Today is a writing day, but I confess that I'm having a hard time settling my brain this morning. Nevertheless, I shall manage it because this is the last day in 2009 when I will have the companionship of angeladegroot while writing, since she's headed to the land of hobbits (New Zealand, as it turns out) this weekend.

To get myself sorted out, I believe I'll make a list of what I have to do that's not writing-related, which will silence that clamor, and then proceed with the writing. But knowing that I'm not the only one who occasionally has trouble settling in to write, even when there's time available, I figured I'd ask what YOU do to simmer down. Would you tell me?