Work is talking about giving me a laptop so that I can do work on the train. Now you might think to yourself that this is a dick move, but it's actually quite helpful. If I get a laptop, I don't have to stay at work until 6 or later and I might actually get home at a reasonable time.

What that means is that I won't be working on my manuscript, though. I've been trying to bust out as much as I can this week. I have 80,720 words, 6000 of which are from my previous short story (I checked). That means I've written 74,000 words since I started writing. I'm over the 2/3 mark. I'm looking at wrapping up around chapter 70 (if I end on chapter 69, it is in no way intentional).

I have finished chapters 1-48 inclusive, including finishing a weak chapter with Mickey and Christian and revising a chapter with Seth and Ahmed. I still have a few corrections/additions to make (that I don't count as revision because I'm not rereading those chapters, I just think to myself, "If Dawn is getting all this money, wouldn't she quit her job?" [The answer being no, because she's going to make a shitload in tips during the world series.])

So, will I meet my goal and finish my manuscript before next year (thus averting my abandonment of my chosen profession)? More than likely. Will it be in the next few weeks? That's looking more and more doubtful.

...now if I could just get Jen out of the bathroom so I could pee and go to bed!