29th October 2012

With two days to go until NaNoWriMo 2012, I would be lying if I told you things were going well and I wasn't freaking out. The funny thing is, I'm not freaking out about NaNoWriMo as much as I am about all the other things I have to have completed in the next two weeks.

Here is the list as we can see it currently (not including things like breathing, showering, eating, and class):

- Work on presentation for class tomorrow (and then do said presentation)
- Finish first 6k draft of fiction dissertation (1.5k complete)
- Read for class (ALL of the books...)
- Write essay.
- NANO.
- Buy things for NaNo swap buddy.
- Be alive, be sociable, don't drink too much coffee.
- Sleep enough.

So, it doesn't sound so bad, except that things like the dissertation, the essay, and the class reading take up SO MUCH FREAKING TIME. I would be quite happy right now with a time-stop bubble that I could only use once. Seriously. The dissertation is the thing that is most driving me crazy right now, because I've had so much trouble with the draft thus far. I previously had 4k words towards the total when I was told that starting over would be in my best interests, and now I'm in deep trouble.

As for the other things, I just want to sit in a corner, shout OMG SOMEBODY HELP ME and then cry a little bit. Like I said, it's doable, but I might go crazy in the process.

And, until now, I can honestly say I've not once questioned whether doing NaNoWriMo is the right thing for me. This is probably the crazy talking, but I've not missed a year of  NaNo since I first discovered it, and I'm not about to start now. It might just be a bit of a bum year.

Sadly, the university work comes first.

Still, I'm excited. And nervous. All at once. It must be that time of year. ;D

T-minus 2 days, 2 hours and 34 minutes until NaNoWriMo 2012!