I crunched so hard on my budget yesterday that my brain’s just fried today. The big weekly meeting was cancelled as well, which leaves a 4 hour gap of totally free time. (Two hours for the meeting, two to get…
Archives for November 2004
Dollars and sense?
Dollars and sense? If there is one aspect of my “Junior Executive Management Barbie” job that I hate the most, it’s creating the budget for the 1st half / 2nd half of the year. I’m required to be rational and…
Nanowrimo Tumble Dry update
Update: My novel, Tumble Dry is now at 30,355 words. To finish by midnight on 11/30, I need to write 2455 words a day. I’m going to shoot for 2500 – 3000 since I want to cushion a bit to…
Paperback writer
Paperback writer Yeesh…that cold was tough. It seems like the older I get, the fewer times I get sick, but the harder I get hit by those colds. I stayed home from work on Friday as well, making me double-paranoid…
Slacker
Slacker Home sick today. Usually, I’d feel guilty, but the last sick day I took (according to my blog) was in August, and April before that. That’s the good thing about having a blog. I can look these things up!…
Apologies
Apologies Dear Blog: I’m very sorry I haven’t written in you like I should have. See, back in October, I signed up to participate in National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to get 50,000 words of fiction written in…
Ring a ding ding, baby
Ring a ding ding, babyWhile I was at Target a few nights ago picking up the cat food and other sundries, I came across a Frank Sinatra Christmas CD. I’m a big Frank fan, but as soon as I saw…
Musing
Musing I’d love for a president to adopt a dog from a shelter rather than buy one from a breeder. Plus, pets should NOT be given as gifts. Even though I highly doubt Mrs. Bush will be the one actually…
Sheer Insanity
Sheer Insanity50,000 words a day divided by 30 days = 1,667 words per day.1,667 words per day multiplied by 10 days in November = 16,670 words = where I should be today.50,000 words minus 8,315 words (what I’ve written so…
No freebies left behind
No freebies left behind Highlight of the NJEA convention: At the registration area, two teachers reach into the a bin and emerge with fistfulls of plastic name tag covers. NJEA Employee: Ma’am? Do you really need all of those?Teacher 1:…
November 5, 2004
NaNoWriMo update: 4117 words written. I’m still behind the curve, but catching up. Last night’s torrential rains kept most of the NaNos away from Starbucks, but I did meet one other writer and we had a pleasant evening sipping hot…
November 4, 2004
Co-worker S is on vacation. S is working the early morning shift that I used to work (and sometimes miss), so while she’s gone, I’m doing the early morning site-checking gig. And when I finish *that* — I get to…
