As Day One Turns Into Night One

The Springfield WriMos head home for the evening.  We had a fantastic meeting at the Panera on East Sunshine today.  One of you super-fast typers got to 10,000 words (Phil, we hate you.*).  And even those who weren’t so scarily quick (Seriously, Phil, we hate you.**) did manage to add to their word counts nicely.

But it was a red letter day in other ways.  Our write-in today is, Robert and I have decided, the biggest write-in we’ve ever had.  We had about 25 people.  If one more person had shown up, someone would have had to sit on the floor.  It was wonderful!  The Springfield region boasts 200+ Wrimos, and we got to see a tenth of that at today’s event.  A tenth!

Also, a quick shout-out to the wonderful staff on East Sunshine, who were incredibly welcoming, helpful, and curious abut the event.  They’ve got a great team out at that Panera, and it wouldn’t have been such a great write-in without them.

Here’s hoping first-day word counts are going smoothly for all of you under the umbrella of Springfield, MO.  If you’re feeling a little stressed, don’t worry; you’ve got 29 days left to make word count, and I’ve no doubt you’ll do it beautifully.

I’m off to make a sandwich while the site loads (poor Dan), and then I’m going to look at the Word Count tally and giggle at all the places we’re going to beat by the time our word count goes through at the end of the day.

Write on, you crazy WriMos!  Write on!

*Not really.

**Well, maybe a little.

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