Writing Day

Today has been deemed a writing day. Which means, of course, that my brain is coming up with all sorts of lovely ways to procrastinate. Such as, starting a blog post for the day! I'm really hoping to get some good work done today, but I do find just sitting and writing to be extremely difficult. Especially when the house is messy, dinner needs to be started, laundry needs to be done, etc... Not that I particularly enjoy doing those things, but when they need to be done I end up feeling a bit guilty that I'm writing instead of working on those things.

To start off my morning, I took a long relaxing bath. I used my last Guardian of the Forest bath bomb, and brought all my Lush products out to play! Then I dressed in warm, comfy clothes and made a cup of tea (forever nuts by DAVIDsTEA - which was sent to me by one of my NaNo partners, Judith, who lives in Ontario). It's currently sitting in front of me cooling. So, Now I am going to go and work on beating the Lambre I am battling on 4TheWords. 500 words will send this monster packing!

* * * And, I have beaten Lambre! I'm feeling the creative juices start to flow again, which is awesome! I'm currently battling Nochio. 300 words beats this monster, and hopefully gets me wood to craft another torch with. I need to find one more marionette if I'm going to complete that side quest, and I think it's hiding in the one place I haven't yet lit up with a torch!

* * * I beat Nochio and got the wood I needed. I crafted another torch, but only found another Lambre. There is a ladder I hadn't seen previously, and climbing down it leads to another part of the dungeon which requires another torch. I think that I need to battle another Lambre to get the items needed to create this next torch. I'm going to take a short break, first, though and tidy for about five minutes.

* * * Did five minutes working on the dishes in the kitchen. Then I defeated another Lambre. I got the wire I need, but I'm still short on wood. I'm going to battle another Nochio and see if that gets me the wood I need for that next torch.

* * * Another Nochio defeated, another torch crafted. I have found the final marionette, but it will take considerably more effort than any of the previous ones. The Wiwaz requires 1,667 words to defeat it. I can do this, but I definitely need to take a short break before attempting this one!

* * * Yay! The Wizwaz has been defeated! One quest has been completed! I really ought to go fight the big baddie, but I'm feeling like waiting on it and going for finishing up some of the smaller quests first. With that in mind, I'm going to start dinner, eat lunch, and then see about conquering a Lupo with 750 words!

* * * I ate a nice, healthy lunch (except for the NaNo candy bar from Judith). I made Ari her lunch as well. Then I started the chili for tonight's dinner and packaged the rest of the meat. I finished cleaning the kitchen (except for the floor). Now I'm going to conquer a Lupo!

* * * One Lupo conquered! Definitely took longer this time, though. I let myself get distracted a lot. I think it was primarily because my story started wandering off in an unanticipated direction. It's not totally off track, but it's still a bit not where I wanted it to be. Oh, well. It did this last year, too, and I ended up with a decent novel by the end of it all!

* * * I finished cleaning the kitchen and cleaned the laundry room. I started a load of Ari's laundry, and finished folding the laundry in the basket. Then I made a cup of DAVIDsTEA. This time, I made the buzz.

* * * Another Nochio was beaten. This tea smells earthier. It has something in it that makes my tongue feel a little numb. Not sure what it might be. Okay, the plan is to finish my tea, clean for 15 minutes, eat a bar of chocolate while reading Black Widow, and then tackle the Dark Magician and write 1800 words to beat him.

* * * I did everything I had planned. Then I started the Dark Magician battle. I took a break in the middle to bake the cornbread muffins for dinner, and another break to eat dinner of course. I was tempted to work on cleaning up the kitchen afterwards, but I know that's just my brain trying to procrastinate. Instead, I made a cup of the caramel shortbread tea from DAVIDsTEA and am now over halfway through the Dark Magician battle. Time to jump back into the fray.

* * * I finished battling the Dark Magician. I am now all caught up in terms of my word count. Now it's time to clean the kitchen, prep for tomorrow, and watch some TV with my sweet wife!