Day 14. Bugger.

The car is back, to the tune of several hundred dollars. New radiator, and all the things that attach to it. On a Saturn, so $$$ parts and many hours of labor.

The furnace repair (surprise!) will probably cost not quite as much, but it may be close.

And I'm behind on my wordcount.

I took yesterday off. I was so tired that my head was spinning as if I was drunk and my balance was unreliable. It didn't prove to be the restful evening that I had hoped for, but I at least got a healthy meal and some time away from the novel. I feel worlds better, though I'm having a hell of a time getting started again today. (Didn't help that I spent the morning at the laundromat, because why wouldn't there be mildew in the coat closet when the temperature just dropped below freezing?) Taking a day off is fine, I'd planned on a couple during the month, but I'd intended to have a good bit of margin built up first. Instead, I was barely at par, which means I'm now a full day's words behind. And today's words just don't want to happen.

If I do just 2000 words a day, I can catch up in five days. That doesn't sound so bad, except that 1667 words isn't exactly happening with consistency, either.

Still, onward.

Day 14 is not looking good.

2 hours. 180 words. At that rate, there are not actually enough hours in a day to make quota, unless one forgoes sleep, food, and possibly bathroom breaks.


I'd forgotten how isolating NaNo can be.

I'd like to go on the forums in search of inspiration or encouragement. But the inevitable torrential downpour of "turn off your internal editor!" would be the opposite of helpful.

And it's not that I don't have something to write. I'm in the middle of a scene, in fact; they're about to follow a junior bad guy to a bar and pump him for information, after which they'll get in a sword fight with some ninjas on the way back to set a warehouse on fire. Lord knows that should be enough to the juices flowing. But I just don't have any engagement with the story right now.

Despite what it'll do to my word count, I'm probably going to call it for tonight, and get the early bedtime I wanted yesterday. Maybe some more sleep will help.