Hmm. So I booted up my computer, thinking I'm so awfully tired and that I can no longer even call it a joke when I say I'm "looking like the Zombie Soccer Mom from Suburban Hell" because these late nights are taking their toll. And I was thinking, all right, tonight I will only type my minimum words count, which, according to my calculations is now 1775 a night, but after a cup of Lady Grey and a few Grasshoppers, I'm actually feeling a bit more perky. My math is as follows: (Total Number of Words Required - Total Number of Words Already Written) / Total Number of Days Left. (Duh!)

For me, the big thing here is that "total number of days left" = 20. Not 25. Thanksgiving, which comes at pretty much the end of the month this year, always gets in the way, and there is no chance in the world, between all the cooking and other holiday events requiring my attention, that I will get any writing done. Trust me. Having done NaNoWriMo for a few years, I have learned - the hard way - to count several days out for Thanksgiving.

So, I'm setting my word goal for tonight at 2000. A bit more than needed, but I think I can do it. I'll see if I can make it, or if I crash and burn.