NaNoWriMo Week 4 End...

Word Count: 30,006/50,000
Time Left: 1 day, 2 hours, 6 minutes

I cheated; I skipped an update last week, completely took Thanksgiving weekend from Wednesday onward off, and barely made it up to where I am now in a couple hours worth of writing. Hmm. So here is what is supposed to be the weekly update, recognizing that I have 20,000 words left to write and one day (in which I am babysitting all day) to do so. And the rest of tonight. If I happen to win, this is so everyone knows how crazy I am - after a vote of confidence from my favorite skeptic (where did that come from, anyway?), I'm not giving up yet.

In other news, we finally have fall colors! It's about that time of year when I start singing "let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" over and over... but we finally have fall colors! This makes me excited, and I will forgive the winter for not coming.

Also, the birds are migrating, it seems. At least I assume that to be the case when I mistakenly think of shade and park under a tree, only to open my door and hear a deafening chorus of cheeps, chirps, and other bird-like noises. My surprise was great when upon looking up, I discovered that nearly every inch of every branch of the tree was covered with birds. Lots and lots of birds. Lots of noisy, chirping, black, insane birds. I moved my car very quickly to a nice open space away from the tree. .. Only after walking a while outside the chain of stores do I realize that every single tree in the entire parking area is the same, and become very afraid. (Hands, people; have we all seen Birds?)

Thanksgiving, and I won't even attempt to list all I'm thankful for, was a lovely weekend. While there's something to be said for small, quiet dinners, where everyone can sit at the same table and talk to everyone else and count on a share of the leftovers, I wouldn't trade in the large multi-table day long gathering I was introduced to down here. In fact, the whole weekend was a brilliant combination of parties and music and hanging out and general good times. And now, before I babble on entirely too long and waste my night away, I shall return to my writing.

(Huge night ahead of us? Yep. Sharp pointy deadline coming up fast at the end? Most likely. Bring it on!)