I spent a lot more time at home than I normally do on a Saturday, it was odd. The not so pleasant weather kicked in around 3pm I guess, and Simon was called into work where he remained until after 11pm. I was fast asleep by then though, and had been for awhile.
I went to bed early, lol I needed the sleep (hell, I still feel like I need the sleep) and started reading a book, only to wake up a half hour later with the edges pressing into my face. It speaks nothing of the quality of the book, just of the fact that I really was very tired.
I dreamed a lot about babies. Mostly I was buying baby things, looking around shops, trying to decide what to spend my limited money on. I had some vouchers (vouchers rock!). In my dream my baby was going to be a girl, so I was looking at girlie things. I sometimes think that girls get the better end of the deal when it comes to clothing/toys/decorations, but maybe I just haven’t looked in the right places.
Anyway… dreams are just dreams. I can honestly say that I no longer have a gender preference, I’ll be totally blessed with whatever it is.
I managed to get to 28,057 words last night!
I didn’t think I was going to make it, but I did meet my goal and then added enough words to cross over into 28K territory. I did so with the goal of trying to get 2000 words out today and hit the 30K mark while there are still a few days left in the month. I don’t intend to have any days off any time soon, but I think I might allocate one in there somewhere and say that I am going to get to 35K for sure before August hits and I’m into the End is Nigh challenge – to complete the second draft of this novel.
This is a much bigger goal than any of the smaller ones I set myself last year. And the only reason I ‘won’ was because I opted for something smaller that wasn’t on my list originally – I was way too tied up in school work to be focused enough on the real writing tasks.
This year I intend to win with the task I’ve set myself, though I have a couple back up projects that also need ‘finishing’ just in case 
Also, last night, on one of the many occasions that I was awake I started thinking about a story idea that I had ages ago during the Dictionary: Impossible challenge we had back in Feb 07. The title of the story is Mocha Nihilism, and I loved the idea at the time, just wasn’t sure how to write it.
I am getting more ideas for it now. And I am also thinking that I might slot it in for Januarys New Year Novella challenge (Link to last years challenge details, the new one won’t be up for a few months yet). Though it means I am starting to see a theme in my novellas – they all start out in coffee shops! lol
Looking back on Dictionary:Impossible, I also realized that I had made use of The Hollow idea already as well. While I had completely forgotten about the challenge until Chibi brought it up, on reading through my post again it struck me that The Hollow is pretty much the novel I wrote for SoCNoC this year, without even realizing it. My main character is just coming up to her 18th birthday, strange things are going on with her, and her family is in on some pretty big secrets. Cept I ended up calling her Roma, not Jennifer lol. Oh well… things change.
Anyway… better get on with my writing for the day!
I have to agree that sometimes it seems as if girls get the better end of the decorations/clothing/toys/etc… spectrum. However, it also depends on how gender-specific you act and where you look for stuff. A lot of things that are available now are for both genders, too.
It’s weird how you can come up with a story idea, forget about it, and then write it a while later without even realizing where it came from. I’m glad you’re giving Mocha Nihilism another try, because your post said you found it to be the most interesting one. I have no idea if I’ll do the January challenge. Must think of some ideas!