Invisible Opposition
I had a good start. I religiously met my goals, even exceeded them from time-to-time, and often went to bed satisfied with evening’s work. Last week stopped that, and this week is proving worse than last week (presently I am 3,000 words behind. Ouch!). In the last two days I have been getting home late from work (Monday we went live with my mammoth update/rewrite, and last night I was caught in the worst traffic jam I’ll likely see in my little State), and as if that is not enough both nights I’ve had some phone calls that I either needed to make (figuring out the family Thanksgiving plans) or were forced upon me (tech support for my brother and his new iBook). Add to this the fact that I am beginning to feel under the weather and do not wish to be the sacrificial lamb this year (it seems every year only one person in my family is sick during the holidays, and it “rotates” at random).
Very thankfully I have Friday off, so I can either recover from overeating, being sick, and/or catch up on my writing (followed by an all day write-in with the local crowd of stress-out NaNo authors). On a downside, I will probably have to work late tonight to compensate for Friday. At least I can sleep in tomorrow, and get a couple of days off from responsibility. If only I could finish this book (or at least reach the 50,000 word mark) I could really relax! :)