

So I guess itapos;s time for me to post about NaNo.
I want to do Nano mainly because of my NaNo friends. All year I look forward to our writing / goofing off sessions. I miss my NaNo friends during the year when life seems too frantic and relish November for the excuse to put everything else aside.
However...
Putting everything else aside this year isnapos;t possible. Iapos;m a apos;listerapos; so here goes:
1. Iapos;ve been working on my 2007 NaNo novel SINCE NaNo last year. With luck and writing like a monkey with my a** on fire I will finish the thing this week. But I am burned out. Just the thought of writing at the frantic pace makes me feel slightly ill. Whatapos;s that? If I want to be a novelist Iapos;d better get used to writing even when I donapos;t feel like it? True....and if this was the only consideration, no doubt I would already have my NaNo t-shirt.
2. Kid #1: Cameron has asked me to help with his school play. He asked and then said, "Unless itapos;ll take up too much of your writing time." Now, um, what could I say to that? I told the truth. I told him he is much more important than writing. Letapos;s face it, I donapos;t make money at this so I canapos;t use the excuse that it is putting food on the table and keeping a roof over our head. Go to the coffee shop and write or sit in a middle school auditorium every Saturday and run lines with pre-teen kids? Yup - Iapos;m running lines every Saturday morning from now until late January.
3. Kids #2: Alinaapos;s birthday is in November and while this may seem like a small thing...this year is BIRTHDAY PARTY year. Sheapos;s having a party and then a sleep over. And while this may not seem like a big deal, this stuff takes time people Time to plan, time to get house in tip top shape, and time to recover. Iapos;m not young anymore over here. Staying up all night monitoring giggling kids takes a toll.
4. Work: The Academy meeting Dr. A. Is going to is in November this year. Who holds down the fort while Dr. A is gone? Thatapos;s right - me. Plus, damn those patients, weapos;re too busy now for me to get any type of decent writing done at work.
5. Last Yearapos;s Legacy: Last Christmas was hell. Hell I tell you. Eric and I have made a vow that everything thing we have going on in the house will be done by Thanksgiving. We are frantically painting doors right now. Once the doors are done we are redoing the kitchen. I think he might kill me if I bailed on him to write. And as much as it would frustrate him to do everything alone so I could write - I would be more frustrated. I will not have a repeat of last year. Ever.
6. Miscellaneous: Besides Alinaapos;s birthday party, two other November weekends are booked. That would leave one weekend in November to write AND help Eric with the kitchen. Obviously something has to give. Unfortunately this year it is NaNo :(
So I guess thatapos;s it. It sounds lame when I write it down but Eric and I have talked at length about this and while he would support me if I did NaNo this year, I think itapos;s a bad idea. I have too much on my plate, Iapos;m in no mood to write, and I want to have NOTHING on my plate come December. So. There it is.
Oh and Tomas....I am not buying the whole "dissertation" excuse. I wrote my dissertation (well, okay the Optometry equivalent of it) while in residency and with a three month old baby on my hip. Youapos;re young Get NaNoapos;ing
P.S. Yes I know that is awful of me to whine how I canapos;t do NaNo b/c I am so busy and then harass Tomas but too bad
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