And so it begins…
Last night I headed out to a local café for a midnight NaNoWriMo write-in. Armed with my GPS, I drove 25 minutes then found the place. However, I couldn’t get to it because I was on the wrong side of a concrete divider. I got turned around and then missed it again because it wasn’t well lit from that angle. After I went around another two times, I got there. One problem. There were no parking spaces. I had anticipated this because I called ahead. The owner of the café told me there was a Subway store across the street and I could park there with no problem. I looked for the Subway and it was waaaayyyyy across the street…SIX LANES, three in each direction. I first looked for a space on the side of the street that I was on and couldn’t find any. I searched for four blocks in all directions. Nothing. The Subway parking lot was completely filled. It was raining. I don’t know about you but I am not about to park four blocks away in an industrial area and walk, alone, with my purse and laptop and no jacket. Nope. Not me. So I headed back home.
In the end, I had wasted almost two hours in travel time, getting lost time, assessing the parking situation time, and driving back home time. I walked in the door at home at 12:05 am and had to start up the desktop and load my MS Office before I could start writing. After 20 minutes, I took my first break to fix some coffee and visit the potty. More writing. Within an hour, I had written 2650 words. I quit at that point because my neck and back hurt. Today, I haven’t written anything for my novel. I just don’t feel like it. I’m sure I’ll give it all another try some time tonight and again tomorrow. I’ll be happy if I can get to 6,000 words by the end of the weekend. I don’t think that’ll be a problem. I tend to write fast so I think I can easily get there.
So that’s how it starts.
Let’s see how it ends!
I think it will all end well, but I’m superstitious about these things. I figure if I get the bad stuff out of the way at the beginning, the end has to be good.
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Yes, I agree Robin. Last year the “C” and the “A” keys popped off of my keyboard at 11:55 PM on October 31 and I had to make a mad dash to the desktop! So yeah, this too shall pass!
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Wow. That sounds … pretty frustrating. You’re probably better off with your online cheerleaders. We don’t have to look for parking.
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I’m sorry it didn’t go well, but glad you got started anyway.
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That is too bad. I am glad I didn’t try to go but sorry that you had to go through all of that. How frustrating! Glad you got started anyway and hope the writing continues to go well.
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