5K-a-Day Challenge Kerri's Day #9 Results

Brain Jumble, anyone?

Well, as we close in on the eve of our last day of the challenge, I'm still falling further and further behind. And my brain is feeling like the jumble of letters, numbers, and characters above.

This road trip really did me in with the last few days of this challenge. Too many distractions and not enough of our home routine to keep me in the green on my daily word count goals.

Cera had asked something about how I keep this up all the time with two small babies...the truth is...I really don't. I have good days and bad days and this challenge just goes to show that. But I have managed to push through the stall out I was having on this novel prior to the challenge.

Plus, today I'm proud to report that I've reached the 50% complete mark on my WIP and I'm super happy about that. It is all about the small victories sometimes.

Here's how I did today...


11:27 a.m.
Just now got baby down for a nap and things are far from settled or quiet around here. Suffered with "connection interruptus" this morning which took two hours to repair on my host's internet router. Can someone say, ugh?

Now it is almost lunch time and I'm still not on the writing track. I knew it wouldn't be easy these last couple days of the challenge due to being out of town but absolutely nothing is going as planned.

Will try to get at least half today—that way I won't have to run screaming through the streets. Or, I might just do that anyway. We'll see.

11:46 a.m. Update
Not bad. I made it to 751 just now. Need to go adjust my contact lens and attempt to move the sleeping baby into his play pen. I fear this may disrupt the applecart but wish me luck!

3:37 p.m. Update
One applecart disaster later...plus a long lunch, chasing of kids around with a dozen balloons that grandparents brought in for fun (?) and I've got the 3 year old down for a nap—toddler is fighting the suggestion of another nap but he's watching Elmo for the moment. I'm back and trying desperately to write and just got to 1481 words.

And that's all she wrote today...literally. That's all she wrote, folks. See you tomorrow.