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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/766413-NaNo-Day-20
Rated: 18+ · Book · Personal · #1411600
The Good Life.
#766413 added November 20, 2012 at 11:58am
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NaNo Day 20
November is a bad blogging month. I have an excuse, and it's called NaNoWriMo.

But it's not a good thing. When I'm not blogging, I'm not taking regular inventory of my achievements. I'm not keeping up with my to-do list. I'm not focusing on all the things in my life that require my focus, which are family, work (MTMS, church, and gigs), health, and writing. So, here's a quick status check:

1. Family
Doing well here. I spent a lot of family time this weekend:
*Bullet* Chores:
         *Check* Groceries Sunday.
         *Check* Family dinner: Made bean soup and cornbread muffins Sunday.
         *Bullet* Reconcile bank accounts. I'm two months behind again.
         *Bullet* Finish cleaning garage.
*Check* Time with Blaine: We caught up on the last five Revolution episodes.
*Check* Time with Abby: Surgery Monday morning, which went spectacularly.
*Check* Time with Keith: Spent the day after surgery taking his mom to visit assisted living places.

Mom-in-law still has no interest in assisted living, she can take care of herself just fine thank-you-very-much, and we now know we have no money for assisted living anyway (holy high fees, Batman!) The other option on the table is cohabitation *Shock**Exclaim*, which would involve selling both our houses and buying a bigger house with a floor dedicated to her apartment. At least we could keep an eye on her.

2. Work (MTMS)
We're closed this week, but I still have a hefty to-do list:
*Bullet* Order custom guitar picks.
*Bullet* Order Christmas gifts for staff. Leaning toward logo harmonica keychains. *Heart*
*Bullet* Tweak lab training, reschedule and implement! Gah! Pushed back twice already.
*Bullet* Ohio Idol lawsuit - so close to ready to file! I just need to do this.
*Bullet* Review business plan for 2013 expansion, full-time teachers, etc.
*Bullet* Electronic progress reporting and student sign-ins
*Bullet* Tablets for computer lab and lesson rooms

3. Work (Church)
*Bullet* Need to catch up on emails and publish this week's bulletin.
*Bullet* Praise choir and band in good shape for Advent, which starts in two Sundays. *Shock*!
*Bullet* Visited another church. Need to write up report and ideas.

4. Work (Gigs)
*Bullet* New Mexican gig on Tuesday nights.
*Bullet* Need to schedule 2013 dates with the nursing home.
*Bullet* Need to contact other nursing homes. Those are easy gigs for decent pay.

5. Health
*Bullet* Sleep: Not sure why, but took a four-hour nap on Sunday and a two-hour nap on Monday.
*Bullet* Eating: Atrocious. Not gaining weight (yet) but not losing, either, and despicable choices.
*Bullet* Exercise: Not even couch aerobics.

6. Writing
*Bullet* NaNo: On track and into my story, but it's distracting me from life (aka the rest of this list.)
          - I finally feel like my novel project is organized, so the writing part is coming easier.
          - Sprinting is fun, and I'm thinking of running regular contests.
          - Compiling Prep survey data for publication and analysis for next year's calendar.
          - One serious Unblock cashed in, and it felt good to help someone get back on track.

Others have faded off their NaNo projects without a word, and I'm sad that they didn't ask for help.

Yep, so that's my to-do list. I typed it up not to bore you (sorry about that!) but to remind myself to get my butt in gear and do this stuff. REFOCUS! {e:sternlook}


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