Well, we finally got a bit of rain early this morning (like 3 a.m. early) and the wind gusted and my power went out at about 4. I know because I have a UPS (uninterrupted power supply) for my desktop computer, router, and DSL modem, and it has an annoying beep that never fails to wake me up and keep me awake until either it runs out of backup power, the power comes back on, or I shut it off.
I didn’t feel like getting up this morning, so it kept me from drifting back to sleep for about an hour, and then of course, five minutes after it goes off, the light I turned on when I thought about going to shut it down comes on and startles the crap out of me before it goes right back out. I thought I turned it out, but apparently not. I clicked it off one more time so it wouldn’t come on again if the power returned and went back to sleep.
Yesterday had a high in the low 70s (Fahrenheit). Today the high is supposed to be 46.
And boy can I tell. It is cold.
Now I need to write for 8 hours today, because I’ve been behind my goal word count every day since I started my plan to finish this book.
At this point, here’s what I need to finish by 11/29/2016, which is the (modified) date I’d like to finish: 3,859 words a day (average).
Here’s what I need to do today:
3,859 words to go
6.00 hours planned
– hours completed
643 wph needed
And here’s what I want to do:
6,164 words to go
8.00 hours planned
– hours completed
770 wph needed
I’ll settle for the one and be ecstatic with the other.