Motivation...

Lately, it's been a little hard to come by. I took a week off not long ago to do some things with the kids. I should have known better--If I don't stick to a steady writing schedule, I fall behind and it takes me weeks to start writing again. It isn't that I don't want to be writing. I do. It isn't that my characters have stopped talking to me. They haven't. It's just that I've suddenly found so many more things I'd rather be doing. Like vegging on the couch watching horror movies with the boys. I have a few projects that need to be finished in the next couple of weeks--maybe that's part of the problem. Does anyone else ever go through this? If so, how do you deal with it? How do you get your motivation back again? Anyway...I'm plugging along on my paranormal chick lit, slower than usual but the pace is steady. Though I usually prefer to write darker, I'm having a lot of fun with this one. Hopefully I'll have some good news to share soon. Lis:)