Life and Stuff

I feel as though I’m emerging from an illness. Definitely more pale—that’s frightening, isn’t it. Definitely feeling a little mooshy—haven’t done my proper weightlifting workouts as I should. Swimming doesn’t exactly build muscularity, so it’s back to the gym I go for a normal workout again.
But, my NaNoWriMo novel is finished. And it did it […]

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I know it sounds really sick, but I’m actually enjoying the delayed gratification of winning NaNoWriMo close to the last day. I had to slow myself down today, savor the story, even do a little bit of editing. I’m sure that those of us doing this in the blogosphere will have plenty to say about […]

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I’ll be so up for this again…in a year. Hooray for liquid nutrition, crackers and dip. Because that’s about what I’ve eaten for a month. Pros: little squeezy spot on my belly–gone! Cons: have to take in pants sometime next week. Am pulling off jeans without unbuttoning them now.

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But I’m ok with that. Not a bad way to go, all things considered, being throttled by a former student.
Mary beat me to 50,000 words in NaNoWriMo, and she did it like YESTERDAY or something. “Not that it’s a competition,” she e-mailed me, “but I beat you.” To which I say, amen and I tip […]

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