Gratitude

 
- Found out Monday that I survived another layoff. Still got my job. So the job saga of 2023 is over for me!

- Had a day or two in the past week where it was warm enough to have the windows open. (But the last few days we've had shit thunderstorms resulting in trees coming down). Daffodils are coming up, and I've decided they are my favorite flower since they are always the first ones I see after winter.

- Election results in Chicago and Wisconsin!!

- Had a lovely moment with a librarian where she came up to me and said she was eager to meet me. Because I request so many books. (LOVED IT!!)

- My coop had an extra owner appreciation day on Saturday so we got 10% off

Fandom stuff:

- Still loving Shadow and Bone. Doing a rewatch of it with my friend Guggi. Also, I did a Tumblr post and it's gotten over 3,000 notes . That is unheard of for me. Had a few others with 200-400 notes each. My phone has been blowing up for days. Like I walk away for 20 minutes and have 15 Tumblr notifications. In the morning, I wake up to over 500. Been going on for days. Less fun aspects are that I've been messaged and followed by a few spam bots but whatever. Would that my fanfic ever blew up like this!

- Not sure if I'll write any S&B fic but I do have an outline for a fic that Guggi and I might write, and Wesper are happily in my pleasant thoughts all the time.

- But I am bracing myself too because most experts are saying the streaming #s aren't high enough for a renewal. Drives me mad. It's been top 7 - more or less - since it came out but that's not enough?? I guess they say the show is expensive to make. Well, I guess I have to content myself with the fact that my ship, Jesper/Wylan got 8 episodes together and more total camera time than my other ships in other fandoms like Mackson in The 100 or Barca/Pietros in Spartacus.

- Also, funny thing. Got a comment on ffnet on my X-men/BSG fic. I was elated. Then I replied. Then from the commenter's reply, I realized they just want someone to play a BSG game with them. (LOL my life)