Day 17...update

Whew! And let me say again. Whew. I've dodged a bullet. Turns out the coffee dud I drank this morning came from a package of coffee that I had opened this morning...the same brand I've been using forever....and I'm happy to say that it was stale! Yippeeeee. Hurrah! I checked the expiry date on the package and it was almost 2 years ago......even though I just bought the package 2 weeks ago at one of my favourite Italian grocery stores. So I opened another fresh package of coffee (expiry date in six days) and praise all that can be praised....it worked beautifully. I'm enjoying it now. Dark. Rich. Aromatic. And most of all....nice and buzzy. Just how I like it.

The exhiliaration and creativity has already kicked in, as evidenced by the fact that I'm
-updating my blog
-making up my christmas card list and writing my yearly christmas letter
-doing the laundry
-creating some groovy dance tracks on my GarageBand software
-knitting a christmas stocking in multi-colours
-and working on my novel

And all of these above items are being done at the SAME time. I'm weeping with gratitude. Chris Baty, director and big kahuna of nanowrimo, sent out a grain of 'good-luck' sand to all nanowrimo participants this morning in his e-mail message, and I can testify that my grain definitely worked.

Things I learned today...
-espresso rocks again
-always read the expiry date on the bottom of the package
-if you can't make out the expiry date....just leave it and walk on by