Sorry for the lack of update the past few days! It’s been a bit hectic!
Christmas is in full swing at work and with a few people down (sickies, unavailabilities, emergencies) we all got absolutely slammed. Good news is the day flies by, the bad news is you simply don’t get ahead to where you want to be.
After work I got home, changed and then we went straight out for an evening of music trivia for a fundraiser for a friend. I kept watching the clock (as I was 600 words away from 25k, so I was hoping to hit that mark afterwards) but all in all I had a great time. I’m a bit competitive for those who don’t know me and I put all my years of music retail to damn good use. Our team collectively came out on top and the night proved worth it for the fundraiser and everyone involved!
I got home, rushed to my writing desk only to get in the 30 minutes I had left to 24,824 as writing the scene was just killing me. I kept writing and rewriting. Then deleted the whole thing. Then found it, but sadly in the middle of writing, my 11:59 pm alarm went off which gives me just enough time to get to the NaNoWriMo website and update my word count. I know you can change it after the fact, but I like that deadline, I think it helps! After the alarm, I got past my 25k by finishing my thought and went to bed.
Today my partner let me sleep in (as I’d only managed to get a cushy 2.5 hours of sleep somehow Friday night, but I felt it) and I woke up at 9:30 still feeling like death warmed over. So I did what anyone with no responsibilities at that time of day would do, I rolled over and went back to sleep, thinking I’d wake again around 10:30. 12:30 rolled around and I groggily was now in the overslept category, but we needed to go dining room table shopping as we still hadn’t made a decision. Luckily, my new favourite furniture store had a great one, and the decision was made (after looking everywhere else first) and then we came home just in time for dinner.
While my lovely fiance cooked dinner, I managed to smash out 1673 words and was quite happy with myself. The evening ahead of me, I could still easily do a bit more. Tonight I managed to get myself a daily word count of 3054, bringing the total to a whopping 27,878 month to date! With a full-time job, errands to run and trivia to attend… I’m pretty damn happy with where I’m at for the month! Not only that, but the quality of my writing is fairly good (compared to my older writing) so that also warms my heart.
Anyway, that’s my NaNo weekend in a nano nutshell! How’s your week going? Do you need someone to cheer you on? Hold you accountable? Let me know and I’ll badger you like it’s my job! Talk soon and good luck out there folks!