stormkeeper_lovedoris

 
1. I'm so happy about the fanfic I posted last week. It got more reviews than my fics usually get. Also it helped explain something. The story took place pre-Season 1 (AKA Academy era). Almost all of my other fics take place much later, but I see now that most fans seem to prefer Academy era. So maybe this helps explain why some of my other works didn't get the number of reviews I wanted

2. Although it's raining now, on Saturday we had gorgeous sunny weather. It was in the 50's which is crazy! Doris had to work but we enjoyed the day afterwards

3. And Sunday we had a nice, lazy, 'at home' day together.

1. Two days till our big NYE/game night party!

2. And Doris once again has a 4-day weekend. Sadly this will be her last such weekend for a while. In fact, starting next weekend she's working every Saturday for the foreseeable future. So....she'll have 1 day weekends from here on out. Kind of a bummer, but we're at least enjoying this one.

3. We loved the restaurant we went to last Saturday that we went there again today. My god it's so good. I just wish it didn't take 45 minutes to get there. But they are open Sundays so we can still occasionally go there (on Doris's 1 day off...) 

 
1. For both Doris and me, our colds are mostly gone. Nothing makes you appreciate health more than the misery of a cold!

2. Just for a change of pace (and a staycation), we stayed at a Bed n Breakfast yesterday. (A real BnB, not an AirBnB). Our room was lovely and had a fireplace. 

3. Oh and for lunch yesterday, we went to Alice and Friends. We both really love that place! It takes 45 minutes to get to, so we don't go often. But we both like it a lot. 

 
I really want to do the 3 things lists especially given what I posted yesterday.

1. It's Sunday! Even though Doris is going to her mom's soon and will be there the rest of the day, at least we're having a nice, lazy morning

2. I did this thing on Facebook where I gave away $30 gift cards to globalgiving.org to the first 2 who commented on my post. I enjoyed that.

3. Doris and I did talk about the stuff I posted yesterday. She did say that hopefully working every Saturday will stop after a few months, and that she won't need to spend every Sunday helping her mom forever. She says getting through the next few months will help and then she should be able to take some Saturdays off again (and not have to be at her mom's every single weekend). Also she reminded me that her business did used to do well, and she's pretty optimistic that once she finds an associate dentist, it will do well again. (Although she's been looking for an associate for a long time now).

 Dang, I have not done one of these for a while!

1. Nice holiday dinner yesterday with Doris's employees

2. Getting close to when I get a lot of time off. I'm working a full week next week, then 2 days the week after, and then it'll be 14 days in a row off! (Although I will check emails and stuff like I always do)

3. Grateful for Doris!

 
I worked late today, so it's late and my brain is tired. But I should do this list.

1. Grateful for the shows I love. Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl are especially good. Also watching The Gifted, Arrow, Black Lightning, and Flash. I like them all

2. My coworkers are great

3. Because I had a late 'work' dinner tonight, I am going to insist that I come in late tomorrow. (My boss is fine with whatever - it's ME who I have to insist to.)

 
1. Five days in a row off started today! Yay!

2. I had a nice moment today. Since my day was pretty open, I decided to take the train to first go to a restaurant I like and then get Doris a birthday gift. It was so cold though! And I had to wait 14 minutes for the train. But when I got to Munch (the restaurant), it was so nice. The place was so warm and cozy, and they brought me hot tea right away.

3. In keeping with the holiday weekend, I'll mention I'm grateful for my family.

And now, two less-than-awesome things but I found the first one bemusing.

A. I logged into the email account which I use almost exclusively to receive feedback on fanfics. My heart leapt when I saw I had 8 new emails. I rarely have that many! My heart leapt again when I saw they were all from fanfiction.net, so they were all reviews/favorites/followings of fanfics. And then...my heart sank just a bit when I saw they were for 2 fics that I wrote no less than 13 years ago. For a fandom I'm not in any more. I'm always happy to get a review or feedback or a kudo, but you gotta laugh because any writer wants them for stuff in their current fandom, not stuff from 5 fandoms ago. :)

B. Also, Doris went to help her mom today and her mom insisted she get there early. And...she did a lot of sitting around and waiting. I wish Doris would push back on her a bit because I was basically bereft of Doris all day. Ah, families.

So I'm on a business trip, and I always get a bit homesick on trips. This one is just 3 nights/4 days but I still get a twinge homesick. So I was just reflecting how great technology can be. Yesterday Doris and I are each watching Arrow (her at home, me in AirBnB) and texting during it. I'm also messaging with Ann (who's at a benefit), Laurie (who's working on the Florida recount), awesome coworker Erin (showing her pics of my AirBnb), and my Agents of SHIELD fan friends (who are beta-ing for me). It's all good.

The AirBnb I'm at is cozy and adorable.

I'll make this all 3 things!

1. Yay, I'm writing again! I guess the desire to do so just basically returned. 

2. Today went to a meeting of the local Dems. A lot of celebrating; we have much to celebrate. Also, great article on the election here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/11/09/three-days-later-hey-republicans-really-did-get-clobbered/?fbclid=IwAR2qc3-obv8Vxd-McF3u368QBaqxkZ_qWstvQLCB76gW3nPttbyV_5svQmA&noredirect=on&utm_term=.1b944d404092

3. Doris is off today. We so rarely have a Saturday where she's not working and where we don't have big plans. We're going to Blind Faith Cafe, a great restaurant (but one we rarely visit because it's far) 

 
1. Yesterday I went out canvassing for Lauren Underwood. It went well and I'm glad to be helping out. I'm taking Tuesday off so I can canvas for Sean Casten. 

2. Today Doris and I had another quiet Sunday mostly at home together

3. On Tumblr, two FS fans are organizing an FS Secret Santa exchange. I had hoped they would! Even though my muse is gone, I really want to do this.

And speaking of the above....While I was changing the bedsheets today, I had a good 'talking to myself' session about my now-disappeared drive to write. First I asked myself that if I were being brutally honest, do I write because I love to write or because I want reviews?

I thought the answer was somewhere in between.

But then I asked myself that if I had more reviews and kudos, would I write more and would I perhaps not've had my muse disappear?

I answered yeah, probably. But then I also countered that my beta tester J has been so good; she reads everything I write and gives detailed, great feedback. I'd write just for her. (I also have a second beta, L, who is not as effusive but still gives good comments). But the fact remains that despite J and L and their almost-guaranteed good feedback, I'm not writing. So then perhaps the answer truly is that I don't do it just for the comments. I think I do lean on the side of writing because of love of the craft.

So overall I think that's a good thing? Even though it doesn't solve my muse-disappeared problem.