survived November
2 Dec 2012 02:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennickelsYep, I made it through again.
Brenna's birthday party was pathetic but she had one (and didn't complain as usual).
Thanksgiving turned out pretty darn well. It was probably one of the least stressful ones I remember in awhile. Turkey was perfect, everyone ate leftovers all week and loved the turkey noodle soup I made on Tuesday.
I survived my mom's birthday. She would have been 64 this year and the day actually slid by without me dwelling on it. Wish she was here.
We fixed our freezer! YIPPEE. Ended up being a burnt out defrost heater. We put in a new one and so far it's working perfectly. No more thawing by hand every few days while our milk goes bad (we lost an entire gallon right before Thanksgiving).
And the biggest moment: I won NaNo!
I really didn't think I was going to finish NaNo and it didn't seem like a big deal. At one point (right before Thanksgiving) I was over 12k behind and figured that was it--I had gotten too far behind to catch up with the way my moods had been. Then over the holiday I got a chance to use the computer and was able to write about 5k words. I still didn't think I would finish, I was tired of stressing. But then I saw I was only about 8k behind so I sat there all day (I think it was last Monday) and wrote 8k words and went from being almost 12k behind at one time to being 89 words over, lol. Still I had no urge to really finish until I sat down on Wednesday and realized I only had 4k left to go. And if I had gone that far what was the point of giving up? So I did it. I won.
That makes 4 wins in the 8 years I've participated (in 08, 09, 10 and 12). I'm so proud and I really like the way my story is shaping up. I'm sure I'll continue adding to it over the next year.
Better news: I've felt the pull back to fandom. I decided to try and finish up my SG-1 fic I was writing for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
sfxpromptbang. It was due yesterday but I was offered an amnesty if I could post after Christmas (without artwork). To get back in the groove I watched the episode my story branches off from and remembered all over again why I love SG-1 so much. Now I'm doing another rewatch. I'm already on season 1, episode... Uh, what episode is Thor's Hammer?
Now I'm itching to start writing fanfiction again. I miss it so much. Writing original fic (especially a novel) is amazing and fun but I think underneath it all I am a fanfic writer and always will be. It's my bread & butter and what really gets me writing. I will always write fanfic, even if some day I became a super successful famous #1 bestseller. :)
Now if only the Bears had won today.
Brenna's birthday party was pathetic but she had one (and didn't complain as usual).
Thanksgiving turned out pretty darn well. It was probably one of the least stressful ones I remember in awhile. Turkey was perfect, everyone ate leftovers all week and loved the turkey noodle soup I made on Tuesday.
I survived my mom's birthday. She would have been 64 this year and the day actually slid by without me dwelling on it. Wish she was here.
We fixed our freezer! YIPPEE. Ended up being a burnt out defrost heater. We put in a new one and so far it's working perfectly. No more thawing by hand every few days while our milk goes bad (we lost an entire gallon right before Thanksgiving).
And the biggest moment: I won NaNo!
I really didn't think I was going to finish NaNo and it didn't seem like a big deal. At one point (right before Thanksgiving) I was over 12k behind and figured that was it--I had gotten too far behind to catch up with the way my moods had been. Then over the holiday I got a chance to use the computer and was able to write about 5k words. I still didn't think I would finish, I was tired of stressing. But then I saw I was only about 8k behind so I sat there all day (I think it was last Monday) and wrote 8k words and went from being almost 12k behind at one time to being 89 words over, lol. Still I had no urge to really finish until I sat down on Wednesday and realized I only had 4k left to go. And if I had gone that far what was the point of giving up? So I did it. I won.
That makes 4 wins in the 8 years I've participated (in 08, 09, 10 and 12). I'm so proud and I really like the way my story is shaping up. I'm sure I'll continue adding to it over the next year.
Better news: I've felt the pull back to fandom. I decided to try and finish up my SG-1 fic I was writing for
sfxpromptbang. It was due yesterday but I was offered an amnesty if I could post after Christmas (without artwork). To get back in the groove I watched the episode my story branches off from and remembered all over again why I love SG-1 so much. Now I'm doing another rewatch. I'm already on season 1, episode... Uh, what episode is Thor's Hammer?Now I'm itching to start writing fanfiction again. I miss it so much. Writing original fic (especially a novel) is amazing and fun but I think underneath it all I am a fanfic writer and always will be. It's my bread & butter and what really gets me writing. I will always write fanfic, even if some day I became a super successful famous #1 bestseller. :)
Now if only the Bears had won today.
