Yuletide, and also Alice

[kassidy62]

I finished my Yuletide story a few weeks ago, and good thing I did - life has been hell, with medical issues from Mom and my mother-in-law, and it has gotten to the point I feel kind of dried-up and desperate in general, but I managed to write my story before the crap came down even harder. I have my beloved girls from GNO to help keep me sane, and I look forward to those nights so much (though even that was shredded by other real life issues last Sat.) and my old-friend-came-back gryphon2k has been lovely and supportive, but it's been so difficult. I was looking forward to vacation time starting Saturday and instead it turned into hell days, but finally, FINALLY, a break from worry (relatively speaking, and by no means stable, but still, it's here) as of today.

So I go to the AO3 yuletide page, and you guys, there are THREE gifts for me. I think I want to cry. Three! I wanted so badly to write treats but it wasn't happening, even though I had two in mind - and then there's those three anon gifts for me. Such wonderful, nice gifts. Writing a story for someone, even if (and hopefully) it jibes with the gifter's interest - getting such a story is so personal and good.

I just want to thank whoever(s) profusely and with much hugging, because everything has been so hard, and here you go lifting up my spirits.

However! I don't think I told y'all this, but my husband finally found a job. Aside from the contracting work he's managed to get, it's been a year and a half.

One more thing - Alice the cat - I promised reports, but have made none. She's still thin and recovery is slow. It appears she isn't going to be a big ball of fluff anytime soon, but she's coming along. I think she suffered terribly as a stray, and now she's much brighter in her eyes. She follows me and my husband around the house, making her growly Siamese-like meows, asking for food and attention. She's the very sweetest of the sweet.

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[blackjedii.livejournal.com]

Meezers!!
We always have a Siamese cat and they have the most unusual meows. o.o Wish her luck!

[gryphon2k.livejournal.com]

So I go to the AO3 yuletide page, and you guys, there are THREE gifts for me.

Oh YAY! I'm so glad you got so many stories. I signed up for the pinch hit list, but I haven't actually gotten any additional assignments out of it. The fandoms I feel like I could write for end up getting snatched up fast. And there is a lot of stuff I just don't know anything about. But I'm curious to see how this whole Yule Madness thing works, as well as the NYR prompts.

Not that I'm languishing for things to write at the moment, lol. But I had so much fun with my yuletide assignment, it was just a blast to write.

So looking forward to tomorrow, to sleep in and have nothing much to do all day except wrap presents and maybe do some writing. Ah, the luxury.

[troyswann.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that things have been so hard. Life, why so difficult? Great news about the job, though. That's got to ease up some of the stress, if only peripherally for now. Having gone through a hard time this fall, myself, I know how it can weigh you down and how, even when immediate crises pass, getting out from under it is like trying to erode a stone with an eye-dropper sometimes. I hope, though, that things get better soon.

[loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com]

{{{Hugs}}}

[igbc.livejournal.com]

:-) I'm glad you're doing better, and that Alice is, too!

I checked my AO3 page, and found only the two gifts I got last year. But when I went to the list of fandoms, one of the fandoms I requested was there with one story, and it wasn't there before, so....maybe that's mine? *hoping*