[quote=@mdk]
I'm staying ahead of schedule a little, but maybe not enough..... had a big weekend planned in Oklahoma, but it looks like the weather might not cooperate. If that's the case, then I just stay home and write and cross that finish line easy-peasy. But if I do go, I'm losing like two whole writing days, so I need to like..... recover preemptively. The 30th would royally suck otherwise.
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I'm going to be in the mountains for the weekend, and on Sunday I have to do my homework (Hah, why would I do that now?). So I have to be ready for that. I should be just fine at this pace, though. The main fear I have is that I won't be able to finish it all before midnight on the 30th, since I generally stay up until 12:30 or so writing on my phone. I'm maintaining a firm lead in words, though, so I'm optimistic. Wishing you luck, you've managed some amazing comebacks, and I have no doubts that you'll be able to make it!

So today I finally finished the long conversation about the history of war and shared experiences, and have now moved on to The Bit Where The Spy Defects. Which'll be fun to write, because he and the alien have become great friends as they discover the majority of human culture together, and he has been ordered to kill her. I also put down another line that just screams "HEY GUYS GUESS WHAT MY OPINION ON THE REFUGEE CRISIS IS?"

I love blatant political commentary that will someday get me death threats.