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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I have been sick so after cooking all day in a daze, I sat down and couldn’t taste a darn thing. The turkey was moist and the family raved so it must have been good.
We have a lot to be thankful for this year. Most recently, I am thankful for screw ups. You see, dad choked on a huge piece of ham this weekend. The care home he is at is supposed to be cutting up his food. The caregiver gave him some water- something you never give a choking person because it cuts off the airflow if they had some. He managed to get the water out and was still breathing when they took him to hospital. But, when they took him to get x-rays he coded blue. My brother in law saw 15 doctors and nurses go running with a crash cart. He said to himself, man, that guy is in bad shape, then he realized it was my dad.
They brought him back with the paddles, got the ham out and he is fine. Here’s where the screw up comes in- he has a DNR. They aren’t supposed to be bringing him back at all. Luckily, the care home gave the paramedics the wrong medical info. If they hadn’t, we wouldn’t have had him at the table with us again this year.
I am also thankful for my funny little 4 year old boy. My mother in law asked him if he was going to say Grace. He asked, “What’s that?” She said, “It’s what you say before eating.” His response, “Oh I thought you say Bon Appetit”
He cracks me up! Happy Thanksgiving everyone and Bon Appetit!
12112 behind I am 12,112 words behind. Well actually by tonight I will be that behind if I don’t contribute. If I can write 12,112 words today I will be on schedule.
My hands are hurting from typing so much. My child is living off junk food and whatever dad can BBQ. I am writing in my sleep, in my dreams. I hate my novel, my characters and the whole writing world in general.
I was ready to give up. Then I got the NaNo pep talk email of the week. And well, I guess this is normal, so at least emotionally I am on schedule.
So I posted on Accentuate Services forum, which if you haven’t figured out right now is more than just another writer’s forum to me. It is friendship, support and advice-it’s part of my foundation now.
Anyway, one of my friends told me I couldn’t quit. She was using me as inspiration. Well crap. What can you say to something like that?
So, I NaNo. Not for me but apparently for the silly people watching. But come Dec 1st, let us not speak of it again.
sigh.
