the procrastination

Procrastination, I am terrible for it.

Tonight, my last loyal NaNoWriMo buddy came over to raise our word count and hang out.  After playing a game that could only be described as Where's Waldo meets cats, he got down to business and started tapping away at his keyboard while listening to (and I'm taking a wild guess here) the soundtrack to Lord of the Rings.  Then there was myself, determined to find the last few cats or anything else that could further my distraction.  Facebook was an obvious choice, but my friends tend to stop updating once the clock strikes midnight so I went to OhNoTheyDidnt and discovered the same problem.  Back to Facebook and then every other bookmark found at the top of Chrome.  Only then did I even consider opening up my story.

Once that was done, of course I had to check Facebook again.

Eventually I started writing.  Well reading.  I needed to remind myself where I had left off.  In previous years because of my busy work schedule and desire to still maintain somewhat of a personal life, I needed to be more disciplined with my writing schedule.  This meant I had to write a little bit each day.  I also took better notes and planned things to some degree.  This year, because there was less pressure, I did less of well, all of the above.  Now I write every few days and tend to forget where specifically my characters were and what they were up to.  If they were children, child services would've taken them away long ago.

At this point, I'm ready to write.  But my writing buddy is excited to share a bit of his story with me.  Of course his story sounds so much more interesting than anything I have come up with so I eagerly listen to his recent plot developments.  Then we bounce a few ideas around, I ask a few questions and after a short break, he's back to tapping away at the keyboard.

Now where was I?  Of yes, writing!

Finally, over an hour after we started 'writing' I am finally putting words on the screen.  Of course, it comes and I get into my story and find my groove.  But of course after awhile I realize, it's almost 4am, and I really should get some sleep.  But not until I update my word count on my NaNoWriMo profile (click it...) then check Facebook and a few other sites.

And the funny thing is, this blog and the above are simply me procrastinating again.  This time, avoiding sleep.