I feel like I've...

...achieved a lot since yesterday morning's start to NaNo but I'm totally knackered after waking up then getting up before 3am yesterday, writing all day, going to bed at 7pm and then being woken up again at 9.30pm by my weekly OddBox being delivered, so I've taken my pills and I'm heading to bed now.

I'm literally 750 words away from being a quarter of the way through this year's NaNo manuscript and I've finally decided that starting on 1st January 2027 I'll definitely be writing about everything I think and feel as it happens for an entire year.  That'll be me at my most vulnerable so I've got no idea if I'll publish it or not, but everything that I usually keep hidden will be going into it - the good that I show to everyone, the bad that I show to a select few and the absolutely ugly that I don't usually show to anyone.  It will be a highly emotional and very raw book, but I think I need write it to finally get it into the open like I have with my previous two memoirs and the one that I've just started writing.  I won't be planning a word of it, it'll be my raw thoughts and feelings as I think them so could potentially be very offensive to some people who have treated me badly.

I'll be back to writing for children and young adults for NaNo2027 so I hope I can get back into that quickly and easily... it's already planned out, I'll just have to choose my language more carefully next year <gulp>

Just under...

...a quarter of the way through the entire 63,000 word manuscript in only 2 days.  I'm now on track for finishing the entire thing in exactly 8 days time, as long as I write 6,000 words every day.  I usually hit 6k by about lunchtime then another couple of thousand after lunch, so maybe even 7 days instead of the 8 if I keep writing 8,000 words a day.  My target is 6k but I wanna try and challenge myself to write another chapter or two above that every day so that I can be finished sooner.  It's looking like I'll beat my PB though, even though that's not the aim this year.

I can now have one more hot drink before I head to bed tonight.

I was wrong, I'm sorry

I've just realised that I was wrong in my previous post.  I still need to write up to a chapter ending in a 3 or an 8 to get to 63k writing 6k a day, but I'd still be 3k short if I wrote up to chapters ending in a 5 or 0.

I'm gonna keep writing after lunch but won't be aiming for 15,000 words after all today, just for as many as I can before bedtime again.

I've officially got 50,000 words left to write now, so aiming for 5k a day and I'll be done in 10 days without getting stressed out or missing most/all meals every day, so it's a healthier target now that NaNo is officially no more.  

Nope, wrong again, I'm still gonna aim for 6k a day to get my reward and I'll be done in 9 days, but I'm gonna aim for a few bonus chapters after lunch every day to try and get it done and dusted even quicker.  

I'm not writing to beat my personal best of 50k in 7 days this year, I'm writing purely for enjoyment and being able to put another part of my health into words so that people can understand why I am who I am now.

For the second day on the trot...

...I've managed to write today's 6 chapters to earn my reward before lunch.

I'm gonna go and grab my J2O and try and recover for a while.  I wanna get up to chapter 15 today if I can, so that my OCD is happier than it was yesterday and will make for easier calculations too.

I've achieved...

...a pretty decent first 8,000 words today.  I was aiming for 10,000 at 10am after writing the first 5k in 7 hours, but it wasn't to be.  I'm up to chapter 9 now and I've made a decent start, so I'm hoping to write the final word on the 12th as long as I can keep writing at least 5k a day.

Just waiting for my OddBox to be delivered, then I'll take my pills and head on up to bed for hopefully a better night's sleep tonight, rather than waking up at 2am and not being able to get back to sleep like I did this morning.

That's my...

...first J2O of the season earned and it hasn't been too bad so far this year.  I seem to be averaging about 1k an hour which ain't too bad at all and I'm hoping that I'll have squeezed in 10k by the time I head to bed 'cos I won't be eating today, so I won't have to factor in that delay - I've already had 6 packets of crisps, 8 chocolate biscuit bars and a packet of caramel buttons today, so it's no wonder that I'm not hungry lol

Nite nite orl

Tomorrow starts off NaNo so I'll be concentrating on that rather than using this blog or the internet more generally.  I'll still be around but I won't be posting good morning or goodnight posts and there definitely won't be any to-do lists or meal comments until it's all done and dusted.

I'll still be popping in every now and then, but it won't be regularly as of now.

I'll see you all at some point in November.

Nite nite orl

Second and final update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August - 1.9 for September - 1.9 for October too
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Download Visible readings on 1st of each month
• Put Visible readings onto health site on 1st of each month
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Add more books to my TBR pile
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/random music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Refill bottle with squash
• Make breakfast of toast & juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups in hall
• Do morning crunches in hall
• Do morning twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• Take part in competitions
• Take OddBox container out at 5pm every Sunday
• Keep voicemail active
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Open living room window
• Open kitchen window
• Open back door
• Open bathroom window
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
• Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
• Advertise spare room things on Freegle
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom 
• Housework - Thursday - vacuum carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath or shower
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings - I've just re-found him (TJB Heating if I forget again) on Check A Trade and explained the situation and he's up for doing it, so I've sent him the questions from my home insurers and as soon as I've got their approval I'll sort out when he can come and fit the other 5 radiators and fill them up with coolant
• Contact home insurers for their approval of radiator replacements - I heard from them just before lunch and they had a few questions which I've answered as well as I can before contacting the plumber but I want their approval before I get on the blower to him
• Put menu up on blog every weekend - got very rough menu's until 15th November now
• Contact home insurers about leaky roof
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the glasses or the plates or the bowl
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants the glasses or the plates or the bowl
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of egg, protein and veg/meal replacement/soup
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• Take lunchtime pill
• Update menu with your lunch
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Refill can dispenser
• Do afternoon laps
• Do afternoon sit-ups in hall
• Do afternoon crunches in hall
• Do afternoon twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• Charge up powerbanks
• Charge up Visible
• Charge up personal phone
• Charge up spam phone
• Charge up watch
• Charge up HLTH band
• Charge up fan
• Charge up Kindle
• Refill bottle with squash
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Bring in OddBox
• Put new fruit and veg away
• Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit/soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put tea into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your tea
• There's loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Close living room window
• Close kitchen window
• Close bathroom window
• Close back door
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August - 1.9 for September
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Download Visible readings on 1st of each month
• Put Visible readings onto health site on 1st of each month
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Add more books to my TBR pile
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/random music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Refill bottle with squash
• Make breakfast of toast & juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups in hall
• Do morning crunches in hall
• Do morning twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• Take part in competitions
• Take OddBox container out at 5pm every Sunday
• Keep voicemail active
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Open living room window
• Open kitchen window
• Open back door
• Open bathroom window
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
• Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
• Advertise spare room things on Freegle
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom 
• Housework - Thursday - vacuum carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath or shower
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings - I've just re-found him (TJB Heating if I forget again) on Check A Trade and explained the situation and he's up for doing it, so I've sent him the questions from my home insurers and as soon as I've got their approval I'll sort out when he can come and fit the other 5 radiators and fill them up with coolant
• Contact home insurers for their approval of radiator replacements - I heard from them just before lunch and they had a few questions which I've answered as well as I can before contacting the plumber but I want their approval before I get on the blower to him
• Put menu up on blog every weekend - got very rough menu's until 15th November now
• Contact home insurers about leaky roof
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the glasses or the plates or the bowl
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants the glasses or the plates or the bowl
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of egg, protein and veg/meal replacement/soup
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• Take lunchtime pill
• Update menu with your lunch
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Refill can dispenser
• Do afternoon laps
• Do afternoon sit-ups in hall
• Do afternoon crunches in hall
• Do afternoon twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• Charge up powerbanks
• Charge up Visible
• Charge up personal phone
• Charge up spam phone
• Charge up watch
• Charge up HLTH band
• Charge up fan
• Charge up Kindle
• Refill bottle with squash
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Bring in OddBox
• Put new fruit and veg away
• Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit/soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put tea into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your tea
• There's loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Close living room window
• Close kitchen window
• Close bathroom window
• Close back door
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Thirteenth update to this week's (26th October to 1st November 2026) menu

Creamy drinking chocolates
Pringles
Instant soup
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits
Crisps

Monday 26th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch:  2 x Quorn family roast, 1 x roast potatoes 
Tea:  2 x (softest) gold Kiwi

Tuesday 27th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch:  1 x Pak Choi, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  1 x gold Kiwi

Wednesday 28th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch:  1 x Pak Choi, chestnut mushrooms, 1 x fillet, mayo 
Tea:  1 x gold Kiwi

Thursday 29th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch:  2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi

Friday 30th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch:  1 x hard boiled egg, chestnut mushrooms, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi

Saturday 31st

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch:  2 x hard boiled eggs, chestnut mushrooms, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x gold Kiwi

Sunday 1st

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice
Lunch:  1 x vegetarian sausage roll, 1 x fillet, mayo
Tea:  Any remaining fruit