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Wow, things have been VERY stressful in the last couple of weeks! I'm sorry for being quieter than I intended.
A perfect storm of major work stress, major technical issues, this paypal crap, family and friend crises, and a persistent and very exhausting illness have combined to make for one of the most stressful periods of my life.
I literally don't remember much of the last three weeks beyond work/sleep/stomach illness/trying to bolster my mom's spirits.
Everything seems to be slowly resolving itself.
Sadly, the family and fried crises aren't so great. My mom's best fiend passed away yesterday, the second major death in my family/friend group since January. If you can keep Diane's family in your thoughts, I'd appreciate it! She was a great lady and will be missed.
Mom is essentially homebound, and she has a very small friend group, mostly the wives of guys who served with my stepdad in the Army Reserves. Most of the couples are facing crises--cancer, early onset dementia, chronic alcoholism, one guy who served several tours in Iraq and Afghanistan (after serving in Vietnam and the Gulf War too) had been rear ended twice since he came home last fall, causing multiple injuries to him and his wife. And now Diane has died, leaving a husband with a major progressive illness.
Hard times.
Work is becoming more manageable, after three weeks of very rough times.
My illness seems to be fading (slowly but surely). It'll be nice to eat and actually keep food down ;)
Tech woes are minimal now--THANK GOD!And I have an amazing backup program now.
Paypal seems to have reversed its decision and there is still a lot of "junk" there, but it too is getting better.
Anyway...as a result of all this, the last day I wrote a word was 2/25. Ugh! Inertia kills my productivity. I'm going to try to nail down some of the Feb prompts and do a belated/abbreviated March post, so keep your eyes peeled.
If you celebrate, have a great St. Patrick's Day!
Hope you're all doing well! Update me!! I feel like I've been out of the loop!
A perfect storm of major work stress, major technical issues, this paypal crap, family and friend crises, and a persistent and very exhausting illness have combined to make for one of the most stressful periods of my life.
I literally don't remember much of the last three weeks beyond work/sleep/stomach illness/trying to bolster my mom's spirits.
Everything seems to be slowly resolving itself.
Sadly, the family and fried crises aren't so great. My mom's best fiend passed away yesterday, the second major death in my family/friend group since January. If you can keep Diane's family in your thoughts, I'd appreciate it! She was a great lady and will be missed.
Mom is essentially homebound, and she has a very small friend group, mostly the wives of guys who served with my stepdad in the Army Reserves. Most of the couples are facing crises--cancer, early onset dementia, chronic alcoholism, one guy who served several tours in Iraq and Afghanistan (after serving in Vietnam and the Gulf War too) had been rear ended twice since he came home last fall, causing multiple injuries to him and his wife. And now Diane has died, leaving a husband with a major progressive illness.
Hard times.
Work is becoming more manageable, after three weeks of very rough times.
My illness seems to be fading (slowly but surely). It'll be nice to eat and actually keep food down ;)
Tech woes are minimal now--THANK GOD!And I have an amazing backup program now.
Paypal seems to have reversed its decision and there is still a lot of "junk" there, but it too is getting better.
Anyway...as a result of all this, the last day I wrote a word was 2/25. Ugh! Inertia kills my productivity. I'm going to try to nail down some of the Feb prompts and do a belated/abbreviated March post, so keep your eyes peeled.
If you celebrate, have a great St. Patrick's Day!
Hope you're all doing well! Update me!! I feel like I've been out of the loop!
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I am so sorry to hear about your mom's friend, my thoughts and prayers are with you and yours. I know it can be so very difficult when your physical circle of friends is very small and it all just seems to be piling on everyone so that no one seems to be able to catch a break.
I am glad your technical issues are done with, though, yay! That's at least once stress out of the way.
I did see PayPal's "backtrack" on their "we're not telling people what they can read" policy decision, but unfortunately, it's not a victory for the censorship they seem to be engaging in.
I hope your tummy problem settles soon, too, sweets! Your health is so very important, and I hope you get to feeling better soon!!
I'm always here if you want to chat, as always. *HUG*
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The tech stresses being done (and a great backup system) are a huge weight off. It could have been--should have by all rights--been so much wore.
Unforuntakey, the paypal decision coming so late has destroyed a lot of writers' careers :(
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gentle journey,
twi
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I am sorry to hear of all that's going..of course you get hungs and prayers....I do empathize. I have had weeks were it seems to be overwhelming and lately better...
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As an update, in case you missed it, there's this TV show that's apparently not entirely too bad (unless you believe certain people in the fandom... *eyebrow raise*) that was picked up for a 10th season... ;)
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Yeah I heard about that show LOL!
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Look forward to reading more when you have the time to write, but your peace of mind is more important than anything.
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I am so sorry you've had such a hard time lately! I am really sorry for you mother's loss. I am very glad to hear your health has improved and I hope things will calm down at work.
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I'm sorry to hear things have been so bad for you and yours.
*Good vibes*
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Take care of your health, hope you feel better ultra soon.
Thinking of you and yours.
Take care
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I am very sorry for your losses but I am glad things are getting back on track.
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Take care of yourself.
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I hope you feel really loopy soonest! ::hugs::
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Hope to see you around a little more.
MOARBIGHUGS,
SARA
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Feel better! HUGS!
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