Checking In

Hi, yes, I'm still alive

The past few weeks have been a lot. Some of it good, some of it bad.

Let's start with the good!

I finally took a much needed vacation! Last time I had a week off was May when I went to visit my parents. Which was nice, but also hard work given that they are both Tories who think that Boris Johnson is great.

This time I took a week off and spent it with myself and OMG it was sorely needed. I can't remember the last time I felt this relaxed.

As I mentioned a while ago I booked a beach house to spend a few days around my birthday and even though the house had no wifi I have zero regrets

( Some pics and vids )

All I did while I was there was write, watch dramas, eat and sleep. It was great!

Although I was only there for 3 days I took the full week off work and when I got home I just wrote and watched dramas. It's amazing what being relaxed and not tired does for your creativity. I bashed out 7k of fic in two days which is a huge increase from the 600 words per day that I average when I'm at work.

I really didn't want to go back, but alas, capitalism wins out and I need to earn money to pay for more trips away like this (and my fandom merch habits).

I would definitely stay there again.

But, when there's good there is also bad

( Cut for discussion of death )

So, that's what's been going on with me. A mix of good and bad. Mostly I just feel exhausted by the state of the world. Work, writing and dramas are a distraction.