Hey Out There, and a JBG Link
Hey y’all. I’ve been really quiet lately, at least on this journal, so I just wanted to stop in and say hi. There are two links at the bottom of the page if you want to skip my blah blah and go directly to them. One is to the story i'm currently revising and posting at my Whiskiegurl LJ and the other is to a JBG interview.
I equate Live Journal only with reading fanfic. I post about real life stuff on Facebook but I don’t post much about it here anymore, other than the post I made about my father passing away. I appreciated so much everyone’s sympathy and kind words during that time. It was very hard for me, but actually the hardest part was getting my mother through it, and I know I didn’t do that as well as I should’ve. Thankfully, we are almost six months on the other side of it now and she’s starting to sound like her normal self when I call her, a lightness I haven’t heard in her voice in about a year. It was about this time last year that he began the sudden nosedive into dementia and illness. I’m thankful it was quick. Once he got really bad off, he only had to endure for a few months before it was over. I’m not one who believes in the Biblical concepts of Heaven and Hell, but I do like to think there is more to our existence than just this, and I like to think of him out there somewhere resting easy and peaceful and gearing up for his next adventure. I miss him so much and I hope that he’ll be waiting for me when I leave this world.
In the meantime, I feel like my life is settling back down to a version of normal without him. My mom will be 80 in August, but she’s still independent and in pretty good health, overall. We went to NYC with Karla (the betababe) and her sister in February and had a great time. We are planning another vakay in late May, possibly to Maine.
I get to retire next January on my 50th birthday. It’s still a ways away and I’m trying not to become insufferable yet!!! But I’m very excited and a little bit freaked at the same time. This time next year, I’ll be free (unless something awful happens) and I can’t even imagine what that will be like. I’ve been committed to something, either work or school and oftentimes both, since I was 6 years old. I am very lucky to get to retire at such a young age and I definitely plan to do things, not just sit around and eat bonbons till it’s time to die. But I’m just so delighted with the idea of being able to plan my life around what I want to do and need to do apart from work. My husband retired when he was 50 also, and it didn’t work out so great for him because he needs work to keep him busy, focused, mentally healthy, etc, but I don’t think that will be the case for me at all. I plan to do volunteer work and spend more time with my mother and also to spend more time with Jim’s family. We bought a tiny little house in South Mississippi so that we can spend time here without having to crash at someone else’s house, and we love it.
I also plan to spend more time writing. A few years back when I was in NY visiting Jill, we went to have our cards read. The cards indicated a time of distraction ahead for me, and that could not have been more accurate. I feel like I’m starting to get my brain back and I’m so thankful for that. I love writing and missed so much being immersed in the stories I was working on. That is my one most selfish hope for my retirement. That I’ll get to spend a lot of time writing!!
I’m working on a rewrite of my hookerfic from last year, Somewhere With You. I gave up doing the dual story, since - for me - J2 is fun to read but I can’t write it at all. Also, the original H/J version wasn’t working because I had my characters crossed up. For lots of reasons, I think the new version is much better. It’s mostly told from Heath’s POV but I’ve added in some of Jake’s as well, and I’ve gone back and filled out the story quite a bit. I’m reposting a chapter or two at a time and am up to Ch 9. I’ll post chapter 10 later today. I have new material written and am very pleased with my progress.
I love almost everything about JBG, but I especially love his voice. When I’m writing, I like to listen to him talk. Today I clicked on this interview on YouTube and loved it!!! It’s fun and funny and JBG is awesome as usual.
Ok. That’s all for now. I hope everyone is doing great. I’m so glad there are a few peeps out there who still enjoy reading in this fandom. I love the interaction of posting as I go and having you guys read along and comment.
Here’s the link to the revised SWY if you missed it.
http://whiskiegurl.livejournal.com/tag/swytt
Here’s the link to JBG’s youtube cuteness. J
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBHzqPph98E
I equate Live Journal only with reading fanfic. I post about real life stuff on Facebook but I don’t post much about it here anymore, other than the post I made about my father passing away. I appreciated so much everyone’s sympathy and kind words during that time. It was very hard for me, but actually the hardest part was getting my mother through it, and I know I didn’t do that as well as I should’ve. Thankfully, we are almost six months on the other side of it now and she’s starting to sound like her normal self when I call her, a lightness I haven’t heard in her voice in about a year. It was about this time last year that he began the sudden nosedive into dementia and illness. I’m thankful it was quick. Once he got really bad off, he only had to endure for a few months before it was over. I’m not one who believes in the Biblical concepts of Heaven and Hell, but I do like to think there is more to our existence than just this, and I like to think of him out there somewhere resting easy and peaceful and gearing up for his next adventure. I miss him so much and I hope that he’ll be waiting for me when I leave this world.
In the meantime, I feel like my life is settling back down to a version of normal without him. My mom will be 80 in August, but she’s still independent and in pretty good health, overall. We went to NYC with Karla (the betababe) and her sister in February and had a great time. We are planning another vakay in late May, possibly to Maine.
I get to retire next January on my 50th birthday. It’s still a ways away and I’m trying not to become insufferable yet!!! But I’m very excited and a little bit freaked at the same time. This time next year, I’ll be free (unless something awful happens) and I can’t even imagine what that will be like. I’ve been committed to something, either work or school and oftentimes both, since I was 6 years old. I am very lucky to get to retire at such a young age and I definitely plan to do things, not just sit around and eat bonbons till it’s time to die. But I’m just so delighted with the idea of being able to plan my life around what I want to do and need to do apart from work. My husband retired when he was 50 also, and it didn’t work out so great for him because he needs work to keep him busy, focused, mentally healthy, etc, but I don’t think that will be the case for me at all. I plan to do volunteer work and spend more time with my mother and also to spend more time with Jim’s family. We bought a tiny little house in South Mississippi so that we can spend time here without having to crash at someone else’s house, and we love it.
I also plan to spend more time writing. A few years back when I was in NY visiting Jill, we went to have our cards read. The cards indicated a time of distraction ahead for me, and that could not have been more accurate. I feel like I’m starting to get my brain back and I’m so thankful for that. I love writing and missed so much being immersed in the stories I was working on. That is my one most selfish hope for my retirement. That I’ll get to spend a lot of time writing!!
I’m working on a rewrite of my hookerfic from last year, Somewhere With You. I gave up doing the dual story, since - for me - J2 is fun to read but I can’t write it at all. Also, the original H/J version wasn’t working because I had my characters crossed up. For lots of reasons, I think the new version is much better. It’s mostly told from Heath’s POV but I’ve added in some of Jake’s as well, and I’ve gone back and filled out the story quite a bit. I’m reposting a chapter or two at a time and am up to Ch 9. I’ll post chapter 10 later today. I have new material written and am very pleased with my progress.
I love almost everything about JBG, but I especially love his voice. When I’m writing, I like to listen to him talk. Today I clicked on this interview on YouTube and loved it!!! It’s fun and funny and JBG is awesome as usual.
Ok. That’s all for now. I hope everyone is doing great. I’m so glad there are a few peeps out there who still enjoy reading in this fandom. I love the interaction of posting as I go and having you guys read along and comment.
Here’s the link to the revised SWY if you missed it.
http://whiskiegurl.livejournal.com/tag/swytt
Here’s the link to JBG’s youtube cuteness. J
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBHzqPph98E