My lower back is killing me, and I now have a sinus cold only days after I kicked the first cold. The only things that got me through today were chatting with t! over email, and a playlist of A-ha and live Metallica from the S&M album (which worked surprisingly well together).

Total word count, ESTC: 23,604
Total words today: 1,601

23,604 / 50,000 (47.2%)

Now Chapter Nine has stuff in it too. Both it and Chapter Eight need more, of course, but now they aren’t as lonely and jealous of the other chapters. And I’m nine hundred words away from next Friday’s goal.

I need to go take more sinus medication and lie down on the floor for a while to straighten out my back.