NanNoWriMo

I think I may be nuts, I am going to attempt to write a novel, or 50,000 words, in a month.  Yes, I will be participating in NaNoWriMo this year.  I've heard about it every year but have never really thought about joining in until this year.  I have a friend who has started up a Christian Creative Writers Forum and for some reason that reminded me about my love of writing.

Up until now I have enjoyed posting occasional blogs here, and I will still continue to enjoy it.  But I don't feel like I am pushing myself in writing.  It isn't necessarily a life long dream to be a professional writer, but it is something that I always thought would be cool.  To get paid to write and to have people actually look forward to the stories I have to tell.

As with running, I needed a set way to challenge myself.  NaNoWriMo is the perfect opportunity and I actually have a story bouncing around in my head.  I will be using my sarcasm to its full extent for this story, but I will also be writing as if I was the main character achieving her goals.

Yarn Sale Fun

The Buffalo Wool Company is having a Trick or Treat Yarn Sale.  It sounds like fun and for $10 I get two skeins of yarn.  Can't beat that deal, check it out.  https://store-f3c65.mybigcommerce.com/trick-or-treat/

Couch25K Week 5

This is the week that I have been dreading, the week that it seemed like things got real.  I just finished Day 2 of this week and it felt easy, almost too easy.  I guess it turns out that all of that dreading was for naught and I may actually be able to complete this whole week no problem.  My stamina has gotten a lot better and while my legs are yelling at me they are carrying me through.

Part of my worry about this week of running has stemmed about reading others struggles with this week.  I guess I have learned that everyone has walls that they hit with a training program and they are all at different points in the program.  I think I hit mine in Week 3 of this program.  It was early on, but it was a struggle to get through the jogging for 5 minutes straight.  Hard to believe I did 8 minutes twice today, no problem. Then again I am getting my pacing down a lot better.

Here's to Day 3 on Friday.  Hoping I can get through the 20 minutes.