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Professional computer geek and linguist living in Germany, doing infosec stuff and being the freakiest mother ever.
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Lift-off… liveblogging my wordcount
Ok, so I said I’d start writing at around 4 this afternoon. It’s now almost 6:30, and between backache, hormones, emptying the dishwasher, hormones, ravenous hunger, hormones, answering a few emails, hormones hormones hormones, the distraction of the Internets, and … Continue reading
Back on track…
So I woke up late today – superlate, actually – after a good Thanksgiving. No turkey, but some quality time with Christian and a nice warm dinner (with tasty dessert), plus a nice slow walk together out in the cool … Continue reading
More progress…
But not with Small Monster (sorry nethm – things seem to have calmed down, so I think the 24-hour bet is off ) Two German essays down, one to go (which is mostly thought out and ready to go, but … Continue reading
Week 38: All kinds of progress
I didn’t start out intending this to be an official pregnancy post – it’s really more about other stuff – but since part of the progress I refer to has to do with Small Monster’s progress, I’ll put it in … Continue reading
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Tagged German, health, language, Life, NaNoWriMo, novels, pregnancy, writing
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Week 38: Full term, and, um, ouch.
37 weeks, 1 day. So. Small Monster is fully-cooked. Let us rejoice! (Yayyyyy…) This, of course, means nothing. Just as finding out today at my OB’s appointment that I am 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced means nothing, because women … Continue reading
Woo hoo! Catchin’ up…
So from the time I issued my challenge, I’m now up about 5000 words: 20590 / 50,000 (41.2%) Sure, I still have another 10,000 to go before the end of the weekend, but with enough chocolate, I can do it! … Continue reading
To my NaNoWriMo peeps:
Hello fellow sufferers novelists! So far, if you’ve been looking at my word counts, you’ll see that I officially have bupkus to show. That’s not entirely accurate – I did write some today, but haven’t posted the word count yet … Continue reading
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Tagged friends, LaTeX, Life, NaNoWriMo, novels, pregnancy, writing
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