queenofhearts, posts by tag: nano - LiveJournal

Hmm. I just read over the first 975 words of my NaNo project and realized I kinda like it. lol. Maybe I might pick up and work on it some more after all. I hadn't thought it grabbed me very well, but I get a good vibe from reading it, so hey, who knows. I've got one day off, work one, and then have four off. Maybe in the four I can get some writing done.

And yup, I'm at work again. I'm working an extra night because the designated charge is sick and called in. So they asked me to fill in and I cannot turn down money, no matter how much I wished to say no so I could have two days off. My four days off is coming up soon and I shall then recoup. And hopefully go out and do something just Jim and me. We haven't gone out in a while.

Woo. I had a giant cup of coffee (of which I made 1 1/2 strength) and I now feel more energized. Thank goodness. I was starting to feel like a slug. And also, reading my friends list made me feel perkier too. :) I love reading about you guys.

Just wanted to say welcome to all the new peoples I have friended! :) I'm excited about getting caught up on my friends list tomorrow and getting to know you all. For now, I am going to sleepy-bye. And starting to get more excited by the moment for NaNo and the NaNo meet in our area tomorrow.

Of those, I'd say Loch Ness Monster. I'm so fascinated with the possibilty that there might be prehistoric creatures still roaming around out there. Why not? The water is a hard place to find stuff. Especially in the ocean.

I'm being lazy. I have some replies to answer, but I'm being bad and not answering them yet. Sorry, guys! I promise to answer soon. I might even do them later tonight. I'm really sleepy tonight for some reason.

Can't believe it's the 21st now. Where has October gone? Love this month. Love Halloween. Still bummed that I don't get to go out with Aaron for his third Halloween. I'm excited it's almost time to make my cupcakes for the bake sale though! Going to do them the day before, because I'll work that night, but I'll have the afternoon to make them.

I'm playing the Monopoly game at McD. I'm not super fond of their food, but I like it well enough to go and get stuff once in a while to get my little pieces. Then I can get on-line and roll the dice on my board. I'm such a nerd; it's so much fun to watch my little piece go around and see what I get. Sometimes I win 25 Coke points and I can enter sweeps and dream of a cruise to Alaska or a trip to Hawaii. Ah, if only.

And I'm not sure why, but a little tiny blip for you to read. I wrote it last year while I was supposed to be writing NaNo. It was 1AM and I was feeling weird... So the story is a bit over-the-top in some areas. ( Collapse )

Oh, so, sleepy...

I R SMART! Somehow I managed to throw my back out. The pain is mostly in the left side of my back radiating into my hip and down my leg. This really puts into perspective the fact that I need to exercise. Otherwise, I'm going to be in serious trouble when I get even older.

sisyphean is back for Christmas!! I got to see her yesterday and that was awesome. Except it must really have felt like she was away for a long time because I was like, "Oh, you've been away a year, right?" WTF? I seem to have lost my brain in the process of getting my back injury.

We were talking about how when you have all this time off, you don't do anything. Then you feel guilty about not doing anything, so you do even less and thus perpetuate the cycle of doing nothing. Yet, when you're so busy you feel like you're going to meet your ass coming while you're going, you suddenly want to do everything and somehow manage to do so.

I want to write. I got on here with the intention of seeing how long I could stand sitting on the computer before my back bitched at me and get some writing done. Um... I opened my NaNo chapter 6 and just stared at it a while.

Damn. I've got to get back to working so I'll start writing again...

The logic of this is really retarded. I've been off work a MONTH and I could've written a novel in that time if I applied myself. But, nope. Haven't written on NaNo since December 3rd.

Woke up at 4:30 with the headache and toothache from hell. Took a bath and medicine and now feel better. But I'm not tired...

Soooo... I posted random Shikamaru torture over at my fic journal. And am reaaaally wanting to write some more Naruto fanfics now. I still need to finish my NaNo, but man... Who said you can't write other stuff? Especially not now that it's December. Heh.

Congrats to all you NaNo winners! But you still suck. ^_~

I keep working on this chapter. I don't think I'm going to get to town again. Oh well.

Now, imagine you are sitting at your computer typing dilligently on your NaNo. Suddenly, the screen wavers and everything goes bye-bye as the computer shuts off. You look down and see your wonderful, cute child has shut the comptuer off. Thank goodness you save frequently and in two separate documents, not to mention the disc when you've finished for the session.

... Oh heart attack.

My poor baby has fallen and hit his head or face too many times today. Toddlers scare the life out of me with the way they waddle around and look like they're going to fall EVERY minute.

In other news, today is the last day of NaNo and I have 15751 words. Oh my. I am, however, working on chapter 6 as I write this, so... That's something. I've been having a hard time starting this chapter for days because I couldn't decide whether it would be from the male or female POV. Then Jim flipped a coin for me and there you go. It was all decided.

I am so restless and stir-crazy. I've had two weeks off, one of which was spent sick. And though I KNOW I should be enjoying this, I NEED to work. I need to be productive and contribute and exercise something other than my mouth or fingers on this keyboard. Why can't I be one of those people who look for a LOT of time off and just take it and enjoy it for what it is?

Because I'm a stupid human, that's why.

Now... I think I have to go to town because I forgot to take the movie back and get milk and shampoo for Jim...

You know your child is hydrated with you change a 500 pound diaper.

All you NaNo people who are done or close do being done suck. I have a pitiful 15000 something and I wish you'd give me whatever it is you have that makes you so suck awesome. I'll still finish this thing, it'll just be well into December, methinks. Maybe even past.

I am just... So lazy and tired. I could be doing so many things with all this free time I've suddenly got and I do none of them. I surf the net, I upload songs on my iPod, I spend a wopping two hours trying to find Missing Heart's version of Moonlight Shadow... Oi. I take my family to the mall to wander and buy nothing but cotton candy. I mean, hell. Sickness aside, I should be way more productive than this.

I called the hospital and they say I can look on-line at my apps and it tells me whether the position is closed or open. They all say open. Soooo... That leaves me here sitting and waiting still because they can tell me nothing else. WHY are they so slooooow? I need to work! Ahhhhhhhhghhh!

Headache and low grade nausea plague me today. Woo! And I still can't quite get rid of this sore throat.

Um... I'm not sure whether to just spread out on the floor and die, or pretend to work on my NaNo some more...

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving went well. I can't seem to shake this sick. It's moved into my chest and nose now. I'm not sure which I hate more, a constant cough or a runny nose.

Like sisyphean posted on her LJ, my mom's dog got ran over. Just as we pulled up to the house, everyone was kneeling around him. I'm glad I got to see him, but I'm sorry for my mom. Before Aaron was born, her horse broke out of the paddock somehow and wandered down to the road while they were in town. She got hit by a car too.

The dogs are always chasing the cars that come and go in the driveway. They run around them like they're herding sheep. We were all worried one would get ran over as one of the dogs has been hit (not hard) with cars five times. But I'm still shocked it really did happen and it happened to the sweetest of the dogs.

Aaron is eating really well witih a fork. He's still a little awkward with it, but he can get most everything he wants on it. He's not too hot on turkey, but he liked the stuffing, mashed potatoes, rolls, and fruit salad. His appetite is small right now anyway, so that was plenty for him.

I'm waaaaaaay behind on my NaNo now, but I'm not going to sweat it. I'm still going to work on it because I like where it's going and I hope to pound something out that I'll be able to work into a novel for publication. Hopehope. This being sick for the last week has just kicked my butt.

I'm feeling tired right now and all I did was go pick up my paycheck and get a few groceries. I'm going to try to work on my NaNo a bit more and maybe answer LJ replies. But Jim is off today, tomorrow, and Sunday, so I might not get to LJ replies until Monday.

Love to my friends list. I hope your holidays were good.

I'm feeling better today so I thought I could do some stuff and I felt ambitious. I gave Aaron a bath and did my hair. Then it was like... time for a rest. Where did all that energy go? I was going to use some of it to write on my NaNo. Now I just want to take a nap...

Speaking of Aaron, he was drinking Gatorade out of his sippy cup last night. He was standing behind me while I was sitting on the couch and all the sudden I get this wet sensation. The little booger was dribbling it down my back from his mouth! He thought it was funny. I did not. So when I told him to stop it, he screamed at me and hit me with his sippy cup. :/

So, is it too late to give him back?

And you are right, sisyphean. We do need to do some writing on our favorite couplings. Except... I have to reenergize. Got any batteries?