Still alive
I don't really have anything new to report but life's still going well. Alex has undergone transitioning from a special needs school to the local elementary. Graduation was rough for him. He broke my heart on his last day. We put him in a month long summer school class to help him get used to his new school. He seems to be adjusting well so far but the real test will be seeing how he does in September.
It's hard work, especially when you have to balance wanting to do what's best for your child and making them happy. I've said before that I have a new respect for my parents. It's tough to make decisions for your offspring, especially when you have to think about what they really need, even if it's going to make them unhappy giving it to them. The decision to take Alex out of Beacon where all his teachers and friends were was a difficult one. I'm confident that putting him in the normal school is what he needs. He has a mommy and daddy who love him very much and want to support him through this time. It didn't make watching him get off the bus on his last day, stopping in his tracks, and bursting into tears any easier. But this is what parenting is: caring and protecting your offspring all the while preparing them for adulthood. I'm lucky I have support and encouragement through this. I can't imagine trying to do this with none at all.
Two musicial discoveries: Ke$ha and Eurovision. The former's songs are very catchy. "Take It Off" = <3 I'd missed the whole Eurovision craze but considering how many good songs have come from that, I'm planning on following it next year. I'll probably post a few recommendations on here at some point in the near future. I definitely have some favorites.
Still writing! I'm also reading more. I'm itching to go back to the library and check out some more books. Rediscovering my love for John Saul. I'm also doing some more research for my novel. There's only so many haunted hotels I can read about before my eyes glaze over. The book of Appalachian ghost stories I'm reading now is mostly haunted hotels. The last ghost story book I read had some really interesting and varied stories. My Nano kids are pawing to be written about them again. I've decided to just do a second draft of last year's novel for this year's novel because there are a lot of things that need work. I have more plot ideas, too. I also have some ideas for fantasy short stories.
I've fallen out of a lot of fandom. My fandoms these days are RPs I participate in. Persona is definitely my top fandom at the moment. People have been complimenting me on my OCs which is a real confidence boost. Writing and RPing my own characters, even in fandom universes, has been a lot more fulfilling than most of the canon's I've played. These days, I prefer to take X traits from character I really, really like and applying them differently. I really feel like I've come out of a cage, creatively speaking, which makes me happy. My craft is important to me.
On the RP front, I'm back to moderating again. I'm a sub-mod at thevelvetblues which basically means I do what I've been doing anyway: keeping threads going, getting folks integrated, etc. I'm also mod for this informal, muse dump Persona game. It's been ages since I've STed so I'm really rusty. Things seem to be going well so far, though. It feels good to moderate again. I'm thinking about running a Persona game on IJ after one of the ones I'm in concludes first. That one would involve apps and have a small cast. I find that I like smaller casts from a story standpoint unless it's a setting like maskedmirror where it's a general location rather than something really specific.
On the video game front, I'm playing Lunar 2: Eternal Blue. I've had it for years but only started playing it fairly recently. I'm also replaying Fire Emblem 8, Growlanser Generations, and Sword of Mana. Corv and I have a game of Final Fantasy 2 in progress.
Um.... I think that's it. Hahaha, my life is as exciting as ever. Oh, I've developed an interest in Tarot? I would really like my own deck. Maybe for my birthday. How am I turning thirty in less than three weeks
At some point, I'll follow loveless_zero's lead and make a list of my current characters~
It's hard work, especially when you have to balance wanting to do what's best for your child and making them happy. I've said before that I have a new respect for my parents. It's tough to make decisions for your offspring, especially when you have to think about what they really need, even if it's going to make them unhappy giving it to them. The decision to take Alex out of Beacon where all his teachers and friends were was a difficult one. I'm confident that putting him in the normal school is what he needs. He has a mommy and daddy who love him very much and want to support him through this time. It didn't make watching him get off the bus on his last day, stopping in his tracks, and bursting into tears any easier. But this is what parenting is: caring and protecting your offspring all the while preparing them for adulthood. I'm lucky I have support and encouragement through this. I can't imagine trying to do this with none at all.
Two musicial discoveries: Ke$ha and Eurovision. The former's songs are very catchy. "Take It Off" = <3 I'd missed the whole Eurovision craze but considering how many good songs have come from that, I'm planning on following it next year. I'll probably post a few recommendations on here at some point in the near future. I definitely have some favorites.
Still writing! I'm also reading more. I'm itching to go back to the library and check out some more books. Rediscovering my love for John Saul. I'm also doing some more research for my novel. There's only so many haunted hotels I can read about before my eyes glaze over. The book of Appalachian ghost stories I'm reading now is mostly haunted hotels. The last ghost story book I read had some really interesting and varied stories. My Nano kids are pawing to be written about them again. I've decided to just do a second draft of last year's novel for this year's novel because there are a lot of things that need work. I have more plot ideas, too. I also have some ideas for fantasy short stories.
I've fallen out of a lot of fandom. My fandoms these days are RPs I participate in. Persona is definitely my top fandom at the moment. People have been complimenting me on my OCs which is a real confidence boost. Writing and RPing my own characters, even in fandom universes, has been a lot more fulfilling than most of the canon's I've played. These days, I prefer to take X traits from character I really, really like and applying them differently. I really feel like I've come out of a cage, creatively speaking, which makes me happy. My craft is important to me.
On the RP front, I'm back to moderating again. I'm a sub-mod at thevelvetblues which basically means I do what I've been doing anyway: keeping threads going, getting folks integrated, etc. I'm also mod for this informal, muse dump Persona game. It's been ages since I've STed so I'm really rusty. Things seem to be going well so far, though. It feels good to moderate again. I'm thinking about running a Persona game on IJ after one of the ones I'm in concludes first. That one would involve apps and have a small cast. I find that I like smaller casts from a story standpoint unless it's a setting like maskedmirror where it's a general location rather than something really specific.
On the video game front, I'm playing Lunar 2: Eternal Blue. I've had it for years but only started playing it fairly recently. I'm also replaying Fire Emblem 8, Growlanser Generations, and Sword of Mana. Corv and I have a game of Final Fantasy 2 in progress.
Um.... I think that's it. Hahaha, my life is as exciting as ever. Oh, I've developed an interest in Tarot? I would really like my own deck. Maybe for my birthday. How am I turning thirty in less than three weeks
At some point, I'll follow loveless_zero's lead and make a list of my current characters~