This November, as if I wasn't busy enough with school that keeps me out of the house all week and homework that keeps me in the house all weekend, I've decided to try NaNoWriMo again. I'm actually active in my region's forum and chat room and so far have kept on track. I've tried doing NaNo twice before... failed both times. Only got to 4000 words the first time and 2000 words the second time. Now I'm at 5800 and it's just the beginning of the fourth day, so I'm still on target. My main character is doing things I never expected her to do, but I'm still having a lot of fun. I'd missed writing.

I showed my boyfriend my manuscript from two years ago to see what he thought. My writing is incredibly private to me, which is ironic since I would like to get something published someday. I really liked the first two chapters of that manuscript though and I figured I should share with him. He said it was really good but that he didn't think I could continue writing like that. I was a bit hurt and asked him why. He said he could see through my writing that this was a very depressing, solitary time in my life (he did know me two years ago) and that he knew things were different for me now. While he isn't wrong, I like to think I have enough skill as a writer to put myself back in that situation mentally, and write about it.

Speaking of my boyfriend... this is our anniversary month. We've been dating for pretty much a year now! It's tough planning surprises from far away, so what I've done is I've ordered a food basket of cheese and meats to be delivered to him on Friday... while I'll be there. That way he'll get the delivery, wonder what the hell it is, open it and BAM - tasty dinner available for us, we will probably just need to go out to buy some wine. I'm excited about that.

It's 9 AM, I have work in an hour, and I am blogging. I guess I know where my priorities are!