NaNoWriMo and Allergy Brain

Hello all!

November has begun and so has the anticipated yet at the same time dreaded event - NaNoWriMo. After getting off to a slow start, I wrote close to 3,000 words yesterday and caught up to the suggested word count for the day. Today, however, I'm having a small case of writer's block. One moment my brain is vomiting ideas faster than I can type them and the next... poof. Gone. It's slightly infuriating and I find myself desperately looking for distractions, but stumble on in the end. Last year I failed miserably, quitting after a week, but hopefully I'll actually reach the daunting 50,000 word goal this year. Wish me luck!

I have also recently found myself having to deal with my seasonal allergies. Coughing I can deal with. Sore throats I can deal with. I'm even ok with a stuffy nose. But a runny nose? I do believe that a runny nose is the most annoying ailment to deal with. A constant flow of mucus that you can't seem to stop... and then after you recover, you're left with a sore, red nose from dealing with the runny-ness. It's so irritating!

Allergy brain is also been plaguing me. Going throughout the day, only half aware of what is happening on account of my foggy brain... alas, life goes on and drags my allergy-ridden self along with it.

I hope you all are having a good week!

Much love,

Andrea

Catching up...

Hello all!

I apologize for the long absence. Every day is crazier than the last and blogging was far from my mind.

I'm getting really pumped about going off to college. Ever since I got accepted at Mississippi State, stuff has been falling into place college wise. I took the ACT again and got almost exactly the same score as the first time - only a point different! I took that as a sign from God that it's time to stop.

School has been... well, school. I'm doing pretty well in the classes that I'm taking at a local community college (which is good). One day, one of my fellow classmates (and fellow dual-enrolled homeschoolers!) mentioned that he, another person, and I were all still in high school and all homeschooled. One of my classmates looked at him and said, "But you three are the smartest in the class!" Needless to say, that comment boosted my confidence a bit.

Right now, I'm just trying to finish everything so that I can finally graduate this spring. I've gotten a bit off track recently so I'm slowly cutting out my biggest distractions. It's not easy, but it's helping a lot.

And lastly, I got my driver's license about a month ago! After suffering through driver's ed and long, crazy car rides with my parents, I finally felt ready. So, on my 18th birthday, I did it! It was nerve wracking and the instructor's attitudes did not help in the slightest, but I did it! I think my mom is the happiest. I can now run errands for her and drive myself places without having to have her in the car with me.

I'm going to try to update more regularly from now on. Ha! We'll see how that goes!

Much love,

Andrea