Question: Am I trying to kill myself?
It’s just after 4 am. I have insomnia again and I’ve been awake for the last hour mulling over the direction my writing is heading. I finally worked it out this week; I’m not going to be the next John Le Carre – I can’t write seriously for more than a couple of paragraphs. So I might as well just get on and write the bonkers stuff.
So no Nobel prizes for literature for me. Maybe a turkey?
So anyway, eventually, I decide I might as well get up and write. What’s the point in thinking about plots and scenarios? I know where I’m going now, so I might as well write it down since there’s no chance of drifting back to sleep.
I grope for my fleecy jacket and make my way onto the landing. Immediately, I notice there’s a strange smell in the house…
I raise my hooter to the air…the odour is a cross between waffles and…
burning.
But there’s no smoke! And I haven’t made any cakes( for about 20 years) what is this strange smell? Has my pussy, Mr Bond, dumped in the sugar bowl?
I wander downstairs and put the kettle on, looking for the source of this peculiar smell…
I have left a giant pan of chilli con carne cooking for at least 10 hours. I…um…forgot about it.
Fortunately, it had a lot of fluid in it. So…I guess it’s only burnt to a depth of… an inch?
So, in answer to my question Am I trying to kill myself ? No, not deliberately, but I may yet succeed!
16 responses
uh oh Mrs T – peraps you should have set an alert for that chili. As for your writing – you do it very well . No DQ business about that please
Thanks Mrs G ref the writing:)
In respect of the chilli – putting a timer on would be far too logical for me! I wasn't blessed with too much common sense:)
It is five minutes to four a.m. here Jane and I am awake too!! Too bad our insomnia occurs 5 hours apart!
Keep writing!! Even if it seems like the worst tripe at the time, you will be surprised at what nuggets might be in there. You are a great writer and a great person. Don't knock yourself!! {{{hugs}}}
Rename it Chilli con Carbon and serve it up.
Oh, and P.S.: use a kitchen timer! We don't want that talent snuffed out by a can of chili!! Or anything else for that matter.
Marie: Crikey, is your insomnia regular??
On the writing front. I maybe snuffed out yet but not by chilli – my money's on Mr T and the candlestick in the conservatory.
Good idea Mrs A! And most appropriate.
By the way – I ate some of the chilli and I thought it actually tasted better:)))) Maybe cos it was 4 am??
Feh…I used to write like that once.
Once.
Then I sort of smartened up when I realized I wasn't making any sense when I got around to reading it later in the day.
But it does make for some interesting ready thought, eh?
Hiya Georgie,
Yeah, it's a long learning curve this writing business. Best to stick to what I know best:idiocy:)
Gotta catch up with you soon:I've been a preoccupied as you can see…
10 hours?! 10 hours?! That's taking 'slow cooking' to an extreme, surely.
The fact is Fran, me and cooking just don't get on – in any form!
so every time you write now you'll need a burning pan of chilli con carne on the go?
It might not be chilli Mike, but I can manage the burning aroma quite easily:)
OOOh Mrs T., it is so so very nice to know that i have company–re the forgotten chiili!
If only it was just the chilli Sue…:)