Amy's Here!

I made it through work today. I even got down to the post office and shipped out 19 bags of coffee to help with the DIP!

Then I got sidetracked and never posted this post (which I started last Friday)!

Amy and her family are here visiting. Isaac and Hannah are super shy and don't seem to want to talk to me much, but that's okay. I can't wait to be off work and on break! I am so freaking exhausted!

On the plus side, I did some good testing and got some report writing done today. I also got a meeting done. Then I came home and folded laundry, and tidied the house. I also cooked dinner. Oh, and I figured out how to reinstall several of my favorite video games! Yay, me!

Still Sickly

Well, I'm still feeling sickly, which is absolutely no fun. I got some report writing done today, which was nice. I also went to Remington's IEP meeting. He's been acting out a lot at school, but it was really nice to see how they also saw all the positive things about him as well.

Recovering

I'm starting to recover from being sick. I'm still coughing, but the crazy sore throat has gone away, which is a huge plus!

Today, I got a lot of testing finished. I also got the presents for the Michigan relatives sent off, which is awesome! I picked up a few things at the grocery store, and I grabbed the new Lemoncello book from the library.

This evening, we watched The Santa Clause, which is my all time favorite Christmas movie!

Quick Recap

Today was absolutely insane at work! I did testing with a kid during 1st, 2nd, and Core/Choice. Then We had the earthquake drill, followed by a very long MDR meeting. Then I did more testing during 4th. I also did testing during 5th and 6th. In between, I finished the MDR paperwork and finished writing up a report - both of these also had to be translated into Spanish, which is a bit more time consuming.

Then it was home. I finished up dinner. Then Present-Teffie decided to be nice to Future-Teffie and clean the house. So, the house is nice and shiny now (although I still have to finish up the dinner dishes and hang some laundry up to dry).

So Far Behind

I am so far behind on my word count that it's not even funny! I'm feeling very overwhelmed and not at all sure where to go or what to do with my novel. So, I'm going to take it one step at a time. I am currently steeping myself a nice, hot cup of Castiel's Butt. I will write my words for today (1,667 words). Then I will pause and re-evaluate where I am at.

10:38am I finished my first 1,667 words. That means I am no further behind today than I was yesterday! Yay! I also spent 15 minutes cleaning the house. I started a load of laundry, and the laundry room is clean. I tidied up the kitchen (although the counters and floors still need to be tackled). I also picked up the soda cans that were lying around the house! Now I'm making myself another cup of tea (This Makes Me Very Happy), and then it's time for another 1,667 words.

Around noon I finished another 1.667 words, which takes care of yesterday's word count. Then Ari wanted to watch TV for a while. So, I started doing some meal prep and worked a little on cleaning the house.

I've definitely gotten more caught up. I've written over 7,000 words so far today. However, that means that I need to do over 6,700 words every day for the next four days if I want to make the 50,000 word goal. With work, that is highly unlikely. So, I need to pound out as many words as I can before going to sleep tonight.

I was hoping to get the house cleaned today, but that is looking distinctly unlikely thanks to my writing needs. Still, if I can get another 5,000 words today, that will be very helpful. I'd like another 10,000, but that just may not be possible.

Thanksgiving

Today was Thanksgiving. We went to my mom's for the day. She made her usual fabulous Thanksgiving dinner! We played a couple of games, and had some good conversations. Afterwards, we went home and I made a plan for what to do with the remaining time in this weekend. It's quite an ambitious plan, but I'm hopeful that I can get the entire thing taken care of!

Tracking

I started tracking my food intake today. I'm using one of the cool notebooks I got in the NaNo swap! Work was decent, although I didn't get everything done that I had been aiming for.

Now, I need to work on catching up some with my writing. I need to get at least 5,000 words written today. It's very easy to get distracted, though. I think for today i just want to focus on getting my 1,667 words written.