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I was so good today and got out of bed by 8.30am. At noon I went out to Hunter Park, met Nalo there to ride a train. Got back at 1.20pm. At 2pm, I decided, a short nap couldn't hurt, and I'm out of bed at 5.30pm.

I feel like complete crud right now because my body feels like it didn't get enough sleep and I'm kinda mad because I had such difficulty sleeping last night. Like, constant tossing and turning.

>_< I'm going to go a whole week without napping next week. I really want to set a pattern where I go to campus in the morning until noon, come home, eat lunch, rest, then head back out around 4pm to continue working.

NaNoWriMo ideas

So... on Facebook I was like "porn? romance novel? YA novel? Hmmm" and everyone was like "ALL OF THEM" except I am not suicidal and I don't think people understood that each phrase meant a completely different idea that would be difficult to overlap while still maintaining cohesion. Also it will have to be written alongside a dissertation prospectus. I aim to use NaNo for getting started on a new manuscript, not necessarily to hit the 50k wordcount (which from past experience I know is possible, even when I'm doing seminars and TA'ing at the same time, hence why I just dropped off from doing it the last couple of years... and the trouble of getting downtown to events here is a HUGE turn-off. However, there appears to be a pretty strong contingent of UCR students so I may try to rally with them instead).

So if any of you were curious as to which ideas I'm currently wrestling with, here they are ( under a cut to save your f-list )

The only time I will attempt to lose weight

My jeans no longer fit well >:{ And this after I patched them up so nicely!! I've also bought some new blouses which need long trousers, and winter is coming. I guess I WILL cut down on cookies this fall and try to work out more now that I'm no longer in seminars.

If I lose just three inches off the waist I'll be fairly happy. And maybe some cardio exercise will help with the fatigue as well.