edited two reports so that all I have to do is enter information in as I get the rest of it, and reviewed this 461 page factory exceptance test for an assembly line. Maybe I wore the brain out with all that geeky engineer stuff. =)
I'm really beginning to believe that due to all the technical like writing I have to do at work, this is one reason I really love fiction when I work on my writing at home. It's a productive escape from reality while the computer games were simply an escape. I honestly prefer the productive kind of escapes and change of paces.
Now to convince my cat he is not supposed to be sitting on my arm that has all the issues and has the continually tingly/semi-numb hand attached. It actually hurts. Silly cuddle muffin. He has always been the infamous lap cat and computer helper since he was a kitten.
It's one of those weird weather days, ending in fun snow to drive home in after a downpouring rain. I give up figuring out the weather for this winter. I'm just wanting to hybernate for another 6 weeks or so.
I actually like playing online video games, but I killed my subscription in order to make sure I did writing instead. Probably a good thing since I really want to be doing that now instead of writing. Of course, I can't. So instead I caught up on some message board stuff at FaithWriters, killed my email, and checked out the boards and blog at the Christian Writers Forum.
So it's an hour later and now I'm typing here instead of typing my challenge entry. Funny thing is my entries I wind up doing at work in little snipets seem to do the best. One won 3rd place and another was in 8th place. I'll know tomorrow how the one I finally did from home placed. It did get some great comments and some good red ink fixes, too.
It's just a jumbled brain day. However, I was really focused at work. I did data entry for some measurements obtained from testing, edited two reports so that all I have to do is enter information in as I get the rest of it, and reviewed this 461 page factory exceptance test for an assembly line. Maybe I wore the brain out with all that geeky engineer stuff. =)
I'm really beginning to believe that due to all the technical like writing I have to do at work, this is one reason I really love fiction when I work on my writing at home. It's a productive escape from reality while the computer games were simply an escape. I honestly prefer the productive kind of escapes and change of paces.
Now to convince my cat he is not supposed to be sitting on my arm that has all the issues and has the continually tingly/semi-numb hand attached. It actually hurts. Silly cuddle muffin. He has always been the infamous lap cat and computer helper since he was a kitten.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Patience Test
I get plenty of tests on patience. I learn a little. I slip some. I get better. Then I blow it.
Now the great thing about all these little tests is that I try my patience more than anybody else does. A lot of things that used to annoy me that others did do not have the same affect. Most of these I can blow off and go on now. However, when I'm trying to do something and it just keeps getting messed up, I get ornery. Not a good thing at all.
Latest example:
I'm trying to post a critique over at the Christian Writers Forum which I belong to. After the fourth try of my numb hands messing up and making the post disappear, I got angry and yelled at my computer. Does this help? Absolutely not. Did it make it harder to accomplish? Absolutely.
How did this wind up harder even if I did get it on the next (fifth) try? Well, I had to go reassure all the pets that mommy was not yelling at them. I got the fraidy cat all huggled up first. Found the alpha male kitty just thinking I'm loco as usual. I could NOT find the 120 pound dog. There are not many places for a 120 pound dog to hide. Actually there really is only one in the whole house where he might feel like he is closed in and safe: the bathtub! So I had to convince the big, ole puppy I was not yelling at him either and he did come out of the bathroom. He did nervously look for his daddy who was at work, but then finally calmed down because I had calmed down.
So even if you are utterly alone and fly off the handle due to a lack of patience with your own efforts, it still messes with your whole world and you will need to sort it out before moving on.
Now the great thing about all these little tests is that I try my patience more than anybody else does. A lot of things that used to annoy me that others did do not have the same affect. Most of these I can blow off and go on now. However, when I'm trying to do something and it just keeps getting messed up, I get ornery. Not a good thing at all.
Latest example:
I'm trying to post a critique over at the Christian Writers Forum which I belong to. After the fourth try of my numb hands messing up and making the post disappear, I got angry and yelled at my computer. Does this help? Absolutely not. Did it make it harder to accomplish? Absolutely.
How did this wind up harder even if I did get it on the next (fifth) try? Well, I had to go reassure all the pets that mommy was not yelling at them. I got the fraidy cat all huggled up first. Found the alpha male kitty just thinking I'm loco as usual. I could NOT find the 120 pound dog. There are not many places for a 120 pound dog to hide. Actually there really is only one in the whole house where he might feel like he is closed in and safe: the bathtub! So I had to convince the big, ole puppy I was not yelling at him either and he did come out of the bathroom. He did nervously look for his daddy who was at work, but then finally calmed down because I had calmed down.
So even if you are utterly alone and fly off the handle due to a lack of patience with your own efforts, it still messes with your whole world and you will need to sort it out before moving on.
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