NaNoWriMo - Day 2

It’s Monday and the second day of our challenge.

Today was the dream writing-while-still-having-to-work-your-day-job day. I was able to get up a little earlier and do around 1500 words of writing before I clocked in (benefits of working from home - not having to get ready or a 30-45 minute commute).

Work kept me busy all day as I just completed a month-long project on Friday and had a lot of things to catch up on. I used my morning, lunch, and afternoon breaks to get some cleaning done - dishes, laundry, and taking the trash out for tomorrow morning’s pick up - so I didn’t have to worry about that when I clocked out (another benefit of working from home).

Once my workday was over, I had dinner, took a nice bubble bath while watching a show to get me back into the mood of my story, and plopped back down to my writing, adding another 4500+ to my daily word count. 

The only thing that's annoying me from today is that I'm struggling to keep my eyes open at the moment, which means it's time to wind down for the evening and pick back up in the morning when what I really want to do is keep going. Oh well. That just means I'll be more excited to get started tomorrow!

How did your NaNo session(s) go?  

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