NaNoWriMo Day 4

Well, it's been a busy day, but not writing, unfortunately for my NanoNovel. I added a paltry few words this evening, but also managed to see a good many fireworks. My word allowance will still be waiting for me tomorrow, but the fireworks won't be.

We went to a public display, but didn't pay to go in. Instead, we pressed our nose to the chainlink fence along with the rest of the undeserving poor; who would pay £4 a head for their feeble display? Well, actually, quite a few people. We returned to see that our neighbours in the field had a bonfire blazing and a good deal of alcohol flowing, as well as an exceedingly large stack of fireworks laid by ready to keep the neighbourhood awake. Tosh went off to get fish and chips for his tea, but I went over to the field to enjoy the show. We had already taken a bottle of wine over with a card for Eva, who will be sixty-something tomorrow. We arranged for the possibility of her feeding out cats over Christmas, too, as Ryanair's flights to Friedrichshafen have suddenly plummeted in cost for the Festive Season, and we are now booked for a (hopefully) white Christmas in Bavaria.

The only reason I made it to today's NaNo word count was because I also included excerpts from the blog (which spell check wants to change to 'bog') as it fits a key character. Some other day, I'll work around the blog bits and make them fit properly, but for now, I had to bung in stuff from the last four days before I forgot it. My key character has plenty of aspects of me for convenience, so that I don't have to make up too much stuff - I'm far too busy making up everyone else for that! My actual life is nothing like hers, but we are currently 'enjoying' shared dental experiences and I've just given her a stinking cold for good measure. Some of my other characters have already started running the show, which is very naughty of them, but at least it means I don't have to think of anything for them to do. One or two completely new bods wandered in whilst I was busy elsewhere, but I certainly didn't invite them. They don't seem to want to go away, though, so I suppose they can stay, if they keep themselves in enough trouble to be interesting.

Right, well, I'm very tired, having enjoyed a spot of Beirut in Clacton for the evening (and I caught that cold from my character, curses on her), so I'm off to bed. The cold hasn't helped my NaNoWriMo word allowance on either, so thank goodness for a dull four days' worth of blog, as although the ideas are there, I can't type for long without having a teeth-crushing sneezing fit. I expect it will go tomorrow, and I will be able to type for England.

Night night!