Too much and not enough

 

82028 / 80000 words. 102.5% done!

Still not finished. And last night I was too sick to make it to the pub, can you imagine? The others had to drink without me. I have no idea, no conception how they will have managed.

I am now officially fed up with this book-that-will-never-end. I need to end it, and then read it through and kick draft zero into draft one before Friday evening; by which time I need also to have read The Retribution, in order to discuss it in public with its author. During which time I need also to see the doctor, and also friends.

Luckily, time is infinitely extensible at need. This is so, isn't it...?