I suppose I should have seen it coming; I got bogged down in some random thing that wasn't important because I didn't have a proper design doc. I started working on some adventure-game style text parser for about an hour before figuring out that I wasn't going to need it. That's also something to be expected when you work on a project alone; especially where you don't have much time, it's easy to get lost.
But I think I've fixed that problem and now I'm moving on with other things. I just want to get the 'intro' of the game done, then I'll start the endless loop of taking care of your VIRTUAL PET!
Time spent on VIRTUAL PET: 6 hours