continuing bedlam

[paynesgrey]

Whelp. I'm still pretty annoyed with my mom, but as usual, she's moved on and nothing has changed. She even had the audacity to ask if she could come out for Labor Day and have Joe cook some pork on the grill. It's like, you want my husband to cook for you after you lashed out at him and then tried to make him out to be some sort of villain. Ugh.

Last weekend I went to Renfaire with her and two of her friends that I met for the first time. Her friends were not interesting, it was hot, and I did not have a good time. For whatever reason, I was annoyed that she didn't even invite Juliet to Renfaire or even think about including her. When I mentioned that next year I'd like to bring Juliet, she acted like it was a foreign concept, even though they have a lot of kids' activities there. I did some shopping for Juliet, and as usual, didn't buy anything really for me, and after I told her all I could think about was Juliet, she then proceeded to shop for her too, and kept asking me "would Juliet like this". It was super annoying.

She asked me later if something was wrong and if I was ashamed of her. I asked her to explain and she said "I'll tell you later" and then never did.

Ugh, I can't even deal with her antics anymore.

Other than that, things are going well. Work is super busy as usual, and now it looks like projects are fighting over me. There's been this whole back and forth between my bosses and the managers of the Caesar's project. My bosses want to put me on the Subway account, and the Caesars PMs don't want to lose me and are scrambling to find the budget to keep me. I thought I was on this project through the end of the year but it looks like they only slotted me for September 14th. In the meantime, as my role in this project is ending, they are fighting with each other about it. It's kind of embarrassing but also kind of awesome they consider me "in demand". It just gets awkward when I'm on a team call and the PMs take like five minutes to talk about how frustrating it is that I'm in demand and that they get calls constantly from my bosses trying to roll me off their project to start a new one.

I'm still blocked on writing, so I hope that changes soon. Also, I haven't had the time. Same for drawing time too. It's just been elusive. Instead, I've been reading a lot. I have gone past my reading goal on Goodreads already.

It also doesn't help that I've been having stomach problems and sleeping issues. After a long day at work, the last thing I want to do is look at a screen. I've tried writing a little on paper, but even then it's rough. I had two migraines last week, one which caused me to miss a work meeting. Thankfully I was able to make up for it though.

I am trying to do more with my fitness. I upped my step goal, and I joined a gym. I'm hoping I can make it to the gym tomorrow if my kid will let me. I think it'll be okay as my husband has said he'd take care of her so I can have some time to myself.

Juliet's daycare preschool is going okay, I guess. Joe and the daycare lady are not getting along, and it's kind of frustrating. So I'll have to take Juliet more and pick her up too since he just can't deal with her. I'm thinking it's a huge personality clash or something.

Bastet the cat has fit well into our household. She's coming out more and doesn't hide in the corner. She eats like a horse, steals food, and begs constantly to be fed. She's a sweetheart though. She and the dog are still adjusting to each other. It helps that Holly is a big wuss.

Other than that, things are going well and busy. We are trying to refinance our home, so fingers crossed on that. I'm hoping the concrete people can get out to our house this week and do the work. WE ARE SO READY. Tomorrow I'm going to finish cleaning the house. Today I just did bills and washed the dishes and then conked on for a nap. I picked up a book to start reading and had a light dinner as my stomach was acting up again. I think I need a cleanse or maybe some fasting. For now I'm trying to avoid ALL dairy and fried foods, hoping that helps.

I hope I can update and catch up with all of you more regularly. I still have TV reviews to add to my WordPress. I did update my new portfolio site though as my old URL expired, plus I didn't like it anyway. I need to make some freelance business cards as my current ones have my old email and old defunct site. Ugh.

In the meantime, here's a meme I've stolen from some friends...

AO3 Meme

Ao3 meme

1) How many works do you have on AO3?

576

2) What’s your total AO3 word count?

1,343,864

3) How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

SO MANY. So... more like 20+.
My main ones are:
Inuyasha
Heroes
Doctor Who
True Blood
Harry Potter
Avatar: The Last Airbender
MCU
Ouran High School Host Club
Star Wars: Sequel Trilogy
Arrow

4) What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Undercover Felicity (Arrow)
Mischief and Tasers (MCU)
Dark Stranger (Arrow)
Libations of Defeat (MCU)
Start Spreading the News (MCU)

5) Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

Absolutely, even the nasty ones. The only ones I don't are the ones I have no idea how to answer, but usually I at least thank them for reading.

6) What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?
Strange, weird and the ending is just depressing.

Like Rain in Paris (Inuyasha)

7) What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?
This is probably one of my happiest stories. It has adventure, comedy, and lots of family bonding. I've written a lot of happy endings but this one I think is the best.

Absurd Distractions (Inuyasha)

8) Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve written?

Oh yes! I think the craziest one I wrote was a Sailor Moon/Harry Potter one.

Comical Visions - Sailor Saturn visits Sybil Trelawney.

9) Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Oh yes, loads of times. Especially in the Inuyasha and Heroes fandoms.

10) Do you write smut? If so what kind?

I do. I write all pairings no matter of sexual orientation or taboos. It's my favorite to write.

11) Have you ever had a fic stolen?

A long time ago, but I really don't remember.

12) Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes, not on AO3, but on FF.net I had my Harry Potter story, Thestral-Gazing, into Spanish.

13) Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No.

14) What’s your all time favorite ship?

I can't pick a favorite so I have 3.

Peter/Claire - Heroes
Darcy/Loki - MCU
Kikyou/Naraku - Inuyasha

15) What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Savior in Time - A Heroes fic that I just can't get into.

16) What are your writing strengths?

Humor, Smut, Character Introspection

17) What are your writing weaknesses?

finishing stories, writing longer fics

18) What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I have no issue with it.

19) What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, this was before the internet of course.

20) What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

The Flip Side (MCU)

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Comments

[a_phoenixdragon]

So glad to hear from you!! Sorry about your mom's drama. Takes a lot of nerve to be as horrible as she was to Joe and then ask him to do something for her. Must say...that is pretty ballsy. O_o

That is rather awesome that whole teams are fighting for you on their projects. That just goes to show how important you truly are - and that you are to be valued and appreciated!

So glad the fuzzy babies are doing well and that Bastet has made you her minions properly. :D

I feel you on the writing. Even if I could find the time, I just can't get the words to flow. Meh. Hopefully one day soon...

*HUGS*

[paynesgrey]

Yeah, agreed. I don't think she even thought she did anything bad, which is even sadder.

Thanks! And yeah, good luck to us both with writing. *hugs back*