Nite nite orl

It's been a long, painful, exhausting, stressful day today, so it seems my Visible reading first thing was spot on.

My best friend has discovered that other than the first part of the edits of my NaNo25 novel, nothing else has been saved so I've lost about 10-15,000 words and days worth of sleepless nights!  I'll have to start pretty much from scratch again for JanNo which is frustrating, but Gaia/Loki/both must have something up their sleeves for me with this memoir and it'll just take more edits and time than I was hoping.

Gotta remember to phone the pharmacy tomorrow about my missing loopy pills so that I've got enough to see me through until the end of the festive season, instead of running out half way through when nowhere is open.

My last two pills of the day have been popped and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

Gooood morning all!

Pinch and a punch for the first of the month!

It would have been the first day of NaNo today, except that it's no longer functioning and I've written my 50,000 words in October, so I'm using November for the first edit, having December off then hopefully the second edit for JanNo.

It's also Saturday today, so as well as my blood pressure and pills, I've also turned the imersion heater on for a bath.  I've got another cold brewing, so it'll be another VICKS bath as opposed to a bubbly one and I'll be drinking cold relief drinks instead of tea/coffee today too.

I've brushed my teeth and tongue and put my watch on to charge up for the first time today.

The daily virus scan was clear and bath-time will be at 5am then I'll have my breakfast.

I've just seen the reminder about putting the blood pressure spreadsheet onto my health site, so I'll try and remember to do that after I've put today's to-do list together.  I've gotta download the PDF of October's Visible feedback too.

Time to get today's to-do list together now I reckon.

BBS

Mornin' all

Well, I've woken up feeling like I've barely slept this morning.  I'm stiff, sore and achey and just generally feeling pretty yuck.

I've taken my Visible reading and my blood pressure, popped my 9 morning pills and had my breakfast as well as giving myself an extra B12 boost, so hopefully that will kick in soon.

Gotta remember to box up and take out my glass recycling after lunch today, now that I've finished writing my NaNo novel and finished off the 10 bottles of J2O.

Time to get today's to-do list together now I reckon, 'cos the daily virus scan was clear, so that's a relief.

BFN

Aaaand...

...it's finished!

63,583 words done and dusted.

I still don't know where the other 2,500 words disappeared to, but not to worry lol

I've had my last reward of NaNo and I can finally breathe again now.

There were a whole load of tears in the penultimate section, but that's OK and the emotion hopefully shows through my words.

Today is gonna be a day full of chocolate methinks so that I can get my calorie count even higher to try and put on a bit more weight.

Today is a day of relief and hopefully a slow return to reality rather than a huge bump like it usually was after NaNo and JanNo were when they were available.

It was weird writing in the past tense and I think I've still got a few present tenses sprinkled here and there, but that's what the edits are for lol

Mornin' all

So far this morning I've discovered that my watch is dead, taken my Visible reading, set my watch charging, got washed, rehung a set of clothes, got changed for the second time in October, got my breakfast ready, remembered that I needed to take my morning pills, put my breakfast back into the fridge, took my pills, started the daily virus scan and put my keys around my neck.  A forgetful morning so far, but I'm hopefully back on track now.

I've got my flu jab this afternoon and I'm hoping to write the final two sections of my second memoir this morning, then I can have my reward and relax for a while.

Time to get today's to-do list together now I reckon.

BBS

6 down, 2 to go tomorrow

I've managed to get 9k words written as well as 2 meals, the weekly virus scan and backups so I'm pretty proud of that.  Just 3k left to go in the final two sections tomorrow and the entire thing will be finished at around 64,500 words, which ain't bad going at all and would have blown NaNo out of the water in under a week, so I'm feeling pretty proud of that.

Nite nite orl

It's been a very long, stressful day today, but I'm glad it's over and done with now and I can run the weekly virus scan and backups and bring in most of my delivery tomorrow as well as writing the penultimate 6 sections of my memoir.

You watch me forget something though lol

I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading to bed now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

OK, so...

...she's coming tomorrow morning instead because she doesn't work Fridays, so I'll hopefully get a couple of chapters written before she comes in the morning and maybe a couple more after my groceries have gone but I'm assuming I won't be writing at all tomorrow and will be finishing my NaNo manuscript on Friday instead of Thursday.

I'm officially...

...half-way through my second memoir for NaNo25 that doesn't exist any more.  I've managed to write 9,000 words today and my back is killing me now because of barely changing position for the last 13 hours, but I'm proud of myself for making such a big dent in the final word count, considering I was going to stop at 6k at lunchtime lol

I'm hoping for another 9k-ish tomorrow then 6k on Monday and Tuesday then I'll take it from there.

It won't be a record 'cos that would be tomorrow night at about 11pm to equal my PB, but it's coming close to it and I'll be writing 66k instead of 50k and I've got two health things as well as my groceries next week, but I'm at the top of the hill now and I'll hopefully be able to take a breather from it now until tomorrow morning when I'll start writing again.

Mornin' all

I've woken up feeling a bit sick, so my breakfast will, again, be a can of ginger beer.

I managed exactly 6 hours of sleep, so my OCD is happy with that.

My blood pressure was slightly higher than my normal this morning but was a lot higher than yesterday.

I've popped my morning pills and already started writing for the day so I'm gonna run the virus scan then go and get myself a can of ginger beer, measure how many mls there are in my new mug then carry on writing for the day.

BBS

I'm officially...

...25% of the way through writing my second memoir now.  15k words in almost 1.5 days ain't too bad at all!

I'm relieved that...

...there aren't any more official NaNos 'cos I've been using them to take my mind off the side effects of the annual booster vaccinations which have all been in November up to now, but this year both are gonna be at the start of October so I'm gonna bump up the writing by a month and aim to write my 50k words for my MH memoir in October this year then edit it for JanNo, same as I did with my first memoir and hopefully get it on the shelves before Summer 2026 again.

I haven't asked him yet, but I'm really hoping that my best friend will help me to knock this one into shape too, because I was more open about my MH with him.

Hold on and I'll ask him now before I forget again...

OK, I've asked him and my own personal NaNo25 officially starts on 1st October so only a couple of days to go <gulp>

Nite nite orl

It's been a loooooong stressful day today, but I've got my webhosts on the case for sorting out my FTP issues so that'll hopefully be sorted out soon.

NaNo have broken my heart though, so I've invested in 4 domains and I've just gotta find out how to save an archive of everything in my account.

It's Wednesday tomorrow so the first official weekly virus scan and backups on my new machine... if it's anything like the monthly scan, I'll hopefully have it all done and dusted before lunch!

For tonight though, I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading off to beddy-byes.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl.

Well this afternoon was...

...very productive!

I've managed to secure another 4 domains now that NaNo is going the same way as JanNo and my website issue has been escalated to the support team who will hopefully get back to me to solve it tomorrow.  I haven't achieved much but it feels like the wheels are in motion now to getting things sorted.

Just gotta contact the NaNo bods about how to save everything in my account so that I don't lose it all now!

That's...

...the content sorted in my NaNo24 manuscript so I've just gotta experiment with all the settings in Papyrus now to see if it's worth the $300 or not.

Not bad going for four days though!

Today (24th February 2025) I'm grateful for...

...having a full belly after such a big lunch, getting more feedback on my misery medical memoir that I wrote for NaNo24 and edited for the first time for JanNo25 and especially for how little my energy is going to cost me this month 'cos I've already saved about a tenner this month, plus at least £2 today and it all adds up!

I'm also grateful that I phoned the pharmacy first thing and I'll hopefully have my newest prescription in my hands tomorrow morning.

I'm also grateful that I can keep doing my laps this week but I wanna try and get my weight even higher if I can so that I can confidently do the laps without worrying about how much weight I'm losing.

On top of all that, I'm grateful that I found out for sure what the advanced issue is with the virus scan... I know that it'll just take a bit of time and patience and it'll magically heal itself rather than being infected by anything nasty.

Today has been a good day.

Today (16th February 2025) I'm grateful for...

...finishing the plan of my NaNo novel at last and getting more of the spare room sorted out.  My brother and his partner have been really ill with the flu so they aren't well enough to come over until the schools break up for Easter in 6 week's time.

I'm gonna advertise the cardboard boxes on Freegle and Olio one last time, then they'll be recycled if there aren't any takers.

I've had a long, busy, tiring day today, but I've achieved everything I was hoping for so next week will be easy by comparison.

Aaaaand... relax.

That's the 20th and final chapter planned out of my NaNo25 novel so I've just gotta let it sit and fester until November now but the last chapter gives a warm, comforting hug to the main character and hopefully the child reader who picks it up as a means of escape.

15 down...

...5 to go, then that's it done and dusted... I even know how to end it leaving the child reader with a warm glow, which is something new for me!

10 down this morning...

...will I manage the last 10 chapters after lunch??

I'm feeling pretty chuffed with myself that I've managed to plan 40 chapters in 6.5 days and that it'll hopefully be done and dusted before bedtime, 4 days ahead of schedule!

Time for my lunch now though.