A Great Day... but with a wee bit of disappointing news.

Ah, what a lovely day!

University is on break for the Thanksgiving holidays, I got to sleep in today for the first time in a long while, and I have nothing to do today besides whatever strikes my fancy.

When one has a schedule as busy as I, days like this are joyous, indeed!

The only thing marring the glad state of things is the unfortunate problem I'm having with my right arm.

On Saturday, while working on staging scenes for an opera, a colleague and I got a little to enthusiastic about a quick exit we had to make off the stage, resulting in an unhappy accident. Said accident has left me with a bruised radius, which thankfully did not cause a stress fracture as well. This makes it painful to open doors and jars, carry objects in my right hand, play the piano and type.

Sadly, this leaves me unable to complete NaNoWriMo this year, as typing with one hand is  exceptionally slow. I'm a bit upset about it, but not too upset, as it means I won't have to make the mad dash to get caught up over break that I was planning on.

Honestly, I wasn't doing too well this year, especially with all the troubles we've been having with Dad's health, but who is also doing much better now! Thanks for your prayers!

As it stands, my word count is currently at 10,784. I think that's still a respectable bit of writing, considering. I'm really enjoying the story, so I know that I'm in no danger of letting it fall to the wayside just because NaNo will be over.

I'm actually thinking of posting it here in bits, much like Seraphic is doing over at her blog, in order to help keep my momentum up. That is, provided I have reader feedback. It is very helpful to have feedback, especially when you hit a rough spot and you're tempted to think, "Gah! This is just rubbish anyway! Who would even read this?" and then give up.

I think I'm less inclined to let that happen in this case, but if you feel so inspired, feel free to leave comments in my comm box. :D They'll be much appreciated!

Now, I must let my hand rest for a little while, and then I may post the first bit later on.

If I don't blog again, I'd like to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers!