So many words - so incoherent...

Hit the halfway point today. 25247 - so just over. Two days early! I tell you... it's been crazy again.

Have I mentioned that people on the train smell? I've been really unlucky with that yesterday and today. One of the smelly guys was also twitchy and we thought we might have to call for medical help.

The weekend was really productive again. I did 2700 words on Saturday and finished before the power in our place went out for 4 hours. I backed up. There was a live wire that went down about half a block from our place. The surge was really bad. We thought we had lost the amp, our TV and Addie's computer. But after they figured out how to fix it ("Does somebody have a bypass in their truck?" - There were six SoCal Edison trucks there. Someone better have a bypass) and the power came back on in full, everything was fine. That was a sucky moment. Like Monday.

The Time change kicked my butt this year. i fell asleep on the train while writing on Monday morning. And Monday afternoon. I only got 320 words out on Monday. I made up for it today with over 2600 words. I need to make up for it again tomorrow. I case you're keeping score, right now, quotas are mattering again.

I've gotten into a new area and it feels a bit like week one all over again: I'm dazed and confused... But I think I'm finding my way again. Like Grasshopper, I'm learning patience. And when to just hang-it-all, forge ahead and ramble quasi-incoherently until the magic happens.

More soon...