On the ninth day of NaNo...

Hello there :) It's been a while, hasn't it? In fact, it's been... 10 days. Actually, that's not that huge of a gap. I've done worse.

So I am nine days into National Novel Writing Month (affectionately referred to as NaNoWriMo, for the uninitiated), and have faced - and still am facing - what I think has been the worst kind of unexpected roadblock: a cold. It's a little thing, the common cold, but it can seriously mess with your routine sometimes. Luckily, I wrote a lot in the pre-sickness days, so if I'd missed my quota while sick, I would've probably been able to get to 50k in time.

Fortunately, I managed to write my quota or more each day, even when I had a really awful sore throat. Go me! /shameless self-promotion

Warning: TMI ahead. I will talk about sinuses and stuff.

To start with, I got a sore throat from my dad, which went away and then came back as a full-on sore throat and post-nasal drip thing. I would start talking to my mom, and then after a few seconds I would have to gulp back this painful grossness in my throat. It felt a bit like acid reflux, which I don't get very often, but when I do it's a pain in the ass. After lots of disgusting but relatively effective cough syrup - which didn't do much for me during the day, but at night it helped me sleep well - the sore throat went away, to be replaced with a stuffy nose that runs out of one nostril (a very weird sensation, I must say), and some coughing and sneezing. Right now, my ears feel like they're plugged up, but that might be an air pressure thing because it's getting warmer where I am, and later in the week it will drop back down to single-digit temperatures (in Celsius, that is, because single-digit temps in Fahrenheit would be freaking COLD). I'm still stuffy, still coughing and sneezing, and my left nostril is still dripping like a faucet. I guess I won't be going to the library tomorrow.

Okay, TMI over.

While I've been battling my cold and doing NaNo, I've also been reading a book from the library - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. (Because I'm writing dystopian, I feel I need to take a break from The Hunger Games for a little bit.) I'm not sure if I can finish it by the 23rd, which is when it's due back, but I finished the third chapter yesterday so maybe I can do it after all. Of course, I could also keep it out late to finish it if I want to, and then pay the fine. I'd like to avoid fines if I can, though. I still have Dogsbody and A Wizard of Earthsea out of the library, too, but I can probably renew Dogsbody again, and I think I can renew Earthsea. If not, I'll add them to a wishlist - or, if I get another Chapters Indigo gift card from my grandparents, I could buy them.

That's all for now - I should go eat something, seeing as all I've had to eat and drink today is coffee, hot chocolate, and a popover.

Back from the dentist's

So I went to the dentist's to get my new flipper (removable fake tooth). It feels odd, because it's shaped to fit over my new bone graft, so it feels HUGE in my mouth. I'll have to get used to talking with this new flipper - my k's are a little weirded out. Hmm, I wonder what eating will be like with this thing...

I'm still feeling gross, but my dad and I stopped at Shopper's on the way back to get ear drops for Mom and cold medicine for me, and we got a pack of DayQuil and NyQuil liquid-caps, two in one. I very much prefer the liquid-caps over the syrup. I hate the taste of the NyQuil syrup.

Anyways. My teeth look yellow next to the new flipper. Looks like I'll have to start using that whitening mouthwash...

I managed to read a bit of Blood and Chocolate. I like it so far. I also added text to a photo (which I may need to either fix or re-do), and ate half an enchilada, among other foods. So yeah... not a very productive day.

Coronation Street is on in about half an hour! Yay! :)