13 listopadu

My father's birthday. He would have been 83.

Today: 2700, and I didn't get back to writing yesterday, so 4400 for the weekend (and I doubt I'll get another chance tonight). Chapter 5 total: 3300, novel total,24 100. I'm about one days' work behind where I wanted to be today.

Accomplished today: the music tutor and the viola and the other kids' violins: preparations for the embarrassing Midwinter celebration performances.Currently, Yanek is not embarrassed about them, he thinks it's really very cool. I stopped just before Yanek discovers that Yuri the chauffeur has been sent back to the country, leaving him with nobody he can confide in (the other children's nurse is relatively kind to him, but she's not his confidant). The rest of the chapter is that, and the midwinter celebrations, and a really confusing bit with a priest, and an absolutely mortifying bit with Yanek's brothers-by-blood.

And sometime today I need to go to the nanowrimo website and hook up with my friends. I haven't done it yet, but it's not meant to be a slight. Just me being a flake as usual.