Cheers to another can of coke

It's only day two, and I've already drunk an ungodly amount of soda. I won't be surprised if, by the end of the month, I develop a severe and deadly liver disease from all the caffeine and other garbage in this thing. But at least it keeps me wide awake and writing. (: ha. today is a really bad day for me, writing-wise. I got a huge head start yesterday, and I think that's preventing me from doing my best to write as much as possible today. I'm thinking that since I already have a huge cushion, I don't need to keep writing, but if this keeps up, it's going to be my downfall.

It's so annoying to have swim practice right after school because then I come home tired and ready to fall asleep...but I still have homework and my daily 1,667 words to write. It's almost ten at night, and I've only written about 6oo words today. Talk about sad. I had to go to Costco to get my picture taken for my passport, since I'll be flying out of the country for vacation this winter. Then I convinced my dad to take my sister and I to Borders, where I actually brought my laptop and could sit there typing away like a professional writer. It was really fun! Too bad the chairs were too stiff and made my back hurt, and I kept getting distracted by the books. I wanted to buy a few, but I didn't have a lot of money with me, and my dad refused to pay for anything. So I just got Forest Born, the fourth book in the Books of Bayern Saga/Series, by Shannon Hale. Gotta love her books! I'm trying to restrict myself from reading it until I hit at least 25K, and only if I am ahead of the game, so I can afford to waste some precious time (when I could be writing) to read. I'm probably going to be too tempted though and start reading it. Sigh.

Anyway, I really should get back to writing. I'm really behind on my daily word count... but I'm also really excited! I'm losing the drive to write, mainly because I've hit a boring part, but I got a huge head start yesterday, so I think I can actually win nano this year. So far I have about 11.7K which is technically enough that I don't even have to write this week and still be on track on Saturday. I'm planning to do some major writing (sprints?) on Saturday and Sunday. Maybe Friday as well if I don't get bored of being glued to my computer screen. We'll just have to wait and see.

So bye for now! (: Just keep swimming, just keep swimming. (I love FindingNemo).