11/2 = 5K + 50K

5K
Rest day from running. Do not feel sore. I usually run on Tuesdays and Thursdays while L is in preschool but I am feeling a financial crunch so I accepted sub jobs for tomorrow and Friday. I do plan on not only going to the gym for a run on the treadmill after work but ALSO telling the kids about it. Nothing like getting a guilt trip from all three cuties at the same time. There is a great child care facility at our gym: art corner, outdoor playground, indoor playland, video games that require movement… Can you blame them for wanting to go?

I will regret it if I don’t go because I won’t get that wonderful feeling (after the grumbling and complaining in my head that only lasts for about twenty minutes in) from not worrying about something, anything for twenty minutes in a row. Also I just packed a gym bag. Well, more like the girls’ Hello Kitty bag with gym clothes in it. No excuses, right?

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50K
I took the preschooler to Starbucks today so I could write a bit without having to actually rush to preschool. I have found that I work better when I write in bits and pieces.

Really.

There is no other phrase to explain it. I write a scene or some dialogue and then my mind naturally wanders off whether it’s playing Fruit Ninja with L or checking to see what goofy tweets are coming up with the hashtag #NaNoWriMo. Rather than fight it, I just go with it. Then when I remember that I have to hit 2K a day, I click on the “W” button on my screen, read the sentence I just wrote, and almost always the scene replays in my head but then quickly adds more content on it’s own.

Of course, it IS only day 2. We shall see what works for me tomorrow. Like I said earlier, two jobs in the next two days. Laptop charging as I type. Will click on W after I hit “Publish” and see what happens next…

Expected Word Count for Day 2: 3,333
Total Word Count for Day 2: 3,505

Best Scene Ever (or Intro to NaNoWriMo)

I spent most of my 20s swooning over this movie. In 1993 I saw Speed twice. My father loved the big blockbuster actions and my sister loved Keanu Reeves.

Spoiler alert!

So Keanu is this really hot cop who has to stop this crazy dude from killing people and this crazy dude, played by the magnificent Dennis Hopper, put a bomb on a city bus that will detonate if the bus slows down. Keanu (yes, we are on a first name basis) is lowered under the bus while it is still running to get a look at the bomb… only the bus runs over rubble and he is almost run over! To save himself he uses a screwdriver to keep from falling but alas, he puts the screwdriver through the gas tank so…

Annie (played by the wonderful Sandra Bullock, driving bus): What is that smell?
Jack: It’s gas.
Annie: We’re leaking gas?
Jack: We are now.
Annie: What, you thought you needed another challenge or something?

And so describes my life right now.

This is my third year of participating in National Novel Writing Month. I won the first year while R was in Iraq. Last year he was home recovering from the accident and while he encouraged me to keep writing, my heart and my mind just weren’t in it. This year he’s back in Virginia and I’m going for another win.

Goal for Day 1 Word Count: 1667
Actual Day 1 Word Count: 1795

YESSSSS!