Sluggish Tuesday!

Somehow that exclamation point seems grossly out of place… Anyway!

I managed to be semi-productive at work and then head out to the NaNo Kick-Off. Whee! There were 9 of us, total. Hmm. A bit down from the 28 or so last year. Oh well. Still, a good time was had by those of us there and we left 5 minutes til 7. Ran a quick errand on the way home and then, well, home. So far I’ve managed to add some info to the Resource Page and stare glazedly at the tv screen while I knit another 8 rows on the Plait sleeves. Of course I have plenty of other things to do, point is: I’m beat! I was up til almost 1am this morning and I’m starting to really feel it. I may not make it an ‘early’ night tonight, but it’ll definitely be an on-time one!

Nothing like the 11th hour…

Because 11pm would actually be the 23rd hour, but that’s neither here nor there at this point. Suffice it to say, it’s rather late in the evening and I’m just now finishing up the stuff for the NaNo Kick-Off tomorrow night. Granted, I got a boat-load of stuff done tonight (tomorrow’s RA…, 4 laps at SLMP, a website, and now the kick-off tickets) but none of it was quick! Oh well, it’s all coming together. The resource page isn’t exactly pretty, but that can be done after the kick-off tomorrow (when I go add the write-in information as well… oops!); the important thing is that it’s up and all of the downloads seem to work (go me!).

Tomorrow is said kick-off, followed by more work on the resource page (change color schemes, add an icon or two, add the write-in information). Maybe try for the Ned-related bit of fluff that I really wanted to do last year but didn’t have time for. Start work on Thursday’s RA… if there’s time.

The party this weekend was unbelievably fun. I mean, I really got lucky with the group that came: everyone really did mesh well together and the last four of us were going strong til just after eleven. I, of course, have enough Spanish Fork Chicken Stew to last me the entire week (good thing, because I go into a no-cooking zone after a party) and some treats and salads, too. But I also need to get the apartment back to normal because I’m going to have a houseguest this weekend and I’d rather the place be more than just presentable.

And, of course, NaNoWriMo 2007 starts in the wee hours of Thursday. How is it November already? I know I probably ask this every year, but seriously, folks, where did the year go??? Anyway, the holidays are in full-swing now that Halloween is almost here. I do love this time of year but I have absolutely no freaking clue how I’m going to survive until New Years! The next two months are looking exceedingly hectic in the best possible way, but still, folks. Come January 1 I think it’ll be time for a complete and total pass out. Seriously.

Not bad for a Monday

Really, not bad at all, and I managed to not spend any money today, woot! Though I do have at least one more shopping trip between here and the party. Still, not so bad.

Tonight was mostly inking this week’s strips while listening to an audio book (another perk of working in the office) and while it did take most all evening, it’s done, so there ya go. Plus watched Heroes and knit a few more rows on the Grecian Plait sleeves (I’m in that unfortunate part of any pattern where you have to count rows between increases… ugh! But at least I’m doing them both simultaneously so if one’s wrong, the other will at least match!).

Did some prep work on a slew of props for the party and I think after I shut the computer down for the night I’m going to read a trade magazine to fire up the creative juices for tomorrow night: writing at home! Dun dun da! Now that the office is mainly tidy (there’s still that bit under the desk and all) I think I might actually be able to work in here with fewer distractions. We’ll see. I have two more articles to write to finish out the month so hopefully that’ll be Tuesday and Wednesday night and I can edit and upload them before the weekend’s over (read as: Sunday). Tick-tock, tick-tock.

Too productive for a Sunday I tell ya!

And a blog post to boot!

Let’s see, I’ve managed to shop (I really need to wrap up these party plans, y’all), pencil a comic and a half, do laundry, start decorating/arranging for the party, draft a NaNo email, create a survey, watch a movie uninterrupted while only knitting, upload two articles, and I’m not done yet! But I will be soon. Gotta get better at this whole bedtime thing before NaNo really rolls around so I can write in the mornings again.I think that really made the difference last year to getting me to 50K in fine form.

And the Abyss is still clean and totally blowing my mind.

Apologies in advance, just in case the world ends.

I may have mentioned in the past the very real issue that my office/studio/craft room (aka the Abyss) is my nod to the universe’s need for entropy. Dude, today? The universe lost.

It’s not pristine mind you, there’s still a lot of organizing and debulking to do and under the computer desk is very messy but, the floor is clear, the desktops are visible (holy freaking cow, y’all!) and I’ve moved the workstation next to the computer desk so I can swivel between the drawing table and the computer (both computers, actually, since the desktop is clear enough to hold the laptop now!). It’s just a smidge surreal here right now and if I my proclamation that the world would likely end if I managed to clean the office comes true? I’m really sorry.