Since the last post, I have discovered that recharging creativity actually takes a long time and it is frustrating. I know I shouldn't be frustrated, but I wish it could all just turn back on like a light. To elaborate, last year in total I read over thirty books. Thirty. While I realize that is a lot, keep in mind that I had no internet and the library is ridiculously close to my apartment complex. This year, so far, I have now read two books. And that has only been since October.
Along with this, NaNoWriMo is coming to a close as of today. Even though the most I've written this past year since the last NaNo was a poem that actually took me a few hours to get how I liked it, I gave it a go (naturally). So it is now the last day and I will not reach 50,000. I'm not heartbroken by any means. I seem to have a pattern of winning every other year so I sort of expected to flat line this time around. However, I am extremely pleased that I reached 28,000 words in a rather consistent assent in word count. I wasn't even sure I was going to reach that high a word count. And don't worry, I will be continuing with my writing and especially with this story which has been fun to write. It's about pirates and best friends so, it's going to be a fun adventure to round out.
So, really, I'm slowly coming back to how I was. It's just frustratingly sluggish. I have to keep reminding myself that I won't suddenly snap back to how I was; it's going to be a process to get back to that place especially since it was a process to have gotten there the first time round. I also have a few more obstacles this time because I have more distractions (*cough *cough internet).
By some miracle, I was able to go to the newly renamed GeekyCon (formerly LeakyCon). Oddly enough, I believe that I would not have made it at all if it would not have been for me moving again. Thank God for getting your deposit back. It was enough to get me there and to pay for the event. And then there are my friends. I was able to share a room this time and we are planning to do the same this next year. That helps me out a lot and it was a lot of fun! We all decided that one does not simply quit going to GeekyCon and so this next year we are (of course) going again. It's so much fun and it just cannot be helped. These are our kind of people. Simple. We do have some nice costume plans for next year which is actually very exciting, something to stay tuned for!
As you might have expected, work is stressful due to it being the holiday season now. Christmas and retail just really aren't friends. They pretend to be but in reality the two aren't actually compatible. I will give a shout out to my company however, who believe that holidays ARE meant to be spent with family and they were not open until 7am on Black Friday. Take that other retailers who I formerly worked for who opened at 6pm on Thanksgiving Day. Was it really worth it? Was it? I didn't think so. Some people (mainly the CEO's of the companies) need to take a step back and reevaluate their priorities. End of.
MY BEST FRIEND JUST HAD A BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY!!!! I am (obviously) very excited about this and he is a precious little peanut! I can't wait to get to know him and watch him grow up. Congratulations to my best friend and her husband and family. I'm an Auntie!
This will be my first Christmas that I will have my own place alone. I don't say this to be sad, I say this because it is all sorts of exciting. I got to decorate whenever I wanted. (I may have started a little early due to some sadness regarding Paris and all the other madness that occurred that day.) Also, I can play Christmas music whenever I want! I am proud of my Christmas tree which, naturally, is Harry Potter themed complete with a Hagrid and Norbert(a) ornament, Fluffy, HP himself, Ron, and the Hogwarts Crest. I think I need to expand some of my collection because I have Hermione's trunk and such, but no Hermione. (I just looked up how much these ornaments cost on Amazon and cripes! Some of them are $60! On Amazon!) I do have some ornaments that plug into lights and glow, one being a Potions scene and the other the Hogwarts Express. I have sparkly reindeer which look like patronuses!! It's a great, wonderful tree.
If I don't post again before the holidays I just want to wish everyone well and Happy Holidays Happy Christmas Happy Everything. xx
Monday, November 30, 2015
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
My Year, The Sparknotes Version
A lot has happened in the past year (not all of it good) but all in all it could have been worse.
I moved from my three bedroom apartment with two roommates early because the situation became unbearable. I got a single bedroom apartment with no internet and hardly any money. I roughed it for 6 months. And I mean roughed it. I read a lot and I wrote a lot and even though I was pretty poor, I loved it.
I got Henry (my ginger cat) a little buddy and they are the very best of friends and brothers. They would be lost without each other. Henry's little brother is called Eliot and he is gray.
I went to LeakyCon at the end of last July and went to Harry Potter World which was amazing and probably made my life. It was everything I wanted it to be and I went with the best people! I also went on an insane (for me) roller coaster and screamed so much I was without a voice before the convention had even started. I also made more amazing friends at Leaky.
At the end of October, I got a roommate and moved into a rental house. It was great and it wasn't. The house was more trouble than it was worth in the end and they had plans to sell it once spring rolled around. The landlords put it on the market in March which, in my humble opinion, was a bit early since the lease wasn't up until the end of May. There was a big fiasco with the lawn and mowing it with a mower they provided which didn't work and they wouldn't replace. Eventually my roommate and I got it all sorted out.
Speaking of roommates, she moved in with her boyfriend, so here I am once more in my own apartment complete with books, cats, coffee, and Netflix. The bright side is that I can afford groceries, rent, internet, and using lights instead of candles to illuminate my place this time. I am so much better off financially this time and that is a real blessing. Hopefully I am going to settle in and stay a while this time because to be honest, all my friends and family and I are tired of me moving. It is stressful and difficult and takes up way too much time. Moving four times in two years sucks. End of.
But now, I am going to recharge all my creativity, which over the past six months has completely shut down. I think all the stress from the house and my job combined got the better of me and it got really bad. But with the house out of the way (the keys got turned in today!) and with my job looking a little better for the summer, I think the only way to go is up.
Work was really bad from May until February due to the Store Manager being worse than Umbridge. I'm not even joking. I'm not sure how I survived. But that Manager is gone now and things have taken a turn for the better. The entire store's mood has improved and even though we are getting another new manager in August, I think we'll be alright. (*Fingers crossed.)
So, to recap:
I moved.
I moved again.
I got another cat.
I moved again again.
Work sucked.
Now it's better.
I think those are the important points from these past few months.
Also, I turned 26 and I went to the zoo with my best friend.
Up's and down's and hopefully now up's for a while.
Cheers! :D
I moved from my three bedroom apartment with two roommates early because the situation became unbearable. I got a single bedroom apartment with no internet and hardly any money. I roughed it for 6 months. And I mean roughed it. I read a lot and I wrote a lot and even though I was pretty poor, I loved it.
I got Henry (my ginger cat) a little buddy and they are the very best of friends and brothers. They would be lost without each other. Henry's little brother is called Eliot and he is gray.
I went to LeakyCon at the end of last July and went to Harry Potter World which was amazing and probably made my life. It was everything I wanted it to be and I went with the best people! I also went on an insane (for me) roller coaster and screamed so much I was without a voice before the convention had even started. I also made more amazing friends at Leaky.
At the end of October, I got a roommate and moved into a rental house. It was great and it wasn't. The house was more trouble than it was worth in the end and they had plans to sell it once spring rolled around. The landlords put it on the market in March which, in my humble opinion, was a bit early since the lease wasn't up until the end of May. There was a big fiasco with the lawn and mowing it with a mower they provided which didn't work and they wouldn't replace. Eventually my roommate and I got it all sorted out.
Speaking of roommates, she moved in with her boyfriend, so here I am once more in my own apartment complete with books, cats, coffee, and Netflix. The bright side is that I can afford groceries, rent, internet, and using lights instead of candles to illuminate my place this time. I am so much better off financially this time and that is a real blessing. Hopefully I am going to settle in and stay a while this time because to be honest, all my friends and family and I are tired of me moving. It is stressful and difficult and takes up way too much time. Moving four times in two years sucks. End of.
But now, I am going to recharge all my creativity, which over the past six months has completely shut down. I think all the stress from the house and my job combined got the better of me and it got really bad. But with the house out of the way (the keys got turned in today!) and with my job looking a little better for the summer, I think the only way to go is up.
Work was really bad from May until February due to the Store Manager being worse than Umbridge. I'm not even joking. I'm not sure how I survived. But that Manager is gone now and things have taken a turn for the better. The entire store's mood has improved and even though we are getting another new manager in August, I think we'll be alright. (*Fingers crossed.)
So, to recap:
I moved.
I moved again.
I got another cat.
I moved again again.
Work sucked.
Now it's better.
I think those are the important points from these past few months.
Also, I turned 26 and I went to the zoo with my best friend.
Up's and down's and hopefully now up's for a while.
Cheers! :D
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