NoMoreWriMo

Well, everyone, it's officially December 1st.
This means several things.
It means that there are only a few short weeks (which will undoubtedly feel like months) until Christmas.
It means that snow is soon to be covering the ground.
It means Starbucks is serving delicious Christmas flavored coffees.
It means that adorable Christmas lights and decorations and trees are being put up everywhere.
It means that Pomplamoose Christmas Hyundai commercials are being sprinkled throughout the breaks in your television shows.
It means that in 16 days, it will be time for Project for Awesome and spam-wowing countless Youtube charity videos while watching hilarious Youtubers talk to you for 48 hours straight and neglecting to study for your finals.
And this year, for the first in my life, it means that I am an official NaNoWriMo winner.
This novel that I have made a priority over sleep, hygiene, homework, life in general . . . it is now over 50,000 words long, leaving me feeling extremely accomplished and very unsure of what to do with all my time now that it's over.
Of course, my novel isn't finished, and it won't be finished for a while. But without a deadline like I had during November, and without the excuse to pull all-nighters and ignore everything I should be doing because I have to meet my word count goal, this novel is going to be much more difficult and much less crazy to write. Which is simultaneously good and bad.
Although I do really enjoy this novel, it was difficult enough during NaNoWriMo to find the motivation to write it. But it there's one thing I've learned about writing, it's that you can be completely bored with your novel one minute, and absolutely in love with it the next. And during the boring, exhausting parts, you just have to slog through and know that the excitement is waiting, ready to pounce on you at any moment. Same with anything you do. Nothing is fun all the time. But the really great things are worth the boring parts.
Now, if you'll excuse me, it's 4:30 am and I haven't slept much this past week.
Not that I'm tired. I just kind of feel obligated to sleep.

Song of the Day: Deck the Halls- Pomplamoose Version
Currently (re)reading: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray