For me, I'm intending on graduating this December, four years earlier than I would traditionally from high school. I'm trying to figure out which college I want to enter this January/February, and how I'm going to fund this massively expensive endeavor. Not to mention having to start a new job in 1-2 weeks. So, yeah, I'm figuring I'm going to be working five hours a day, going home and doing school for six, and then sitting down and writing for two, and then studying my biology, statistics, composition, and precalculus college textbooks for the CLEP and DSST tests. Drugs, anyone?
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50,012 / 50,000
oct. 9, 2008 - 17 06
We have to do inventory at my store in November. And, horror of horrors, it was initially scheduled for November 1. Thankfully, it was moved to November 8, but that's still a valuable Saturday! I'm already tired and there's a lot of work to get ready for inventory, so I haven't gotten any prep work done.
Good luck with college, I loved every minute of my college experience (yes, I'm a nerd).
108,510 / 50,000
oct. 9, 2008 - 17 36
Let me see. I have three assignments currently due and an exam looming at the end of October, meaning I have no time to plan. Fortunately I did a lot of planning earlier in the year, but there are still some kinks I really need to work out before November and my plot has decided to completely mutate, so I need to fix the entire middle of the story. Apparently, this is not gonna happen.
In November itself, the rest of my exams stretch through the whole of the first week with another one randomly in the second week, taking up all my time with studying. Fortunately after that I will be free, but by that point I'll probably be majorly behind with my NaNo and this will suck. Gah.
Can I just say I am feeling very stressed right now? XD
----------NaNo '07: Brevitas -- 50,000 words
NaNo '08: A Smokeless Flame of Fire -- 126,270 words
Screnzy '09: Unknown.
50,271 / 50,000
oct. 9, 2008 - 17 39
I've got group presentations, a research essay, various media analysis papers and a stupid Muse who comes up with character profiles and apocalyptic events RIGHT when I'm starting to get my studying mojo back.
Plus, it's kinda hard when you see something in your assigned readings and go "HEY! I COULD USE THAT FOR NANO! :DDD" and scramble for your notebook, thus abandoning all hope of research and analysis.
300,283 / 50,000
oct. 9, 2008 - 17 53
I have school which is a constant trial for me anyway. I have my blog which I have promised to update as regularly as possible. I have one rave. And I think I just got a boyfriend who might take up all of my weekends. -.-
----------Lithy's Shoppe:
http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=2953967
Lithy's Blog:
http://fictionalworlds.net
3,713 / 50,000
oct. 9, 2008 - 17 58
Hm. I have a paper for my History and Appreciation of Music class (which requires me to go find a live performance), a fiction portfolio and a poetry portfolio for my Creative Writing workshop, probably a couple more tests in Linguistics, finals start up at the beginning of December, my grandmother's coming to visit for Thanksgiving... oh, and Thanksgiving! I'm going home for the long weekend, though the only day off I'll have is the holiday itself -- I, as a guest services representative at the mall, will be working not only Black Friday (eep!) but the entire weekend as well. Fun.
50,086 / 50,000
oct. 9, 2008 - 18 15
Three presentations, two major research papers, two exams, reading assignments for five classes, choir practice, and any miscellaneous drama that happens to go down during the month, which is always bound to happen. WEE!
----------||Melissa||
2005: Silhouettes (35K)
2006: Halfway to Anywhere (WINNER!)
2007: Plot Twist (WINNER!)
2008: The Source (Plotting...)
50,515 / 50,000
oct. 9, 2008 - 18 35
I was sailing along, happily preparing for NaNo when my lupus decided to flare up. Now I'm exhausted both mentally and physically, have daily low-grade fevers, body and joint aches, etc. I'm just hoping this stupid flare tapers off before Nov. 1!
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oct. 9, 2008 - 20 01
I'm visiting friends down in Arizona from the 6th to the 10th and I can't say no because my ticket is going to be paid for. Luckily another friend I'm going with is a Nanoer so we'll be able to squirrel away!
51,381 / 50,000
oct. 9, 2008 - 20 20
I am going to be gone the first five days with hardly anytime to write :( Plus college. Plus I'm an editor for an online magazing.
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oct. 9, 2008 - 20 58
I've got a million big school projects due then, and I can't do them now cuz my teachers hate me and won't give me instructions earlier. :P
----------The Stranger: He wants your soul.
http://www.freewebs.com/soulcollectors/index.htm
50,034 / 50,000
oct. 10, 2008 - 01 37
Before November I have a group presentation, one more major assignment, a German oral test, and the beginning of exams. Exams continue into November (I have 4). I also have a birthday in November, and my brother is getting married at the start of December, so I have to finish sorting my outfit for that and do lots of violin practice (he asked me to play for the signing of the register).
Other things that must be done include tidying my room, packing up my room, shifting into a flat. In that order. And getting a job or starting a research project. Not sure which. And finally, another competition I'm involved in which will be the equivalent of a half-time job once exams are out of the way.
5,029 / 50,000
oct. 10, 2008 - 04 04
I have final papers due in two classes at the end of this month.
I start my intro to web design and a new communications class the first week of November.
Also, I work full-time and am building two online businesses.
Not to mention painting and otherwise fixing up our house, having company (Nanoing family members, luckily) for Thanksgiving.
Okay, I'm officially exhausted. And I'm sure other stuff will find its way into my schedule. :(
----------Gyps
"Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. " - Mark Twain
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3,931 / 50,000
oct. 10, 2008 - 04 08
Erm, best friend's birthday, looking after her kids while she works, the fact that I'm off meds because none of them agree with me and I just know I'm slowly going into a mania and I can't do anything about it because I refuse to go on lithium and everything else makes me sleep 20 hours a day, and the only 4 I'm awake I just sit... staring at nothing...
*sighs* It doesn't seem like much but I can just see November being difficult.
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oct. 10, 2008 - 16 55
Okay, seriously, what the crap was I thinking? Ooh! I know! I'm going to dive in to my first quarter of Masters-level classes with two of the hardest classes Fuller has to offer and another which is chock-full of busywork! Finals week is the end of November? Sounds fantastic! How about I add a part-time job on top of it, just because I'm not insane enough. What's that you say? NaNoWriMo is coming up? Of course! How could I neglect the chance to write another novel that may or may not see the light of day? Bring it on! I can do it all! I didn't need to shoot for good grades anyway. Whatever.
*facepalm* *realizes that wasn't painful enough* *headdesk* *still not painful enough* *faceFLOOR!*
I'm either really stupid or a glutton for punishment.
...or both.
----------"A man can't be always defending the truth; there must be some time for him to feed on it." - C. S. Lewis
54,008 / 50,000
oct. 12, 2008 - 16 27
Just my friggin job.
19,160 / 50,000
oct. 12, 2008 - 17 17
It's. Theatre. Season.
And theatre take over my stoopid LIFE.
----------I reject your reality and substitute my own. ~Adam Savage
Hey! It's me! That's AWESOME! Whoooooo!
26,431 / 50,000
oct. 13, 2008 - 08 56
I've got 16 credit hours of classes to deal with, my application for study abroad (would be a lot easier if all the forms were in English), friends and family who want to see my at Thanksgiving, and of course all of my classes piling on work for the end of the semester. The second one is the only thing different from any other NaNo for me, but of course it's causing me the most stress.
----------NaNo2006: The Great Destiny of Fletcher Stevens Won! 50,022 words
NaNo2007: The Stone, the Demon, and the Lab Won!
NaNo2008:
Title: What Goes Unseen (working title)
Characters: a lot! Names: almost a lot!
Plot: it's there but I don't know where
0 / 50,000
oct. 13, 2008 - 10 13
10 classes + traveling time between the high school and my home, as I do joint work between the public school and home. Three birthdays of family/close friends. Family coming in for Thanksgiving. Ballet, voice, and piano lessons. And to top it all off, a main part in the high school play.
woo. I have to be crazy.
50,009 / 50,000
oct. 13, 2008 - 10 19
3 kids and a dog....nuff said!
50,150 / 50,000
oct. 13, 2008 - 12 14
15 hours in class per week.
20 hours at an internship per week.
25 hours at my job (cashier) per week.
5 hours of fraternity events per week.
Hopefully sleeping 5 hours a night.
Spending about 5 to 10 hours on other random errands, and general morning and evening routines.
That leaves about 20 hours of total free time per week, usually less because I sleep more.
Consider the fact that this has been going on for eight weeks already, and has sapped me of all energy.
*sigh*
----------My BFS Goal Thread: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3146374
12,262 / 50,000
oct. 13, 2008 - 16 46
Ooh, I like this thread! Let's see, I've got a trunk load of stuff I've got to do.
~Plan Lessons for preschoolers (which includes making samples and getting enough materials for 15 children)
~AP Euro homework (a lot of reading and boring stuff)
~Other School Subjects
~Work for about 13 hours every week
~Volunteering for 4 hours per week.
~Midterms to study for
~After school extracurriculars
~College Applications and everything involved
~and there's probably more stuff that i can't think of.
I bet a lot of you are busier than I am, but I'm still booked this November and I have no idea how I'm going to survive. It's scaring me a lot.
*and apparently its saying the original subject is too long....weird.
37,595 / 50,000
oct. 13, 2008 - 17 27
~November 5: European History Mid-Term (she's the only g-d professor waiting until November to do mid-terms...she hates me, I know it)
~November 10-14: Busy Person's Retreat w/ Campus Ministry (oh, the irony...haha)
~November 10: first friend's birthday
~November 11: Spanish Service-Learning Project
~November 18: Momma's birthday
~November 22: second friend's birthday
~November 26: other half's birthday
*Various weekly meetings/gatherings for my honor society up until Christmas break
*Every Tuesday 7-9pm: Bible Study
*Every MWF 9am-2:15pm: Classes
*Every Tuesday 11-3pm: Work (and other various days/times TBD)
And, of course, the ungodly amount of preparation my professors think I need for my final exams.
I work in the Information Technology Department at my school, and everyone has this crazy idea that November is a good time to start installing new software for the coming semester, breaking their computers, forgetting how to use the campus systems, etc., etc....and nobody knows how to do/fix anything themselves...so we have to do it for them. Which means I inevitably get more hours in at work. Good news for my wallet, bad news for all those unfinished writing projects waiting on my desk.
*sigh* Why did I sign up for this again?
Tandra
----------Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ~E.L. Doctorow
22,024 / 50,000
oct. 13, 2008 - 17 31
All of my Yearbook deadlines shall fall smack dab on the middle of November :(
(which means at least 4 at-school until 9, then having to go home and do a few hours of homework, then manage to up my wordcount enough to actually mean something nights.)
then of course, there's the procrastination thing...
----------which may just be the death of me this november.
Peace.Love.Earth.will never be overrated.
51,556 / 50,000
oct. 13, 2008 - 17 41
My birthday IS November 1st. XDDD But not that I'll be busy that day... it's REALLY fun for me to have Nano start on my Birthday. @w@;;; It's like my uber special day.
Other than that....
College. o_o;;
Luckily my Choir concerts are all in October and December.
Anddd.. work. o.o;; It'll be interesting going to school, studying, dealing with life and doing NaNo. o3o;; I'm a little anxious, hoping I'll have enough time. 83 If I don't I'll make the time. <3
----------9,567 / 50,000
oct. 13, 2008 - 20 04
Well, since you asked and I'm ashamed to do it elsewhere.
I will preface this by saying, I'm a stay-at-home mom. I do it because I can, because I want to. I realize that I probably don't have a right to complain, but the moderator said it was ok, so technically, I am alllowed to give voice to my panic.
My mom is coming in from FL and the house is, well, it's a mess.
I have signed up to volunteer at Bookfair at school, which mom is here. And I think there's something else that week too, or afterwards. Oh, and I believe that my two younger ones have recitals.
3 kids include homework, band 2x/week, Jazz band 1x/week, chorus 2x/week, Tai Kwon Do 1x/week, guitar lessons 1x/week, jazz dancing on Saturdays, band practice at church every other Thursday night, Kid's church/club on Wednesday night.
Will have 2 brownie meetings, including a trip to the local zoo to trim a tree and a trip to council for training.
Cooking, cleaning, laundry, homework. And, I would like to spend some time with my husband.
Thanksgiving? I'm not sure but I think my SIL is going to be out of town so I will be making the turkey this year.
Single moms--you are my HEROES, girls. You too, single dads. I don't know how you do it.
----------chrisd
"Always tell of God's love. If necessary, use words." St. Francis
202,357 / 50,000
oct. 13, 2008 - 22 42
Wow. Just wow. I've been whining about having to miss the first two days (and prime weekend writing days at that), because I'm doing "Woodstick" ... a major drumming event, which holds the Guiness world record for most drummers on drum kits, playing the same song together (playing 'We Will Rock You' with 532 other drummers? Priceless!!). I'm volunteering for the set-up on Sat., and participating on Sun. What with duties as 'floor director', hauling my drums to and fro and the actual drumming, even if I get home early, I'll be too distracted and pooped to write. All the fancy NaNo worksheets have to be set to 28 days instead of 30. And now my company has announced that it's cracking down on non-work use of the computers, and is monitoring, so I stand to lose another huge chunk of prime writing time (not to mention getting claim that I get paid to write fiction!).
However, after reading some of your stories, I'm gonna shut up now. 8-)
5,810 / 50,000
oct. 13, 2008 - 22 48
- I just wrapped up 5 months of chemo and radiation for cancer
----------- My hair is growing back finally but my head is unnaturally itchy
- I have 5 kids ages 14 mos thru 17yrs- and all the stuff that goes along with them
- My husband ALSO has cancer
- In-laws are arriving in mid Nov and staying for 3 months
- My teenagers both have their learner's permits and I am their in-car instructor
- I own a neurotic dog
- Thanksgiving
My nano stats so far: 4 for 6...going for win #5! Write On!
50,205 / 50,000
oct. 14, 2008 - 01 17
You know, I kept thinking "I can do this, I can do this", because I've written all my NaNos during the semester with a full schedule, and I've won them all. But this semester I have 24 credit hours, ALL of them literature classes (they average 3-4 books per semester, so at any given time I should be reading at least 5 books a week), and some of the Profs want us to read secondary literature along with it, so add in another 100 pages of theory a week. Add to that that I just found out that I have a block seminar on the 29th and 30th of November, which means that I have class from 10 am to 4 pm on the last two days of NaNo, which just happen to be a weekend. How cruel is THAT? (The prof did ask us to let him know if we needed the weekend to be moved up a week, but I didn't think that "I am going to write a novel in November, could we possibly move the block seminar BACK by a week, 'cause I'll be free in December?" would have gone over too well. Plus, after I told all my Profs about NaNo in the first year and earned wierd looks from them all, I've stopped involving them.) Oh, and I have a job this semester, too. What's this free time you speak of?
----------"The question is not who will let me, but who is going to stop me." -Ayn Rand
NaNo 2005: "Barefoot" - Winner!
NaNo 2006: "Break the Skin" - Winner!
NaNo 2007: "Chances & Choices" - Winner!
NaNo 2008: "Unbound" - Winner!