A quick NaNo update

Cigarettes And Shambles:

7595 / 50000 (15.19%)

I have to write four thousand words tomorrow (or today, considering the time) to catch up, but I'm hoping I can get ahead for a change since I'm going to need to with the week I have coming up. If they offer overtime at my day job I'm taking it -- the way our supervisor made it sound during our overtime shift today, most of us will probably be spending every scheduled hour we have until the end of the year on the phones taking calls, UGH -- so every minute of free time counts.

Day seven in My-NaNo-doesn't-appear-to-have-any-men-in-it.

The named female characters:

Opal, Mrs. Okeke-Katz, Sally, Polly, Johnnie, Tully, Maggie, Jane, Daisy, Loretta, Dr. Kline, Kate, Coral, Ginger, Raven, Mrs. Book, Mrs. Edelstein

The named male characters:

Wyatt, Dean

... I honestly didn't do that on purpose.

What makes it really hilarious is the reaction shot of the guy next to her.

A few things at random

-- So I finally started checking into the logistics of what might happen if they do discover I can be a bone marrow donor just to reassure myself that I wouldn't be digging myself into a personal hole trying to do something good for someone else. I was worried about recovery time and getting paid from work and whatnot, but apparently according to the website chart for the donor leave rules for each state, in Pennsylvania: All public and private employees are entitled to up to five working days of paid leave.

Ooooo. That spurred the first selfish thought I had about this whole thing, which was OMG TEST ME NOW FIND ME A RECIPIENT AND LET'S DO IT IN MID-DECEMBER SO I CAN HAVE THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS OFF. \O/

-- I think I'm going to talk to my doctor about putting me on a higher dose of the Lexapro. I'm not entirely sure I need it, because I have definitely been getting better (he said to give it a week and everybody else said a month, but I saw an improvement literally within days). That said, he said if the anxiety is still a problem when I ran out of the samples he gave me, we could see about moving me to a 20-mg dose rather than the 10-mg dose I'm on right now. Well, I'm still a bit anxious and I'm still sleeping more than usual (I spent almost the entire day on my futon), so I'm going to see about whether or not he thinks I need the higher dosage.

-- Speaking of spending all day in my futon, I haven't gotten much written on my NaNo today. I'm going to give myself a few more hours of writing before hitting the sack. I'll be happy to just crack 10k, but I'd like to make it to today's goal so I don't have to worry about it. I've got a dry erase board at work that I've been updating with my word count every day when I come in, because I figure even if no one else gives a damn it's still putting myself out there for a bit of public humiliation if I don't get to 50k this year.

As for if I actually DO win NaNo this year, I'm still trying to decide what to get myself for a present. I think I'm just going to leave it until, you know, I finish.

-- The only show I am caught up on is SPN. I haven't watched TAR in two weeks, I'm three episodes behind on TVD, and I missed the last Glee and can't find myself caring enough to download it. And now that Project Runway is over, those are the only shows I'm following.

God help me, I'm horribly tempted to start watching this season of The Fashion Show, mostly because of Iman. She was fantastically bitchy on Project Runway Canada, which I now have a terrible urge to rewatch from the very beginning.

-- I need new glasses. And to go to the dentist once again. And to get a job that pays enough so I don't have to have two jobs at the same time or talk with people on the phone.