i think i hear things

I swear I heard that the committee I volunteered for was about retirement (as in honoring them as they leave) but no it's about retirement planning. Okay a) i loathe finances b) i know nothing about finances c) it's a highly contentious committee and that makes me more anxious than i can say. I sat around at the meeting being bored listening to the actuarians we were interviewing talking (and some of us trading jibs). At one point I think I was so bored that I slipped through time. I swore I could hear a pow wow. No lie. I have no idea what that is about. I think this is going to be a big mistake.

my sugar has been freaking out it was 107 when i went to bed, today it was nearly 400 then fell to 160. It's making me feel like crap and in the middle of that meeting my arm went into a spasm. Okay next time I'm up there seeing the surgeon i'm going to make him actually TOUCH me. feel this. is this right? what the hell are these lumps under my skin. some of those lumps were knots since i did get them to relax. this typing on a lap top is murdering me. explain the attraction people have for these things beyond the portablity?

today's snippet Smoke hung in the air, thick and acrid. She tried not to think about it. It was easier to remain numb. She didn't really know what else to do other than to let Drake take control. Archana had never been in charge of her own life. Within the temple, life was simple enough. She knew what to do. It was a routine that rarely varied.

Now that was gone and if she let the numbness slip, there was only uncertainty and fear waiting for her. Drake and Blackwood knew this world where she did not. Archana knew she had to trust them and the one thing she could do for them was not let the reporters know she was afraid.

18523 / 50000 words. 37% done!

Baker Center

NOTHING good happens if I go to this building, Ohio University's student union. It's huge and new and beautiful and it does have space enough for Nano write ins. For once I get to Athens early only to find that Petland is selling frontline for MORE than my damn vet. I buy it anyway. I do get to go to my favorite Chinese restaurant, the first one I've found that serves scallion pancakes since I left Cleveland in 1993.

And then I can't find Baker Center. Nothing like not being able to find a 5 story building. OKay i could FIND it but I couldn't find the road to it because they're all one way streets. I circled for an HOUR before I almost gave up and then found it by accident. FOUR times I was one street away and the idiot OU students instead of telling me to turn around and go back 500 yards and make a right turn into the damn garage they kept sending me to the down town university center. Which the police kept closing off the roads (why I have not found out). And there is no good lighting. The area uses old fashioned and lovely street lamps but they don't do diddly so you can't see road signs

By the time I got to the write in, I was in a fine frenzy. I did get 800 words written. I'm going to try for 20K tonight so I'll BBL with snippet and count.

Today I also had to make an exam out of nothing and get a lecture done. I, at least, got the test done just now. So busy. It was cat dissection lab day. Soul chose to destroy half my kitchen.I suspect he was volunteering as a subject.

My shoulder hurts so much I had to stop talking in class just to breathe. I have no idea what I did but i suspect it's this netbook.


I failed to make 20K. My sugar bounced up and I can't even think. damn

today's snippet -
“All right. To my esteemed listeners, I have wonderful news for you. You'll be seeing it in the Daily Chronicle soon enough but standing here with me is the Savaria Militant Archana. She is safe and very much alive. Goddess, please your people are listening,” Deming said, his soft voice suddenly quite loud and demanding.

“To all who were worried about me, I am fine. I'm safe with Colonel Drake and he and his men are aiding me in making sure my sister goddesses are safe as well. I am very sorry for the loss of life and I will do my best to see those responsible for this tragedy punished. I may be out of touch for a while, but it is necessary to keep us all safe. May Savaria and Alren protect us all.”

19490 / 50000 words. 39% done!