What to write

I just read today that Hemmingway tried to write 250 words a day which doesn't seem like much until after 365 days when you have discovered you've written a novel.
I would like to write every day. By the end of this sentence I will have written roughly 50 words, so really 250 isn't a huge goal. All too often I want to write, but nothing comes to mind until my fingers start moving. Seriously, I start with "what to write..." and before I know it there's this!
Here are places I write which would certainly count toward writing everyday:
My journal (handwritten)
My kids' journals
My computer journal
Notebooks, napkins, over kid artwork (hard to admit, but if it's the only piece of paper for miles I've picked a corner to cram in some notes), receipts, newspapers, HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE.
This blog

The point is, record it. Put aside spelling and grammar, form and flow for a moment or two and write. Thoughts have a tendency to evolve and I simply dislike losing that instant when exactly what I wanted to say and how to catch it in words because I couldn't find a medium!


Some other notes:

Funny how I'm living in a sort of removed whirlwind life. How do you cram in doing all the things you love "one last time" without yearning to do them again the next day?

I'm both looking forward to the upcoming lull in life as well as dreading it.

Positively anticipating because I will be relieved of all the details. I spend over an hour each day on the phone, answering emails...just getting back to people and making plans whether it's for church, friends, family, work, whatever! It's starting to overwhelm me because I NEED that hour for other things like sleep, so that's one thing I'll be glad to have a small break from. I'm really looking forward to our new house. It's an older home, tastefully renovated with plenty of charm and coziness. It will be so great to have space!

Dreading because Natalie and I will dip into serious despair once we fully realize no friends, no family, and no DAD. It will kill us both and time will only tell who first. I've been substituting nearly every day and she's become his shadow. Quite darling and I've very happy for them both. Jared's a trooper playing full time parent and getting a taste of life being home all day. He's fortunate it's only until mid-afternoon and I can' begrudge his need to decompress when I get home. He of course is stellar, but it's still "a lot of work" (his own words). It's kinda nice to switch roles for a while and come to appreciate how the other one feels and really does. I didn't fully appreciate what coming home to them was like or leaving in the morning.

Anyway. I'm also really looking forward to having some time to work on projects I've been putting off for the past few months and hopefully being new in an area will give me time to delve.

A quick quote of the day. I was subbing in a 5th grade class and a girl blurts out, "You're the best gangsta teacher we've ever had!" Not sure what that means but I think it's good. :) So the next time you are giving a compliment, add "gangsta" and it will really make their day.

Lastly, a photo for the day. This tree is really growing like this. Initially I thought it was fallen but after I checked it over, it is living and thriving just so smack dab in the middle of OSU campus. Isn't that just a stop and smell the flowers sight? Makes me want to sit and think.