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November 16, 2005
NaNoWriMo, Day 15
Actually, it's day 16, but I'm posting the progress as of yesterday. The work schedule has been extreme as of late, typically 12+ hours per day, including Saturday. Sunday is more of a half-day at 4 to 6 hours. Somewhere in there was even an all-nighter. and I'm way too old to be pulling that shit anymore. As such, it's no surprise that I'm behind schedule on NaNoWriMo.
After 15 days, I'm at 17,222 words, or 1148/day. To finish, my daily average needs to be almost twice that at 2185.
Charts below the fold...
As you can see, on the days that I actually get to write, I'm making decent progress. It's the days that I haven't been able to write that have been the problem. Two of these were from a camping trip that I sort of "budgeted" for, but most have been from days wehre the work demand was just too consuming. When you're finishing up work at 11:30, knowing that you need to get up at 6 the next morning, there's not a lot of energy to pile on in.
About the only good news is that I'm actually making good progress when I'm writing, around 1000 words per hour.
At this point, I'm entertaining thoughts of asking MAW to handle the driving at Thanksgiving and just getting in four hours of writing each way.
Two unrelated notes:
- Kilts are great, especially Utilikilts. If you're a guy, get over the whole cross-dressing thing and get one. With the pleats, they move so well. There's nothing chafing, nothing tugging at your skin when you pull one way or another. It's like being naked, but with pockets. However, when the temperature drops into the thirties, well, it's a little brisk.
- It's been twenty days since my last drop of that blessed nectar, Coca-Cola. The Penguin Mints are keeping me sufficiently caffeinated, so I think I'll last until the endoscopy. I will tell the doctor that I was a good boy and did not have any soda whatsoever for the 32 days between his request and the test.
And then I'm going to kill him.
Life in General by Dan at November 16, 2005 03:59 PM
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I was going to ask if you wanted me to do some of the driving so's you could write, if you could write in the car.... Not sure I want to do ALL the driving, but I can certainly pull a good shift each way.
Now we just need to figure out music. (And if we leave before the football game is over on Friday, we are darn well going to find it on AM and listen until it's over!)
Posted by: Julia at November 16, 2005 11:19 PM