NanoWrimo Fail

I had made my second year attempt! and failed. It started off slow but I still had hope. For those of you who don't know what that is, its November's Novel Writing Month where you write a novel in a month and it has to have 50,000 words by the end. You dont win anything, you just getting a finished draft of a novel to work with, which is a step in a good direction.
It comes down to writing 1500 words a day, which I thought would be easy since in an hour I can smash out 1000. But if you miss a day....then another day, you're 3000 words behind and it lessens your chance at completing it. I had a rocky start.
October 31st we were out to pick up Martin's friend from the airport and when we had gotten in, we stayed up and gabbed a bit, so I, wanting to start of NaNoWriMo right, started writing right at midnight. Smashed out 500 words or more in a distracted mind set, but it was a good starting point. BUT that following night, I knew it was going to be an uphill climb. Andre, Martins friend, was staying in the living right by my work area, so it was hard to get around to even get to my desk, not keep our guest awake with my furious taping of the key board, and not be tired. We were out all day, then be home late so I was pretty beat after working and going out. This happened almost every night while Andre was down. So i missed a few days, but still wrote something. Then when he left I sat myself down every night and wrote and wrote and wrote but it felt like I could catch up. Not to mention my support group who were also doing it gave up as well. Martin said he'd start when Andre was gone, but decided it wasnt worth it. My brother Isaac just stopped because he had other non-job things to do. Steve ....well i dont even know what happened to him, he was so motivated at first! And Katie got a new job and also fell out of the running.
I got to about 10000 word or more before I did the math. I'd have to write over 3500 words a day to complete it in time. So I had to bow out of the running.
Its been different now, not writing at night. So I think I might work out continuing the Remastering of The Echoes, and get Fun Culture done. I like ending my night writing something and keeping warm by the computer, glancing over at Martin and watching him game.
Cheers mofos

My Year 2015

Around the beginning of the year, my boyfriend Martin and I went back home to visit for a few days. It was nice seeing everyone again and it really didn't feel like it's been more than a year since the last time I was down. I got to meet a few of Martin's friends and spend time with my grandpa whose not doing very well, but still kicking! When we had everyone at Brews and Cues, Cabana boy and Sam showed up and it was completely awesome to see them after two years! Even Cole showed up and hung out with us, met Martin, got to see my friends again since they all had fallen out of touch after I left. It was different seeing Matteo under the circumstances, the way we had left things and how things ended, he got to kind of meet Martin, but he was also busy seeing all his old friends who had showed. Matteo seemed like a good friend of mine at that time, not what he used to be for me, and I have to say, I think being close friends with him was what it was suppose to be, we could joke about our past and talk about our present with no hard feelings. Hanging out with everyone was just a blast!

When we returned to our home in New West, it was really like coming back to a home. Because of the time difference I make it my goal to wake up earlier (I had been struggling with getting a good nights rest and being able to wake up early. I felt like I wasted alot of my life sleeping) So I began waking up at 9 am then 8am and even as early as 7am. I started this routine to prepare myself for the TIU Bikiniseries that started in April! I would wake up (after 2-3 alarms) make coffee and watch some tv on netflix. I think we were still using the laptop for watching things since we only had a TV but no cable!

Right before Easter I got news my grandpa was taken to the hospital, he was coughing up blood and was placed in the terminal ward. I started to panic, it was a trip home I couldnt afford but knew I'd have to make and I wanted nothing more than to see my grandpa before he passed away. Of course my parents wouldnt let me, it was pointless to come and visit, then have to come back again if he passed away. So they told me to wait until he was gone to come back home. He got better. Miraculously. Thank God! I got to talk to him on Easter as well and see how he was doing. 

At this point in my life I was grateful for having a supportive boyfriend who was by my side and was there if I needed someone, I also had friends with me, new and old ones. My new ones, Amanda and Diora, are the friends that I've made that are now apart of my life. 

Amanda is that friend of mine, whose place I always go to and we play n64 for hours and drink wine. Or watch anime...and drink wine. Diora in the middle is who I work with, and we became instant best friends. She's my crazy to my logic. Working in a mall has helped me make friends and I gotta say, I do enjoy working in a mall. We go out after work for beers with the security guys, we know all the dramas that go on, we meet so many different people. The mall life lol. 

Other than that, life is pretty solid. Martin and I traveled out to the interior for May long weekend, and it makes me wanna move out that way. Once I become a successful author, I'll live out in Summerland and enjoy the dryness and the valley. 

I usual life routine consists of waking up before 8 (since it's always different) have a coffee, sometimes I work out, sometimes I just chill. I go to work, eat my prepared meals, (no one chicken cuz i realized I fucking hate chicken and was just wasting it) usually, chili, stew, steak, salmon or eggs. After I come home, write or game, stream on Twitch (right now only Martin) On my days off I clean and meal prep. Maybe hike with my brother or off to hang with Katie, my newest friend, where we chill and I cuddle with her cat Harli. 

I look back and see the life ive made so far.,...and its pretty fantastic. I still talk to everyone from Windsor, I still talk to my parents. When my friends need me, I'm there for them. (Baker and Ayla going thru break ups and they call so we chat. I snapchat Jen and Chelsey to keep her in the loop of my life, and all the funny shit that happens.

My life is playing out nicely and Im enjoying every moment!

Hello, it's me (probably the most overused phrase atm lol)

So it's been awhile! I had to take a break from blogging since I couldn't keep it up on a regular basis, plus I was also getting thefunculture.com website up and running. Yet I seem to go in and out of bouts of consistency with interests. Tons of stuff have happened in my life like moving into a bigger apartment then obtaining furniture, making permanent friends (I hope) I started with two and have recently made a third friend (they're actually from Windsor as well!) And this past summer was spent travelling BC, heading to the interior and having friends and family visit (Jen and Allan, my mom and dad, Baker and her girlfriend, Andre, Heath and Marc Baker, Alex and Mike) there was alot going on this past year!
My next post will have photos, this post is straight from my phone. I may not be as frequent on this right now since I'm currently doing NaNoWriMo for the second year, and also the remastering of The Echoes. I will do my best!

Cheers for now!