Night of Writing Dangerously.

This day turned out to be busier than expected after a dull weekend. It was the Primary presentation at church today, so that was fun and entertaining.

Kim stayed up late writing her novel and watching Sando play Left for Dead 2 (now with more slaughter!), so it was hard to get her out of bed and functioning this morning, and after church we both needed a nap.

Rachel came over at 4 and woke us up! She said Ash has been sick and she was leaving him home to sleep, and she came to our house so their place would be quiet. She sat in the living room and played Animal Crossing to entertain me while I knitted! It was great!

Sando picked up Kim to go get a burger at Sonic because she has never eaten there. It opened after she left for college in the Fall. They were planning to come back to our house to work on their Nanowrimo novels after they ate.

Then Rondee called and said that Joe was sleeping and she wanted to take the baby out of the house for a while so he wouldn't disturb his dad. She wondered if they could come to our house? Their little boy is the cutest thing, and he is no trouble at all. He walked around looking at everything, Rachel kept playing AC, and we all talked, mostly about the Primary presentation, because Rondee is the music leader in the Primary.

Rondee stayed for an hour or so, and then as she was leaving, Kim and Sando came home, and settled in on the couch to write. They declared that they were having a Night of Writing Dangerously, and they were going to sit there and write until they each finished 5,000 words!

Rachel went on home, Rich came home from an evening meeting, and I played Animal Crossing to entertain them while they wrote. They said AC was okay because it wasn't distracting, but it was just something there for company. They wrote and wrote, and just got up to get another Mountain Dew, or for a potty break. They said they were going to write 5,000 words before midnight, and when I came to work at 10:30, they were almost done!

Here they are:



They are amazing! They have worked so hard on this! This is their fourth attempt, and it's the first time that Sando has come this close to finishing! He's going to do it! He's only got 5,000 words to go after tonight, to reach his goal of 50,000! Kim finished a 50,000 word novel the first year they participated, but has had too much homework the last two years, and had to drop out. She's behind Sando right now, but she should be able to finish by the end of the month. I am so impressed by their determination!