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Apr. 18th, 2020 07:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
malenkayacherepakhaAnother little update on life, writing and more.
I'm still tucked up at home, unbelievably grateful to have a job and life that allows that. I'm working from home, but things are very slow at the moment as everyone tries to figure out how to work in our new reality. We also just don't know yet what next academic year looks like, so we can't do the planning we normally would be at this time of year. It sounds like things will start to pick up soon though which will be good.
As we expected, my Dad got ill. It was bound to happen considering his job but was still a shock - I cried when he texted to say he was heading home (he stays in a flat near his job during the week) because he had symptoms. That was just over two weeks ago, and he still isn't better (he got sent home again this week after a bad night), but he's not getting worse either so fingers crossed he'll be on the mend soon.
It's been really hard not being able to go and see him - he's been living on his own since my parents split up and both me and my brother live in a city about an hour or so away, and we're not allowed to make journeys that long at the moment. I also have underlying conditions that mean I'd rather not catch it, but still. It's hard wanting to look after someone but only being able to speak to them on the phone or via text. We've been doing welfare checks 3 times a day on our group chat, just to make sure we're all doing alright.
I'm not doing too badly with the stay at home thing - I'm such a homebody anyway, but there's definitely an undercurrent of anxiety all the time, and both me and C (my boyfriend) had days last week where we felt really flat. I've taken to lying on our kitchen floor on a yoga mat and looking at the sky (we have a glass ceiling over part of the kitchen) and find it strangely relaxing.
Work gave us a couple of extra days off to tack onto the Easter bank holiday so I only had to work two days last week and god I needed that break, just to sit and do nothing. I'm definitely going to be booking in some annual leave soon.
Despite everything, I've made some good writing progress this month.
I finished and posted a short Drarry fic for Daily Deviant (which you can read here) and wrote my drabble for the discord challenge.
The bulk of my writing time has been devoted to my Banging Birthday fic, and I'm so close to finishing it. It's something I never thought I'd write but I'm actually really loving writing it - maybe it's a sign I should go out of my comfort zone more often! It's still only in the first draft stage but I'm already really proud of it and can't wait to share it with everyone.
My BB fic should be done in the next few days and then get sent off for beta, and then it's on to Wireless. After that? I'm actually going to focus on my big fic idea, no more fests, promise!
I've been having some thoughts about writing too, but I think they deserve their own post, so that will hopefully come soon.
One benefit of the kind of low key stress that I've been feeling has been reading more. It's like my brain has needed the escapism, and I've found myself devouring books again, which is lovely. I've even read some of them a couple of times in a row just because I've not wanted to leave the world, something that I haven't experienced in a while.
I've particularly been enjoying Alexis Hall's books, especially the ones focusing on contemporary romance, so if anyone has any similar recs, I'd love to hear them.
In fact, any recs at all would be great, I'd love to continue reading lots.
I'm still tucked up at home, unbelievably grateful to have a job and life that allows that. I'm working from home, but things are very slow at the moment as everyone tries to figure out how to work in our new reality. We also just don't know yet what next academic year looks like, so we can't do the planning we normally would be at this time of year. It sounds like things will start to pick up soon though which will be good.
As we expected, my Dad got ill. It was bound to happen considering his job but was still a shock - I cried when he texted to say he was heading home (he stays in a flat near his job during the week) because he had symptoms. That was just over two weeks ago, and he still isn't better (he got sent home again this week after a bad night), but he's not getting worse either so fingers crossed he'll be on the mend soon.
It's been really hard not being able to go and see him - he's been living on his own since my parents split up and both me and my brother live in a city about an hour or so away, and we're not allowed to make journeys that long at the moment. I also have underlying conditions that mean I'd rather not catch it, but still. It's hard wanting to look after someone but only being able to speak to them on the phone or via text. We've been doing welfare checks 3 times a day on our group chat, just to make sure we're all doing alright.
I'm not doing too badly with the stay at home thing - I'm such a homebody anyway, but there's definitely an undercurrent of anxiety all the time, and both me and C (my boyfriend) had days last week where we felt really flat. I've taken to lying on our kitchen floor on a yoga mat and looking at the sky (we have a glass ceiling over part of the kitchen) and find it strangely relaxing.
Work gave us a couple of extra days off to tack onto the Easter bank holiday so I only had to work two days last week and god I needed that break, just to sit and do nothing. I'm definitely going to be booking in some annual leave soon.
Despite everything, I've made some good writing progress this month.
I finished and posted a short Drarry fic for Daily Deviant (which you can read here) and wrote my drabble for the discord challenge.
The bulk of my writing time has been devoted to my Banging Birthday fic, and I'm so close to finishing it. It's something I never thought I'd write but I'm actually really loving writing it - maybe it's a sign I should go out of my comfort zone more often! It's still only in the first draft stage but I'm already really proud of it and can't wait to share it with everyone.
My BB fic should be done in the next few days and then get sent off for beta, and then it's on to Wireless. After that? I'm actually going to focus on my big fic idea, no more fests, promise!
I've been having some thoughts about writing too, but I think they deserve their own post, so that will hopefully come soon.
One benefit of the kind of low key stress that I've been feeling has been reading more. It's like my brain has needed the escapism, and I've found myself devouring books again, which is lovely. I've even read some of them a couple of times in a row just because I've not wanted to leave the world, something that I haven't experienced in a while.
I've particularly been enjoying Alexis Hall's books, especially the ones focusing on contemporary romance, so if anyone has any similar recs, I'd love to hear them.
In fact, any recs at all would be great, I'd love to continue reading lots.
