It’s that time of year again. The leaves are changing, the temperature is dropping, mums and pumpkins are everywhere, midterm grades are due at the end of the week (kill me), and I have a decision to make.

To NaNo, or not to Nano, that is the question; Whether tis nobler to not take on such a project when you’re ass-deep in essays and trying to plan a wedding, or to try to make a 1,667 daily word count in addition to reading run-on sentences and choosing a caterer on top of it all.

My apologies to Shakespeare and Hamlet.

I think I want to give it a try; I did win last year, after all (I’d link to the entry where I’m sure I danced a jig of glee about the whole thing, but Diaryland ate my archives). I have had an idea kicking around in my head for the last… I dunno… lifetime. It’s just to the point now where the plot lines are so convoluted and complicated that everytime I’ve tried to write it down I feel like I’m not doing it justice. I’m sure I can do it, afterall I did have three sections last fall and managed to write 50,082.

The fact that there’s only 10 days until November is unbelievable. Wasn’t it just July? Damn…

I want to poll my classes next week, see if they’re up for helping me with NaNoWriMo this semester. I’ll do the work, but use them for support and ideas. Hopefully I can finally get my story in print (even if it’s only on my computer). I’ve wanted to write this forever! I just don’t know where to begin. Maybe they can help me; I know my Friday class will be good for some cheap laughs. My Wednesday class might be too serious about the whole thing. Not sure about my Monday/Wednesday class; they have a tendancy to be flaky. I’ll keep you posted.

It’s also not helping that yesterday (today? I’m still on Wednesday time) was my niece’s 21st birthday. Now I’ve got three 21 and older: E, M, and Baby Girl. I’m not even 30 yet, I don’t feel old enough for this!