because obviously, sleep is a fickle fancy

The statement that a story "just needs to be written now" baffles me. I say that about articles and research papers, when I've gathered all the lecture/book materials together into some semblance of order and only have to put it in my own words and snazz it up with some analysis. But creative writing just needing to be written? I'm honestly boggled by this notion that there's ever anything less than blood/sweat/tears to be shed in the course of getting it right. I mean, it's hard work on my part, and for some people the actual verbalizing of it seems almost incidental to the idea they began writing for. Like the actual words just need to flow from their fingers onto the page now, thank you, because there are other things to be done. Like they're all there, they just need to be put to paper. And that's just... I'm just curious as far as all that.

it didn't take us long to get back in the swing of things...

It's midnight on a Thursday. Do you know what your college students are doing?

Why yes. Splitting a Gumby's galore pizza and discussing the finer points of gay erotica while toasting freedom and planning how to spend their three-day weekend because one doesn't entirely and the other as good as doesn't have class tomorrow.

Today was a good day.
That's all.