Crusades, and thing

Before I get to Crusades...yeah, it's just after 9. And I'm awake. Further, I'd wanted to be awake closer to 8. For those who know me well...yes, that's morning. I don't like it much. But I need to start getting up in the morning, so here I sit.

*yawn*

Anyway, on to Stuff.

( Crusades )

Worked yesterday, which I wasn't thrilled about, but I got up early enough to take a walk before work which was good - it's been far too long. Stopped to help an older gentleman with his garbage, stopped again to pet someone's highly-enthusiastic dog. Got a lot of thinking done.

Work was just...one of those days where things keep going wrong, and no matter how hard I concentrated or how many times I checked things I kept getting them wrong anyway. And the laser engraver kept having issues despite the guy coming in yesterday morning to work on it. New parts coming in today that Mom and Bill have to install...I'm sort of wondering why the guy didn't have them with him yesterday. I mean, okay, I can sort of see not carrying a spare motor (though it's small) but spare belts...? And they're _really_ small. But, well. Here's hoping the new parts will get the thing working right. Otherwise I swear I'm gonna take a baseball bat to it...

By the end of the day I was achy, grumpy, and fairly antisocial, so I blew off fighter practice and just went home. Had a good big salad for dinner and read some, then got on the computer and talked to my Tim again for a bit. Lewis got home really late but in a good mood which I was happy to see. Went to bed and slept like a rock.

Today's my day off, so to speak; lot of stuff to get done around the house, though.

Stuff

When a fairly short walk up to the bank and then the store results in such achiness...I need to get back in shape. But then I've set about doing just that.

A simple trip out to purchase socks (white, all the same kind, but enough different from Lewis's that I can sort them out easily) turned into a somewhat longer trip which resulted in socks of many colors, four really pretty glasses of a type which I recognize as being designed for a certain type of alcoholic beverage (though I cannot remember which one), and very nearly a cashmere sweater (mostly pastel or turtlenecked or both and really not to my taste).

A mailing list I'm on has been discussing the NaNoWriMo Project/Contest/Thingy, in which the challenge is to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. Doesn't have to be good, doesn't have to be proofread, just has to be 50,000 words long. The idea is to get people focused on _writing_. I find myself severely tempted to give it a try, if I can free up enough time from things I _have_ to be doing...

NaNoWriMo considerations...

The more I think about it, the more I like the idea. So I'm going to start considering what I'm gonna have to do before November 1st to make this even a remote possibility...

( Considerations )

NaNoWriMo!

Talked to Lewis, and it looks like it's a go.

Have already talked liamstliam into it...right, Liam? :)

If this goes off I'll be journaling my progress, and possibly posting excerpts. But I don't want to spam everyone...so if you want to keep updated on this insanity, let me know, and I'll add you to the filter. (Okay, certain of you will be stuck with it unless you opt out, but you probably know who you are...)

Signing up tonight, just to motivate myself a bit. ID is kyleri. It seems I've a page as well.

Hoping to talk a few other poeple into joining in...