Gavin slept through the night last night! At least, by the medical definition of sleeping through the night, which is 5 hours of sleep. We put him to bed around 10:30 and he didn't wake up until just before 4:00 this morning. What a surprise that was! I'm not counting on it meaning anything. More than likely it's just a fluke, (though he has slept for three-four hours at a time several nights in the last week, so maybe....?). But how nice it was to get so many hours of unbroken sleep. Ahhhhhhhhhh.
Last night we went to the local area's NaNoWriMo kickoff meeting. I ended up being the only Municipal Liaison there, as the other one was sick and couldn't go. (Municipal Liaisons are the leaders of the local groups and help organize and facilitate the meetings and such.) I was a little uneasy about being the leader of a meeting like that, but it went really well, I think. I only made a small fool of myself insteaf of the monstrously huge fool I could have made. At least, I hope it was only a small fool.
Writing starts in mere days. I'm looking forward to it. Can't wait to dig into this story. This year I'm doing some extensive planning and outlining, more than I did in years past. I feel pretty confident about my story this time, partly because I think it's a decent plot and partly because thanks to my outlining, I already broke through some of the plot snags I usually run into (inevitable "I need action, but what? What obstacles should she run into? What happens next?" type questions).
Posted by allison at October 28, 2004 03:19 PMcool. :-) On all counts. :-) There wasn't a fool to be seen, and I think everyone was just as glad as I was that you were the one up there and not us. *dances*
The games were fun. I went home and made Rick ask me a gazillion questions trying to get "Lightning" until he gave up, too, and he's usually really good at that game. I feel like I now have the ULTIMATE *thing* to use for 20-questions, even though Rick is the only one I ever play with (car trips). He suggested a good question for me when it was all over. I should have asked, "Is it matter or energy?"
Anyway, I'd like to hear more about your outlining process. Are you using The Marshall Plan?
Posted by: Amy at October 28, 2004 04:48 PMYou didn't make any size of fool out of yourself!!! I assure you!!
Yay for sleep!!
Aileen
Posted by: Aileen at October 28, 2004 05:10 PMAmy and Aileen - thanks :) Glad you liked the games. I am happy I had the two games. I wasn't sure we'd need them, and thought maybe two was too much but it worked out well I think!
Posted by: Allie at October 28, 2004 10:11 PM