Fanfiction Life

Happy Holidays to all of you!  No matter what you celebrate, have a wonderful holiday and enjoy time with family and friends!

I'm here at home with my mother and sister.  My brother, his three children, and various other relatives are coming tomorrow for presents and dinner, so peace does not exist in the house tonight.  It is all wrapping presents, listening to music, and me sneaking away to post a message to all of you. 

I think of you all as members of my extended little family, so everyone have a great holiday and take care of you!  I am working on the next few chapters in little sections.  ;)  I hope to post sometime after the new year!

Happy Holidays!!

I watched a wonderful movie this evening while I was waiting for my sister to come home.  It's called "Yentl" and it starred Barbara Streisand.  I think it's safe to say that this movie blew me away.  The acting, the staging, the desparate yearning Yentl had for everything forbidden just made it that much more awe-inspiring.  I have to say, I really identified with Yentl.  She was an amazing character.  I must admit to some writer jealousy.  Why can't I write characters like that?

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My region is supposed to get a lot of snow in the next 48 hours.  I say, "BRING IT ON!!!!"   Not that I like snow or anything like that, but snow does look pretty and I won't have to go to work if snow does happen.  After all, five inches of snow does not allow Emma to drive.  Too many other people on the roads that don't know how to drive in the snow.  A lot of people in Morgantown come from southern states were snow is a rare occurence.  I don't have anything against those people.  I'm just worried that their car will hit mine.  Or my boyfriend's, since my car is currently defunct and my wonderful boyfriend has been driving me around.  (Honey, if you're reading this...I know you're a safe driver.  It's everyone else I'm afraid will kill us.)  All the same, snow also means my sister and I will be stuck in Morgantown for Christmas.  I'm not too worried about that, but Mom will be disappointed.  Keep your fingers crossed, everyone!

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My family has come to town, but it is not for a happy occasion.  My nine year old nephew needs a procedure of some type done to test his heart.  This normally wouldn't be a big deal, except this is a big procedure.  The doctor just started listing everything that could go wrong...from soreness to death...in front of him!  He's only nine!  What was she thinking?!?! 

The poor boy is freaked out, and his parents are not much better.  Heck, we're all pretty much freaked out.  I can't really give a whole lot of details, but he has to be knocked out and the procedure will take between three and six hours.  Please keep him in your thoughts today.   Send good vibes his way. 

I'll post when he is out of surgery.  In the meantime, I'll be practicing my deep breathing and telling myself that everything will be okay. 

UPDATE:  He came through just fine! 

Work has become blah.  I'm blaming the weather.  Lack of enthusiasm in general is slowly draining me of "get up and go."  That, and I think I'm fighting a cold off or something.  I've felt just a little odd in the last two days.  I actually skipped my Arabic class yesterday evening to come home and curl up on the couch.  I still feel weird today, but not bad.  I think I'll just push through today and then come home and rest this evening.  Cross your fingers.  I hope I'm not sick. 

I'll post more in a few days to let you all know.  ;)

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I just posted the next chapter to "What is Right: Year Two" and I'm so happy I'm dancing around the house.  All in all, I think the chapter works with the rest of it, and causes a bit of mayhem.  It was a lot of fun to write, that much I can say!  Enjoy.  ;)

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I'm doing much better the last few days.  Don't know what was wrong with me there, but I'm glad it's over.  I've started writing again and that just made me perk up a bit.  I hope to be posting stuff soon.  I'm hard at work typing it, I promise.

Boyfriend explained how the different wavelengths thing worked.  Guys are odd.  (No offense to male readers!)  Seems men think differently from women in everything.  It takes a little mystery out.  Sad.  I liked the mystery. 

That's all for now!

Today was a bad day...and I don't know why.  It just felt all wrong.  I suppose this is the depression rearing its head again.  After all, it's difficult to feel cheerful when nothing is going right.  My car's transmission went out.  I haven't been able to write in four days.  Bills are creeping up.  My poor characters aren't cooperating and my writing feels awkward.  I feel like my life is frozen in this pathetic circle of get up, go to work, work, come home, see boyfriend, write something.  I have a few outside activities in there, but they are just a part of the endless round of over and over again. 

I know this is just the depression talking, but I am sick of everything right now.  I constantly feel as I'm throwing on a persona to keep others from seeing what is happening.  I feel like something is going to break.  I keep saying "you can do this; you can beat this" over and over in hopes that it will help.  Inside, I'm screaming, kicking, crying, and generally feeling sorry for myself. 

Thoughts?

My mother's coming to visit for a week!   AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!    House insn't clean, nothing's organized, and boyfriend is just waaay too happy about this.  Perhaps he enjoys seeing me in a panic.  Still, though, he should be showing signs of panic himself, considering this is the first time he's meeting her.  HA!

We plan to drive home to my native Wheeling, WV to pick her up and bring her to good old Morgantown.  It's only an hour and fifteen in the car, which will make it seem like nothing compared to the eighteen plus hours we did in the car to Louisiana.  He mentioned something about lunch by Cabela's, so I plan to eat somewhere I've never been before, as they have a couple of different restaurants up there.  He is a foodie in every sense of the word, so I have a feeling we'll be there a while.  Silly male creature.

Well, I'm getting off here to go clean something that needs it.  Wish me luck!

Quite a few people have messaged me, asking if I've abandoned various stories of mine.  The answer is NO!  There is a good reason I'm not updating this month.  It's just a litlte event called NANOWRIMO! 

Yes, I am participating in that crazy adventure of writing 50,000 words in thirty days.  I'm so far behind that I won't make the deadline, but I have an excellent start on my novel!  I'm going to continue writing it until I finish it.  This does not mean that I'm abandoning anything...I have a chapter ready to post and another one underway.  I promise.  No abandonment.