7.07

Okay. Saturday was fun. Tooth is still a little sensitive, but only when I press on it repeatedly to test my boundaries. And don't worry, I haven't become addicted to drugs!

Steph and I started listening to Christmas music yesterday. And again today. We have the JB album. It's beautiful. I also got Hilary Duff's album so starting Monday, that's happening. I won't subject you to it just yet, rather I will leave you with Kick Drum Heart by the Avett Brothers.

Also, NaNoWriMo is kicking my butt. I believe I already mentioned I am 2000 words behind. Hoping to rectify that today and tomorrow but there is only so much these fingers can write. I've also given myself permission to suck. As John Green and Maureen Johnson have promised, it is hugely liberating. But I thought I'd give you a little excerpt of SUCKAGE:

".....Cara and Rebecca strode towards me and plopped down to study before their next classes. They were deep in conversation about one of our fellow graduates, Greg. Apparently he had a bad cold and had been making all sorts of pleasing noises with his viscous fluid for the entire lunch period. Rebecca was describing the noises and Cara was laughing obnoxiously and the only thing I could think of saying was, “my car sounds like a whale.”

Cara looked at me, as if she was surprised to see me sitting there. Cassie looked amused. I continued, “just thought I'd throw that in there, because seriously—you know when Dory speaks whale in Finding Nemo? Those are the noises my car is making.”     "

So that's that. I hope you have a lovely day and enjoy my bad writing.

 

xx

7.06

On Friday, I did absolutely nothing. But I forgot to mention my dentist appointment from Thursday. It was grand. I was sick and coughing and my nose was running and it wasn't painful until afterwards when the medication wore off, at which point I was fairly certain I'd never be able to eat again. So I went home early, took some Oxycodone and fell asleep for three hours, made tacos, kind of ate, then watched movies with Hailey, took more Oxycodone, and fell into the most beautiful sleep I've ever had.

On Friday the pain was mostly gone, and my tooth wasn't all that sensitive even though they'd drilled down to my nerve endings and there was blood in my mouth when I brushed my teeth and it was awesome. But I didn't let anything keep me from my first eggnog steamed milk of the season. Or my second. Which was also on the same day. They are that delicious.

THE SONG is Loneliness is Better When You're Not Alone by Hello Saferide.

xx

7.05

So we are here. Which is okay, because I thought I was farther behind. I'm not even going to apologize because Shosh is in Mexico and you know how I am in November, and you know how I am the rest of the time. So suck it. I'm doing NaNoWriMo, and I am about 2000 words behind. So that's cool. My cold is getting better, and my legs are getting hairier and my writing is getting worse and my mind is going crazier. It's okay, though. It will be over soon.

The song for today is going to be Lasso by the Band Perry. Because when we were driving down to Langley, Terra got me addicted to them. And I downloaded the album. Whatever.

Also, this new ScribeFire update makes uploading videos SO SLOW. So click here for the song.

xx

7.04

So Hailey is refusing to be in the same room as me right now because I'm sick. She's talking to me from down the hall and such. But it's not a catchable cold. It's a sugar-and-lack-of-sleep-induced cold which I am not grateful for. It's the worst today which usually means the last(ish) and that I should be fine by tomorrow. I hope I'm fine by tomorrow.

I haven't had a frappuccino since Friday. That is rare for me. I've been drinking herbal tea all week sans sucre and that's not very fun even if it does help my throat. Anyways. I am having an eggnog steamed milk on Friday no matter what my throat tells me. Nothing will stop me from such deliciousness.

The song today is Echo by the Hush Sound.

xx

7.03

TUESDAY. Was the first of November. I started NaNoWriMo. It's going well so far.

I also started No-Shave November but I've been doing that for the past two weeks so I am WELL prepared. Last year I said not shaving my legs would give me more time to write and vice-versa but then I never really did either. I'm hoping BOTH will be successful this year. I will only wear pants and will leave the house only when necessary.

The song for today is going to be the NaNoWriMo song, obvs.

xx

7.02

On Monday, I went to work with a cold and Shoshana went to Mexico. How is that fair?

Still, the weekend was amazing and I went on two casual dates because my social life is better in Abbotsford than in Kelowna. In Kelowna, I have had a total of one date. Which was not so casual and not so fun. But my casual dates in Abbotsford are SUPER FUN and PLENTIFUL. It makes me miss it more.

At any rate, Monday was HALLOWEEN. That was great, yeah? We had a scary movie night. I say scary, but they weren't. We watched the remake of Children of the Corn. Yawn. And 1408. Literal yawn. I went to bed.

Right. The song. Under My Skin. Rachael Yamagata. Remember her? Good times.

xx

7.01

HI KIDS

My Sunday was not-super-great but the bottom line is that I made it home safely and I got to be with Shosh. So I'm calling it a win.

Also, for the next few posts, I'm going to just use whichever song is currently playing on my iTunes playlist. Right now it's Minnesota, WI.

xx