daily writing, my babies are learning!

Oh NaNo, you minx. You tempt me every year, and every year, I fail to complete an original novel. Well, I managed way back in 2008, but I have since deleted that manuscript. I really think the way to go (for me) is to set a daily word count goal and try and write a little something every day. I'm really enjoying writing comforting winter fics. I also wrote stuff for work, which I am absolutely counting. Yesterday, my November word count tipped over 20,000. I am, as the kids say, happy.

On the subject of The Kids, my students continue to be a dream. Sometimes that dream is anxiety-ridden, sometimes it's a nightmare because they are messy little humans, but I was struck today by how lucky I am to have found the career that suits me, and that even on the hardest days, I find joy in working with the kids. Even when they are total assholes. They were great today. One little guy asks me the hardest questions -- everything from why we have to use the perfect tenses to why we are here on earth. Today he wanted to know if all Americans can speak fast. I'm not entirely sure what he was getting at. Something about reading fluency rates, I think. But I so look forward to seeing this kiddo because it's always interesting.