Um, yeah.

So there is a law, designed orginally to protect contract workers, that requires anyone who works a contract position to take two months off every two years.  I am approaching the two-year mark here at my current job (October), and they are trying to get around this.  They think it is unlikely they will be able to avoid it, though. 

Anyway, we don't need the money to survive.  It would make things a bit tight for a while, but we could pay all our bills and still have enough to do some fun stuff.  It would be an inconvenience but not a huge problem, basically.

So anyway, I've been thinking about it.  It comes at a lame time.  It's not in the summer when I could get out and enjoy the weather (as if I really would).  It's not at Christmas when I could take time off to work on gifts and be in Michigan.  It's at that cold, sad time of the fall when everything is brown and wet.  Of course, it does include my birthday.

Well, I had an idea about it.  I am thinking about spending the time writing a novel.  It's perfect for that really.  There is nothing to distract me.  I won't have to deal with the drain of work.  I can put all my energy into writing.  I won't have children yet.  Magnus had a good point too.  He said that I could use it as a time to really try writing, to know for sure (more or less) whether I really could be a great writer.

Imagine if I could, though.  I would have a vocation I really loved.  It would be perfect for me.  I'm trying not to get my hopes up, though.  It has always been a challenge for me to sustain a story.  I can write great characters, but I have a very hard time with plot.  Anyone have any suggestions?