Pure O<\/a>” variety of OCD.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI’ve done this every November since 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obviously, the middle part of that sequence was rather tumultuous, but I finally feel like I can really just focus on relaxing writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year’s writing, however, is going to be a bit different than it has been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My November (and I really hate putting it that way…if I’m here, and you’re here, doesn’t it make it our November, Mr. Hand?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But doing this every day helps keep me focused on what’s to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE\nNational Weather Service Baltimore MD\/Washington DC\n1048 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023\n\nDCZ001-MDZ003>006-008-011-013-014-016>018-503>508-VAZ028-030-031-\n036>040-050-051-053>057-501-502-505-506-526-527-WVZ051>053-012300-\n\/O.CON.KLWX.FZ.W.0012.231102T0300Z-231102T1400Z\/\nDistrict of Columbia-Washington-Frederick MD-Carroll-\nNorthern Baltimore-Cecil-Southern Baltimore-Prince Georges-\nAnne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-Calvert-Northwest Montgomery-\nCentral and Southeast Montgomery-Northwest Howard-\nCentral and Southeast Howard-Northwest Harford-Southeast Harford-\nFrederick VA-Warren-Clarke-Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison-\nRappahannock-Orange-Culpeper-Fairfax-\nArlington\/Falls Church\/Alexandria-Stafford-Spotsylvania-\nKing George-Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Western Loudoun-\nEastern Loudoun-Northwest Prince William-\nCentral and Southeast Prince William\/Manassas\/Manassas Park-\nMorgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-\nIncluding the cities of Washington, Hagerstown, Frederick,\nBallenger Creek, Eldersburg, Westminster, Reisterstown,\nCockeysville, Elkton, Baltimore, Bowie, Suitland-Silver Hill,\nClinton, College Park, Greenbelt, Laurel, Camp Springs,\nGlen Burnie, Annapolis, Severn, South Gate, Severna Park, Arnold,\nOdenton, St. Charles, Waldorf, Lexington Park, California,\nChesapeake Beach, Huntingtown, Dunkirk, North Beach, Lusby,\nPrince Frederick, Germantown, Damascus, Bethesda, Rockville,\nGaithersburg, Silver Spring, Lisbon, Columbia, Ellicott City,\nJarrettsville, Aberdeen, Winchester, Front Royal, Berryville,\nLovingston, Charlottesville, Stanardsville, Madison, Orange,\nGordonsville, Culpeper, Reston, Herndon, Annandale, Centreville,\nChantilly, McLean, Franconia, Arlington, Alexandria,\nFalls Church, Falmouth, Fredericksburg, Dahlgren, Warrenton,\nTurnbull, Purcellville, Leesburg, Ashburn, Sterling, Haymarket,\nDale City, Manassas, Woodbridge, Lake Ridge, Montclair, Paw Paw,\nMartinsburg, Charles Town, and Shepherdstown\n1048 AM EDT Wed Nov 1 2023\n\n...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO\n10 AM EDT THURSDAY...\n\n* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 expected.\n\n* WHERE...Portions of central, north central, northeast, northern\n and southern Maryland, The District of Columbia, central,\n northern and northwest Virginia and the eastern panhandle of West\n Virginia.\n\n* WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 10 AM EDT Thursday.\n\n* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other\n sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor\n plumbing.\n\nPRECAUTIONARY\/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...\n\nTake steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent\nfreezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should\nbe wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have\nin-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-\nground pipes to protect them from freezing.<\/pre>\n\n\n\nSo tonight’s the night it gets really cold for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanksgiving dinner ordered and paid for from a local restaurant. Travel to see family up next. Events scheduled. Any day now, there might be snow flying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But can I do the stuff I’ve planned to do, and<\/strong> relax some?<\/p>\n\n\n\nIt’s going to be difficult. On the other hand, I suppose I could be in a much worse situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I shouldn’t think that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Takes commitment to change that way of thinking. So, too, does doing things like avoiding worty dirds. I was listening to Based Politics<\/a> earlier today, and Hannah was talking about how she doesn’t watch her mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI’ve put forth an effort, lately, to clean up my language. Not because I think that there’s anything inherently wrong, but I worry (part of the myriad mental issues?) that doing so reduces your message’s effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So the writing is just another thing I can do to improve myself<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMaybe there’ll be something to give thanks for towards the end of the month. Maybe, not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I’m going to try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And we’re off…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Another November, another opportunity to express the compulsive part of my OCD affliction. I don’t know if I’ve written here before, and I’m too unmotivated to go check, but I have the “Pure O” variety of OCD. I’ve done this every November since 2010. Obviously, the middle part of that sequence was rather tumultuous, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-journal-writers-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}