NaNoWriMo 16 - The first living

Of course, I can write 2,000 words a day and yes, I still join NaNoWriMo. Finishing the story might take linger as the month of November. The story I write will finish itself at a certain point. It is not up too me. I never intended to join this, writing 50k words in a month again. Actually, the #MarchMadness story is finished although it has an open end. No problem to me it gives the reader (me) something to think about.
What I intended after I said I would join @mariannewest is to make it myself easier, to write a ling freewrite till my time is up. I can do that, easily do it. No one reads it so I can write whatever I like. You cannot imagine how great that feels.
What does not feel great is I always start late, too late it gives me less opportunity to think while writing. Less than two hours left before I go to bed so I need to write like a maniac to get these words.
You know what? While I write this I think about how to continue the story I already wrote and the part I wrote earlier, after one or two pm. This is not the right time for me to start but I had other things to do. I needed to catch up. Answer comments and did this for hours. I needed to recover so I decided to type slowly (no I am not at this moment). I went out with the wolves and the sun shone. Thanks to the night frost most of the terrible smell (no not smell it stinks and my laundry is spoiled) is gone. We enjoyed it outside and two wolved fought in the mind while I cleaned up dogshit. I assure you it smells a hundred times better as the sheep shit with all the ammonia.
I spike the eldest and my daughter by WhatsApp told them about the youngest's choice. The youngest is still enthusiastic and filled out all forms. Already from a young age one, they do it themselves. I even taught them my handwriting. They can sign for me or on each other's papers for me. It is good to make them independent for the moment I drop dead. The biggest fear of a single parent is your children can not take care of themselves if something happens to you.
I can assure you they can. They do the laundry, wash the dishes, can cook and... there is another butter cake in the oven. The oven did not burn this one we checked it every 5 minutes and even that they can do and... they always close the gas after using it.
We close everything, same with the tap of the washing machine. It is a good habit.
At the moment it smells great inside. Perhaps not in every room but at least the kitchen and small living. Buttercake. We better cut small pieces because this is not good food if you want to lose weight. We still struggle but it goes up and down and it is hard to eat less as I already do. I try because I still need to work on my 6-pack (good they sell it in the supermarket). Next week on Tuesday I have an appointment with my specialist. He gave me his private number and sounded ill, kept coughing. I hope he is better at the time I see him. I am not looking forward to catching something nasty and this did not sound good.
If you do not like to catch a cold, be part of an epidemic, the flue, etc stay as much as you can away from people and keep the temperature in your environment, especially your bedroom, low. No need to keep it as low as mine (which is the temp of a fridge) but it is unhealthy to sleep in a heated bedroom. Viruses and bacteria love heated places. Your room or body make them multiply and change fast.

Today's daily prompt is "leather shoes".

I was lucky I could load @mariannewest her account and read it. My first thought was: Do people still wear leather shoes? Most don't they wear synthetic kinds, plastic. Good for sweaty feet, not elegant but less painful for the feet. Snickers, sports shoes, I do not wear them. I don't like them and I only have one pair of shoes. Leather indeed. Half boots. I do not wear shoes inside my house, outside in the garden I wear farm boots and if I go to town I wear boots. They are not really comfortable driving my car. The nose of the shoe frequently gets stuck underneath the "dashboard" part. If I drive long distances I only wear socks. It is saver. Most cars are not built for tall people. If you did not know it yet: the Dutch people are the tallest in the world.
It is because of the great food we have. It is full of additives and all kinds of ingredients that should not be in food but we are used to it. Because we are used to it we like it and because we are lazy and cannot cook or bake we eat it. Only if you cannot lay your hands on it you make it yourself. That is why we bake butter cake. It is not available where we live and it does not take long (with a normal oven) to make it. No matter if the shops sell it we can eat it. That will be different if it comes to leather shoes. They are more healthy for your feet but you need leather to make them and leather is skin from an animal, cow or pig. Now we all are forced to be a vegetarian and we have hardly animals left we have to wear plastic shoes, a plastic jacket and we sit on a plastic chair. Plastic is not good for your health or the environment but you cannot have everything.

This is my entry to the daily 5-minute freewrite. If you like to join see @mariannewest.

Both cried.

The stone in silence, silver dripped over it. The boy who became a man out of relief he found his friend back, knew the first living did exist, it was not a fairy tale after all.
His healing hands turned out to be a great help. They brought the stone back alive.
They shared their thoughts and tears and the world was as beautiful as it once was, the moment he arrived and found the new world, Stone's heaven.
They spoke the long-forgotten tongue only meant for the chosen ones. He was one of them. He survived and realized it was not only for his good.

"There is no need for you to stay here, you can come with me. I fulfilled the task, what you asked. The boys rest but after that. ."

"I will if you decide to leave. How many of us can you take with you?"

"Once the newborns are ready 20. Will that be enough?"

"Yes. Not all of us need to travel. You know we gather the world's wisdom. If there is more world I wish to be there, find out about it."

"We'll test it before we leave. The little ones need to grow up first. I chose not to create more sons. This is suitable. I packed already what I don't need and put aside some small items I like to take along."

"What you take is up to you. There is nothing that I need to live. How about your sons?"

The father thought for a longer time. Was there something his children needed except rest? He was the only human around. He glanced at his green hands. Was he human? Green hands, being eternal.
The rock waited. There was no need to rush. It waited for millions of centuries. It had seen the planet end more times as his human friend kept for possible. It was the cycle of life. The world ended and... it started again. There was no reason to get upset that it was a reality.

.....

"I am not a moonstone nevertheless I face the moon."

"Does it change anything if I am no longer human?"

"Not to me, not to your sons..."

"Just my hands and a part of my arms turned green. They are green all over."

"It does not sound as if you will change into one of us. Will they?"

"I cannot tell. The moment they felt danger they changed, froze, turned into stone. They are my children but more like you. They will be your way to travel, your feet, hand, and eyes. They are peaceful and friendly."

The rest of the story will be continued but not here.

2565 words
Total amount all NaNoWriMo days: 36,395

I wrote more, much more...

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