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2 months is a long time. Until something significant enough happens to make it pass by as fast as the average childhood, that is. Relative time is funny, isn't it? Regardless, it's all good as long as you don't regret it. That's the secret right there.

But indeed, I know it's been a long time since my last update. Between family obligations, big changes at work, and plans for the future, I've really just not had the usual drive to write the weekly updates. Anyway, a lot has happened, so let's get down to it.

Having mah big sister home was fantastic. If anything, the relationship between the three siblings in the family only grows stronger with age, and it's pretty tough to beat so much shared experience. Even as we change, there's just too much holding us together to let anything get really bad between us. And if it does (and this is the most important, most precious thing about it), we talk about it. We don't let it stew and fester, or explode with it at any point. We just....talk about it. Usually over lunch. It's really, really nice. Anyway, it was a wonderful month for that if nothing else, with a lot of great memories. The only thing that could have made it better would have been to have had it during the summer when Mom and Dad could spend more time away from work, but that just wasn't in the cards this time around. Meh, maybe next year.

As I mentioned above, work has been nuts. The manager I liked, due to a number of reasons both known and unknown, was 'let go' and the assistant I've never gotten along with put in charge. Twofold difficulty here: first, that means we necessarily have to interact just about all the time, ratcheting up our collective blood pressure a few notches; and second, I'm now the last not-medically-constrained strong man working at the Hospice Thrift here. Have something to lift? Furniture to move? A delivery that day? Well, we'll just change around the schedules and breaks to make sure that you're working that day and time. I guess to be honest it's not a whole lot worse than the schedule woes of working at the theater, but it's irritating after a having a decently reliable schedule for so many months. And Lordy, is hasn't been doing my back any favors. Doesn't matter how careful I am in lifting and taking breaks, if we don't get someone else soon, massages and chiropractor visits are going to start being mandatory rather than just helpful. Yeeeesh...

The last major thing, and perhaps the greatest impediment towards me keeping this blog updated is that I've started writing another blog that's centered entirely around my writing. I decided it was time to separate the two into their own self-contained portions, and while I don't think this was a bad idea in theory, I've found that when it comes to writing, my perseverance lasts precisely one major blog post or story section. I'd finish a good chunk, be satisfied, and then realize that I hadn't updated this beast in three (four, six, eight) weeks, and lose aaaalllll of that stored up energy. And then it's back to video games, and nobody else wants that.

Personally, the point of separating the two blogs was that, while my everyday life tends to be pretty PG, my writing often ventures into those darker areas that not everybody really wants to read or hear about every day, especially those with young children. So far, I can't recall having posted anything particularly disagreeable other than the occasional swear word; with the recent large story I'll be writing and posting fairly often, I can't make any promises. So, I'll leave up to your individual discretion as to how much you'd like to keep track of progress. The blog can be found here, and, with the above in mind, I welcome one and all. Especially if you leave comments and critiques. Please leave comments and critiques! They are the lifeblood of the writer, struggling or otherwise, and I'm looking for all I can get.

I suppose those are the major updates for now. Hoping for more rain, less hail, and spring less tumultuous than the preceding winter. Oh, and for your patience in sticking with me, have some tasty moon walking gifs before you go.

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(Exit stage right) And goodnight!

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