Still frustrating

I cannot quite get my schedule organized.
Part of the problem is that the census is so unpredictable: Some days I’m slammed, some days it’s like a walk-on part. And whether I fill in the non-census time with eHows or Applied Science stories, it never seems to add up to the full week I intended.
Part of it is just that I’ve gotten out of the habit of having a day job and it’s a big adjustment to be working on something other than writing.
Partly it’s just that the census tends to cut up my day into bits—a couple of hours in the morning before the meeting, then lunch, then out for the afternoon, then in, then cook dinner, then out, then in … It’s hard to build momentum or focus effectively when that’s happening.
But the short stories are due and there are other projects I hope to be working on, so I guess I’d better find some way to get my act together.