Where Insanity Lingers

Hey! Third week in a row! Look at me go!

Not too much to report. My house started the week a complete and total disaster area. I've downgraded it to just a total disaster area. Kitchen renovations and my husband's need to jumpstart before I can organize are the culprits. The good news, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Plaster repairs are done so we are slowly getting to the painting. Which is a pain because I can only do one wall at time because of having to move appliances around. But if things go well most of it should be done before my parents arrive on Friday. Here's hoping.

New job still going well. I've decided I definitely do not like putting out new magazines and cleaning that area up. I am way too OCD to work in that section, lol. But I'm enjoying my time there and some of the titles of books that I have come across just make me giggle.

On the writing front. Sorry if any of you got bombarded with TtH and AO3 notifications. I'm trying to get everything uploaded from where some of these fics have only been hanging out on my LJ. But I did get the next part of the Buffy/Bones series up, so yay! I'm hoping to start working on my heroine big bang fic this week, which is a Buffy/Steve fic crossing BtVS/Marvel MCU.

Cheers to all!

Hello everyone! Sorry I've been so out of touch, but it's been ridiculously crazy here. The months (yes, I said months) leading up to Christmas were a bit overwhelming and I just sort of phased all sorts of things out to try and ease up what was going on.

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Not doing my New Year's Goals this year. It just makes me sad.

On a writing note: Any outstanding prompts I owe people - sorry, I'm wiping the slate clean. I've been struggling to fill them and the muse isn't cooperating. I'm really wanting to get back into writing and I feel like those backlogs are hovering and they make the muse want to cry. I'm also tossing any previous story ideas that have been floating around this house for the past several years. Relax Ava, not the Buffy/Steve or the Buffy/Bones stuff. Just the fic ideas I've had for years - like a Buffy/House fic... I haven't even watched that show in years.

Also, for those waiting on the Undertow sequel... *winces* You're gonna have to keep waiting. Not feeling the Stargate love. Jack isn't speaking to me. However, I'm planning on doing a show rewatch this year and maybe that'll kickstart things. It always helps when I do that with BtVS. *crosses fingers*

so how has everyone else been?

Nothing like spamming your flist. :)

On a potty training note from today....

So today hasn't been an overly successful one on the potty training trend. Plus, we ran out of panties today because it was laundry day, so we were forced to put her in a pull-up this afternoon while her clothes were in the dryer. She's big enough now that we give her run of the house (not like any of the old obstacles work anymore, anyway) so she had been upstairs playing in her room.

She comes downstairs and I hear my husband ask her about the location of her diaper. I look up from the computer and all she has on is her t-shirt. So I ask, "Where's your diaper, naked butt?" She just grins and says, "Diaper wet." So I ask, "What did you do with it?" She keeps grinning and says, "Mommy, I luv you." And keeps saying it as a means of distraction.

Btw, found the wet diaper just laying in the floor of her room. *rolls eyes*

So Miss Thing has learned how to work doorknobs and this morning she woke up, opened the door to her room, and made her way to our bedroom. She climbed in bed and I turned on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse to entertain her as I slowly woke up. My wonderful daughter, snuggles up to me, gives me a hug, and says, "Mommy, I lubee" (which is her way of saying I love you)

Seriously, Best. Day. Ever.

I miss 'Sita....

*taps microphone and clears throat

Ummm, is thing still on? Does it still work?

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So I have a favor to ask of you all. A lead up to why I need this favor. Starting in January I'm taking a six month hiatus from writing. Just writing, not the internet. I'll be around, just not actively writing. Why this crazy move you ask? As some of you already know, I'm pregnant, expecting my first child. Baby is due at the end of December, literally, the end of December. I don't want to have divided focus during those first few months while we're trying to do the whole adjusting thing. BTW, no we don't know what we're having yet, and the earliest we can find out is Aug. 14. Cause I know the first thing you want to know after when the baby is coming is what you're having. I know, cause I'm the same way. ;)

Still, you're asking yourself, what's the favor? I'm really wanting to get as much of the sequel to Undertow written as possible before the baby arrives. And one of my goals for the year was to try and write 20k words in one month. August is light for me, work wise and baby planning wise, plus I've got a week off later in the month. So I'd like to use the time to get a lot of it knocked out and maybe a drabble or two.

My problem is that my muse is being stubborn and is stalling on the whole writing thing. So if you guys could, periodically throughout the month give me a push and inquire about my progress that would be soooooo helpful. I know, usually I hate it when people pester me about my writing, but I'd really like to get as far along as possible. So email me, lj messenger me, poke me while I'm online on yahell, whatever. Feel free... just remember to be kind. ;)

In effort to get the muse back into the whole writing groove (cause I really haven't written much in the last few months since I was working two jobs and going through the whole fatigue during the first trimester thing) I'd like to open myself up to a few prompts for some drabbles. Just give me a pairing or group of characters you'd like to see, and something to associate with them. I'll take the first five prompts given, unless I get through them quickly then I'll take a few more.

And yes Ava, I know I still owe you that Buffy/Castiel fic. I swear, it's percolating.