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Yuletide, and also Alice
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 ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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.
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.