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Life Update, and a Request
Jan. 13th, 2016 12:20 amDoes anyone else ever suffer from second-hand anxiety? Like, it's my youngest's 6th birthday in a couple of weeks, and she wanted a trampoline party. It's gonna be good fun, where she gets to run around with a dozen of her friends, bouncing all over the place and playing Dodgeball on a trampoline surface, followed by some food and party games. She's really excited about it, but all I can think about is that now I've handed out the invitations, oh my god, what if nobody turns up? It's a really stupid thing to be anxious about, because 4 of her friends' parents have already called to confirm, and they only got the invites yesterday. But I can't help it, my stomach is all tied up in knots and I can't sleep for worrying about it. Man, sometimes I really hate being socially inept.
In other news, I went to a meeting with my eldest daughter's teachers, who wanted to talk to parents about what they could do to help their kids get the best grades they can in their upcoming exams. However, according to the teachers, I can proudly say that there's nothing more I can do, because apparently Eryn is expected to come out with A*s across the board. I'm very proud, but also kind of worried for the state of my bank account, because I promised her £100 per A*, so it looks as though I'm going to have to shell out about £1100. Oops.
In other other news, the other day I bought myself a pair of new boots, without trying them on first. I mean, I know my size, and they were the same style I've had many times, so I figured, it shouldn't matter, right? Wrong, because for some reason these boots are tight little fuckers, and after spending about a minute in them they rubbed a hole in my heel and made me trip down a step and now I have a sprained ankle and a really fucking painful blister. All I wanted was some boots without holes in the soles, why you hurt me like this?
And now for my request:
I'm currently writing a new original story. It's something I'm quite excited about, because I've had the prologue written for a while, but couldn't work out where I wanted the story to go afterwards. Well, now I've had a brain wave, and I have the story loosely mapped out, and am currently finishing off the first chapter. My request is, would anyone like to alpha-read for me? It's an M/M story, with ghosts and a really creepy house, set in rural England (because why not? Write what you know, and all). What I need is someone to bounce ideas off of, and to kind of just be there cheering me on in the corner, in the hope that this one I won't abandon a few chapters in (and to my alpha readers for my last story, I promise I am still working on finishing it!). I'm hoping that with someone encouraging me along the way, I'll have more luck getting to the finish line. It shouldn't take up too much time, it might be maybe 3-4k a week? Depending on how quick the process goes, I guess. But yeah, would anyone be interested? Let me know and we'll chat!
In other news, I went to a meeting with my eldest daughter's teachers, who wanted to talk to parents about what they could do to help their kids get the best grades they can in their upcoming exams. However, according to the teachers, I can proudly say that there's nothing more I can do, because apparently Eryn is expected to come out with A*s across the board. I'm very proud, but also kind of worried for the state of my bank account, because I promised her £100 per A*, so it looks as though I'm going to have to shell out about £1100. Oops.
In other other news, the other day I bought myself a pair of new boots, without trying them on first. I mean, I know my size, and they were the same style I've had many times, so I figured, it shouldn't matter, right? Wrong, because for some reason these boots are tight little fuckers, and after spending about a minute in them they rubbed a hole in my heel and made me trip down a step and now I have a sprained ankle and a really fucking painful blister. All I wanted was some boots without holes in the soles, why you hurt me like this?
And now for my request:
I'm currently writing a new original story. It's something I'm quite excited about, because I've had the prologue written for a while, but couldn't work out where I wanted the story to go afterwards. Well, now I've had a brain wave, and I have the story loosely mapped out, and am currently finishing off the first chapter. My request is, would anyone like to alpha-read for me? It's an M/M story, with ghosts and a really creepy house, set in rural England (because why not? Write what you know, and all). What I need is someone to bounce ideas off of, and to kind of just be there cheering me on in the corner, in the hope that this one I won't abandon a few chapters in (and to my alpha readers for my last story, I promise I am still working on finishing it!). I'm hoping that with someone encouraging me along the way, I'll have more luck getting to the finish line. It shouldn't take up too much time, it might be maybe 3-4k a week? Depending on how quick the process goes, I guess. But yeah, would anyone be interested? Let me know and we'll chat!
