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i am finally coming back to the real world
No, I haven't been doing very well. and when you're an immensely qualified person struggling to find even basic work because your resume is confusing and the world is a shitshow, it's pretty hard to feel like you're worth fuckall.
I've never been good at keeping in touch with people and the pandemic has pretty much made me a hermit anyway.
All that to say I've finally landed a writing position with a contracting company and will be doing work very similar to my previous government contract, which I loved. I've finally cleared the background check and start formal employment with them 10/02.
you can tell my life has gone to shit. my house is a disaster that needs some real tough love. i haven't slept in my own bed since before our florida trip because it's still covered in clothes and shit, and it's been too hot for me to get work done on the 2nd floor (my meds make me overly heat sensitive). i'm struggling to get from week to week, i have no health insurance, my unemployment is fucked up, my credit card debt is obscene, and AH still has no job -- it's really been A Time.
but i survived, and sometimes that's the gold star you get.
if things could just settle and stabilize for a bit. that would be nice. i'd like to come back to the real world.
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Congratulations on your new writing position. If your fanfic is anything to go by you will knock it out of the park!
May your return to the real world be smooth and easy from here on in.
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(this is famishedeye from tumblr. i finally remembered I had a DW account.)
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i hope the new gig is good & earnestly wish i could CRUSH EVERY OBSTACLE keeping you down lol. sounds like a fucking time & i'm hopin things stabilize on your end; you deserve a damn break!
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2023 is kind of a bastard.
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ugh, I ain't on here enough. Sending you the good vibes and hedgehogs. <3
I should really get an OpenID account or something shouldn't I
(Anonymous) 2023-12-06 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)Anyway, just catching up with you because I accidentally re-read "HNTDB" (an accident, truly, I lost a completely unplanned day doing this) and then found our plot notes and decided I'd finish it off as one of those bucket list things.
I'm sorry to hear that things haven't been going well for you, though I hope by now, nearly 3 months later, it's gotten better. Well, I'm probably like the definition of a weird stalker stranger to you by now, but if you want to touch base... uhh... I think I have a mastadon account somewhere?! (man life online has gotten so hard ever since social media exploded) ... I definitely have a discord account I use regularly, in any case. Let me know if you want to catch up :)
Also, let me know if you want to have a say in how I mess with our horny blond fanfic babies and friends. XD It always was a fun time writing with you, and it brings to mind better times. Life's been a big OOF over here too and it ain't looking to change, so I'm just grabbing what little scraps of joy I can in the meantime and passing them along for the ... like... 2-3 people who might still care. :P
Take care of yourself, y'hear!
also: I am apparently really smurt
(Anonymous) 2023-12-06 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)https://gametoots.de/@enkida