My best friend Amy’s husband is in a popular local band, Whiskey Dixon and I go to most of the gigs. I traveled with the band to Decatur, Illinois one last time this weekend, before entering into NaNoWriMo mode. They don’t get what I’m doing, but they know I won’t be around for a few weeks. But it was kinda sad, because its a stress-reliever hanging out with them. I know I can still do it in November, but two gigs a weekend, every weekend in November, really isn’t the best idea. So I’m skipping the next few, and will be enjoying them again about mid-month provided I am on task.
We had a blast, the guys sounded great and the hotel we got put up in was really nice. Plus, I had the room to myself, so I had some time away which gave me a little bit of NaNo planning time too. Very relaxing.
So do you do anything that relaxes you before #nano? Do you give anything up?
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Nano, actually, falls at a somewhat unfortunate time for me since both my menfolk are Scorpios with birthdays this week and next week, and my big favorite holiday is Halloween. This weekend was spent with Third, Friday will be spent celebrating the holiday and the next weekend will be spent with hubby. Although I’ll sit down and start at midnight November 1st – it will likely be the 4th before I really say “okay, everyone had their fun – now leave me alone”. The cool thing is they both had a trial run over Labor Day (I did 3 day novel) and did a great job of keeping me on task. So once I GET started this year, I think I’ll actually be able to stay on task and finish.