Checking In

I know I’ve been quiet too long lately, and I realize this is exactly the wrong time for someone with a history of health issues to suddenly go dark, so at the risk of making it all about me, let me just start by saying, all’s well at the Smomestead. These are scary times and I am very aware that what we’re going through now will probably end up in history books someday. I know so many people at risk. I’m one of them. My sisters, my father, my friends…It’s a very helpless feeling, when the best line of defense is to wash your hands.

I’m not going to say more about that. I’m not a health professional, am hardly qualified to speak intelligently about any part of this whole ordeal, except for my own experiences, and I’d rather not. All I really want to say is…Please, people, let’s try to stay safe.  Be alert, but not afraid, and take every opportunity to be kind. Now, more than ever, it is so important to be kind.

Okay.

I have a new chapter of my fanfic up at archiveofourown.org and fanfiction.net, and while I know I’ve gotten more and more unreliable about updates lately, I’m going to do better.  I want to use my quarantine-time positively and see if I can figure out how to manage my time like a damn adult, set up a schedule for writing, paint regularly, and what the hell, maybe start an exercise program. I want to see progress come out of this, for me and for all of us.