Day 1 of 22

Hello and welcome! Le suilon!

This is my third blog...kind of. Actually over the last seven years I've had about twenty different blogs. There were blogs for stories, class projects, diaries, you name it. This blog is going to do something that none of my other blogs have ever done... hold my ramblings and my writings. Up until now they've always been separate. I have no idea why.

This blog encourages me to do two things, first to write every day and second to prepare for NaNoWriMo. I don't think I've ever actually written every single day. Ever. NaNoWriMo is 44 days away. In 44 days I have to crank out 50,000 words in 30 days. If you don't know what NaNoWriMo is (and haven't already Googled it, hurry up and Google it.) I could spend hours describing it to you. I still spend hours describing it to family members, who even after seven years, still ask incredulously "Are you really going to do that writing thing again? Are you SURE? How many words do you have to write?"

The answer is yes. I am going to do the craziest thing that you can imagine and yet again, write 50k in 30 days. In order to do that, I need to get back into the habit of writing every day. For the first 22 days I am going to write 500 words every day. For the second set of 22 days, I am going to write 1000 words (every day). Then I will do a weird jump to 1667 words every single day or so help me.... I do NOT want to be grasping for words at 11 PM on Nov 31 again. That was no fun.

213 words left. I had a stapeodectomy on Friday. That was less fun than desperately trying to win NaNo. I've been rather miserable constantly. It seems like I didn't do much besides knitting, crying, and staring at the ceiling today while listening to a mix of wind and wind-chimes on an awesome app that I found called Sleepy Time Lite. I recommend it. You can customize what soothing sounds you want to listen to.

I apologize for the utter chaos and incohesiveness. This is a terrible first post. But I'm so tired and miserable-ish. Everything's been giving me a headache or causing other reactions that are followed by pain, so I had less than a cup of coffee. My normal coffee need is about 2 cups daily. Or else. Did you know that you can hear your blood pulsing through your ears? You can. Yes, I mean you. You just don't that you can because you were born hearing it and got used to it. I, on the other hand, was not born hearing such noises. So I, at age 23, have to deal with the sound of my blood pulsing every time my heart speeds up a little. And it is LOUD!!! And although it should be comforting, it is annoying. When I have it pulsing through my head, I can't hear anything else. If I get upset, move too quickly, or have caffeine, I can hear it. This is just one of the many adjustments I have to make and things that I have to get used to. There are so many. Do you know how loud a door slamming is, when you've never fully heard it before?

Anyways, I reached my goal for the day! Have a wonderful night and thanks for reading!

For anyone who is interested, I finally started a Pinterest board that is devoted ONLY to NaNoWriMo.
Check it out here: http://www.pinterest.com/nessaemerald/nanowrimo/

Key:
NaNo = NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo= National Novel Writing Month
50k=50,000 words


Word Count: 619