What happened to JaNoWriMo?

I had fun and "success" with November's NaNoWriMo, so I decided to try and rewrite the manuscript closest to my heart, the one that's been rewritten a few times, the one that matters too much sometimes, for the smaller and less celebrated JaNoWriMo. With everything going on and the depth of life-sorting I've been doing this has proved an unrealistic goal for this month. Last year I told myself not to expect heavy writing production in January . . .and here I went against my own vow. What future Januaries (ever seen that month pluralized?!) will hold in store is what comes more rhythmically to this Alaskan season: reading. This is the month for reading all those books you would LIKE to write. It's an intake and processing time. I've been able to see more of how to change this manuscript. I even wrote my first critical paper in 8 years on Morrison's

The Bluest Eye

in my attempt to apply to graduate school AND write something that would help me with 'Foundling'.
What I am looking to do in the next week is rewrite the first 50 pages so I can send that out and share it with a writing buddy.