NaNo, Job & SPN

I have been a bad NaNo writer these last two days, through unforseen circumstances. One, a friend called me on Wednesday with some really bad stuff going on, wondering what she should do. Helping her and dealing with that took up most of the day, and most of my energy. No problem, I thought. One day isn't so bad. But then yesterday, we had this wonderful two and a half hour meeting at work, the fallout from which is...well let's just say my job and that of my boss could be in jeopardy due to the bitter jealousy of one of the uppity ups who, it turns out hates my boss, like waaaaaay more than we ever realized. She is making it her #1 goal in life to get him fired, when she is so pathetic she can't even do her job. Whatever. The gossip mill here was running full force post-meeting, with lots of watercooler talk going on that, again, took me away from writing. (As it had to do with the outlook of my job's future, or lack thereof, I felt the watercooler talk was important to be there for.) So I'm now just under 6K words down. *grumbles* And this morning, I have one of those headaches that could turn into a migraine. I've taken ibuprofen, so hopefully it will soon kick in, and then I'll be able to pull up that doc and start trying to catch up on words.

I am sort of hoping that maybe this writing thing will produce some results before my job goes belly up in (we're guess-timating) about a year. Then, if I look for a replacement job, it could maybe be parttime, something that is only justifiable if in some form I'm getting paid to write. Since Mark works and gets decent benefits, 'quitting the day job' isn't entirely impossible for me. I don't make a ton of money where I am, even though they waaaaay overpay me.

It might be a pipe dream, but I can dream if I want to.

[Ouch. Please headache, just go away!]

In strike related news, I haven't yet commented here, but I am all for the writers. If every single show I love goes to repeats and we lose this season of television forever, I am totally fine with that. The studios are being f-ing ridiculous and making me hate the suits in charge even more than I did when some of them cancelled Firefly. For God's sake, just settle already and give the writers what they are asking for and deserve to have, you bunch of tight-fisted jerks.

Of course, this also makes me very sad, because some shows, like SPN, are having their best seasons ever. I loved last night's episode. If I wasn't tied up doing NaNo, I'd be writing fic from last night's episode. Dean/Bela fic with hot, angry sex. I'm just saying. ( spoilers behind the cut )

I need an icon. Hmmm.

House elves!

Awww. I was complaining last night about how behind I am on NaNo (I know, I know - instead of complaining, I should have been writing!) And how now I'm going to have to use this 3 day weekend to catch up. But how I have house cleaning I absolutely have to do, as next week will be gone in a flash, and then we'll be gone in Disneyland, and there is nothing worse than coming back from vacation to a messy house. I need to mop my floors and clean my bathtubs, that kind of thing. sunday we've got a Thanksgiving thing to go to w/Mark's Aunt (she planned it because we're going to be gone over the actual holiday) so i have baking I have to do, too.

And now, I just got this amazing phone call in which I found out that my house is going to be cleaned for me! Like, I pick everything up tomorrow morning, and then I can shut myself in the office w/the computer and write while house elves™ are going to do the actual, you know, cleaning for me. (Mark will be gone at a martial arts seminar.)

This is the sort of thing that happens, I suppose, when you get people hooked on a story and/or characters and they're then willing to do anything to facilitate you writing more. :D

Either that, or I have spectacular friends. :D

ETA: I would be totally uncomfortable with this, if my house wasn't normally kept reasonably clean.  It's not like I'm embarrassed by it, thank God, it's just...the heavy stuff needs doing, and if I put if off until after Disneyland, I will come back and really not want to do it, you know?  Plus, I know the person/people in question very, very well and have cleaned their house for them more than once.  (A fact pointed out to me when I tried to argue.  I tried explaining that when I see a dirty dish my natural inclination is to put it in the dishwasher, but the argument got me nowhere.)

ETA2: I am not making up the facilitation of storytelling statement above.  This is actually the primary reason, I am told, behind this generous move.  The conversation began with "What do you mean there are no more chapters?!" and went from there. 

Random Friday

~ Eggnog lattes from Starbucks are pretty damn good. Of course, I could make better myself at home, but I'm on this sorta strict "only allowed coffee once or so a week" thing from my accupuncturist, until I've either conceived and given birth, or all hope of doing so is gone. Tea has become my friend, though it is getting boring. Perhaps there are enthusiasts who could rec me something? I do not like berry/citrus flavors.

~ *sniff* The no coffee thing REALLY drives home to me just how good that eggnog latte tasted. I drank every last drop. Bye-bye until next Friday, oh my love!

~ Last night the accupuncturist commented that I had a "hard pulse" again, which means the herbs and no coffee thing are working to make me healthier. I guess. this whole eastern medicine thing is awfully mysterious, but hey. I'm willing to do anything at this point.

~ I've also learned through a painful self administered test (I HATE needles even when you can't see them) that my blood type is apparently A+. Though there was a weird delay in which the test initially told me I was A-. Either way, type A means that, apparently, a vegetarian diet is best suited for me. HAHAHA! I am a farm girl. I grew up raising cows and riding/showing horses and stuff. We ate steak all year round, from steers we'd raised and had butchered to fill our freezer. And summer sausage and chicken and even rabbit, as well. Now I am supposed to be consigning myself to fish. Riiiiight. Also, apparently pistachios are bad for me. As are tomatoes. DUDE! I am not taking all tomatoe out of my diet. So, supposedly if I follow this pretty strictly, excess weight will drop off and I will feel all healthy and crap. I'm not sure it's worth it.

~ My headache is gone. Yes!

~ I am wasting time spamming my LJ instead of writing. Woe. Someone kick me.