November is here, finally

[luscious_purple]

So, we've had a weekend with Halloween, the end of Daylight Saving Time (which will start again in about 137 days...), and a blue moon. Seems appropriately scary, given what this country is about to go through.

I finished writing the article a bit late and have not heard back from my editor since. I guess he is keeping me waiting the way I kept him waiting. I just cannot pull all-nighters like I used to.

Then I wrote a short article and got that in on time.

Now it's time to focus on being an election judge. I voted Wednesday afternoon at the University of Maryland Xfinity Center (corporate name for sports complex). Tomorrow afternoon I have to show up at the polling place (the local high school this time around) and help set up equipment. I've been figuring out what to wear, trying on pants I haven't worn since last winter, setting aside snacks and PPE. The boy toy unearthed a small Thermos bottle I had when I was a kid -- gotta bring my own little coffee stash. (This time around, I'm not going to bring a coffee maker and won't count on the availability of one.)

Since the boy toy is going to visit his parents in San Antonio one week after Election Day (November 10-17), we were thinking that we might need a little apart time in case one of us picks up any virus, not just the pandemic kind. So yesterday we set up my Pennsic bed in the spare room. I can crash there after I get home from the polls (and sleep in as late as I want the next morning). And then he can sleep there for a couple of nights after he gets back from Texas. His parents are cautious about health too; the boy toy is more worried about the airport and plane (although Southwest isn't filling their middle seats until *next* month).

Finally, I'm wondering what else to do with my month. Nablopomo (NaBloPoMo?) doesn't seem to be a thing anymore (although I could just do it on my own). NaNoWriMo is still very much a thing, and every year I want to do it, but whenever I do try it, I fall flat on my face. Maybe I should continue the novel I started a long, long time ago. I know that technically you're not supposed to do that, but every time I start fresh, I lose interest in the story and the characters. So maybe I should try working on something that I have cared about at various times during my adult life. What the heck. I'm not going to live forever, after all.

But I will have to start later. Sleep calls.....

Comments

[cz_unit]

Supposed to do... is relative. Work on the novel from years ago. I've been completing projects that I started 30 years ago here in terms of computer stuff, so it's a great thing to do....

[anita_margarita]

I finally looked up NaNoWriMo. I had read about it for many years and just assumed it was something about writing as much as possible in November. Turns out it's an actual organization and you're supposed to write a novel, or start one. Who knew? Not me, that's for sure.

[gorgeousgary]

One other person on my friends list talked about NaBloPoMo, so I suppose the idea isn't totally dead yet.

For my part I'll just declare success if I can put some of the enforced holiday time I have coming up to finishing one or more of the song fragments I've had lying around forever.