It was a housewarming party of one. Her hut had been erected a while ago, so she was perhaps late in celebrating that fact, but Aly hadn’t really called it hers until the last few days when she’d completed laying traps on the door and windows. It was paranoid, but the thought of sleeping in a place that wasn’t protected to the best of her ability ( Read more... )

It had been exactly a month since the...weekend debacle, and everything seemed to be fine with Jill, which meant Rodney McKay didn't have an excuse to stay hidden in his hut for much longer. Avoiding Sheppard and everyone else seemed a little immature, and Rodney did not want such an unflattering adjective attached to his name ( Read more... )

It was always a good day when the democratic process had been carried out without a hitch, and this day was no exception. The results of the latest Island Council election were in and it was time to celebrate, not only the results but the process itself. And given the number of hardships they endured on the island, a celebration was something that ( Read more... )

All things considered -- her near wedding to Rodney, for one, and the fact that John and Mayko had both witnessed her madness -- Jill was feeling relatively cheerful. The disaster had been averted with as little bloodshed as possible and she was determined not to let the clothes box and its endless supply of wedding dresses get her down. If Mayko ( Read more... )

Dated May 1, 2009:
Somehow, Jill manages to escape Mayko and wears her wedding dress down to New Atlantis, where she finds John and Rodney. Bent on getting married, she and Rodney carry on while John and Mayko try to stop them from making a huge mistake.

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I had to say that the first twenty-four hours after I snapped out of it were definitely the worst. I spent most of the day in bed by myself, looking up at my roof, wishing it was actually dropped fiberboard with cracks to count, like every hospital I'd ever been in. It would have made the thinking easier ( Read more... )

Dated April 29, 2009:
After deciding that, yes, marrying Rodney is the best thing ever, Jill goes to find Mayko to ask if she'll be her maid of honour. Mayko is slightly less excited about the wedding than Jill.

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( a blast from the past. )

Ever since the night of speed dating, Jen has been working to keep herself occupied to try not to think about the curling lessons that may or may not actually happen. She's been trying not to get her hopes up too much, telling herself it's just a silly thing and was probably just said in passing. Quilting has been helping her a lot in her effort to ( Read more... )