State of the AJ :: June 2013 edition

[ariestess]

It's been a while, hasn't it. We'll take this in bullet points, as usual...

• Personal :: I've been up and down. My gramma died in November, the last of my grandparents [I don't include my stepdad's mom because we've never been all that close], and that was sad. I got to go home for the funeral and got some things of hers and Grampa's while there. Saw all of my mom's side of the family, too, which was wonderful. Haven't seen all of them together like that in YEARS!
  
  Found out on Christmas that my brother and his new wife are having a baby in July, affectionately nicknanmed Porkchop. We've known for a bit that the Porkchop is a boy. I've been crocheting things for him and his mama. Can't wait for him to be born and am hoping we'll have an option to go visit this fall after he's born. Would love for
  shatterpath to be able to meet my brother, sis-in-law, and dad finally, considering she met Mom and sis over Mother's Day weekend when they came for a quick visit.
  
  
• Pets :: The cats are all doing well. We had a bit of a strange scare with Gabe a few weeks ago. He would be in the box constantly, but didn't seem to be peeing or crapping at all. He wouldn't make any noises or act like he was in pain, but he was OBSESSED with being in that box. Even with me manhandling him, he never showed any signs of discomfort. He was eating and drinking just fine, and didn't make any weight changes. And then it just stopped. No clue what happened. Other than that, it's the usual petty squabbles.
  
  
• Work :: My job doing childcare for my nephew ended in January, when he turned 12yo and his mother could no longer get reimbursed for said childcare. While I miss being in his life on a daily basis like that, I don't miss the constant upheaval and splitting of my existence. So I'm in the process of trying to line up some freelance work, as well as looking into conventional job options in a really tough market.
  
  
• Media :: All of my shows are on hiatus right now. I need to do a big post about what's still around for me and what isn't. But that won't be here.
  
  
• Creativity :: Have finally started a reboot on my journaling, as you may have noticed. Writing goes roughly apace, especially considering I STILL haven't posted my fic roundup for 2012. I think I have it all done [there's some random stuff from onceuponaland that might not have been posted elsewhere that I need to check on], so i'll only be posting it about 6 months late. No big deal. LOL! But, on the other hand, I've been doing a bunch of writing, mostly in the Once Upon a Time fandom. Yes, Regina still owns me, heart and soul.
  
  So here's the deal with some of my creativity. Since September of last year, I've been doing something that I swore up and down I'd never do. I've been on Twitter. If you want to follow my weird-ass shit, I'm over here. Don't say I didn't warn you. *veg* I mostly follow celebs and have some crazy ass friends that I get weird with. Again, you've been warned.
  
  As an offshoot of being on Twitter, I have started doing OUaT RP as well. I have a handful of characters. If you're REALLY curious, PM me and I'll tell you who they are. I'm not just going to share publicly. LOL!
  
  Another thing that's cropped up creatively that I swore I'd never do... I have an account on FF.net. Actually, it's a joint account with my BFF King. We met back in September and started doing Swan Queen RP that I edited up and posted on FF.net. You can find our work under Noring SQ. There are currently 2 stories up, both in desperate need of an update, but RL has been a bitch for King for the last few months, so we're kind of in limbo there. But I'm also going to start posting up another of our stories that has Regina with a fascinating OFC that we've created. I think she's one of the most fascinating OFCs I've ever worked with in my entire life.
  
  And no, for the record, I will not be uploading any of my personal fic to FF.net. That is only for the Noring SQ stuff. Though I'm considering backing up those stories on AO3, since we kind of blow that max of M rating out of the water. *heh*

There are probably other things I should be updating y'all on, but I can't think of them atm.

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