Missed Deadline, but it was worth it

I wrote here about entering a short story competition - deadline today. I did write a short story but I haven't entered it. It is not good enough, but writing it has been a great exercise for me. It was great to finally sit down again and write creatively, to dig deep into my imagination. I missed today's deadline but, who knows, I might have a really well worked story ready for the next few deadlines. At the moment, to be fair to my stressed self, the 2000 words in my writing folder is prize enough. I reckon with a few writing exercises and some editing it could be a good story. I could go crazy trying to finish it over my bank holiday weekend, when I also had a first birthday cake to bake and a house to clean for a party, or I could just enjoy the fact that this week I wrote an ok story and maybe I can do the same next week.