Good things

[gwynhefar]

So I've been pretty absent on LJ lately, at least in part because even I was getting tired of my own whinging, so I'm sure the rest of you were getting tired of it too. It's been a miserable, stressful summer by and large, and in the spirit of 'if you can't say something good, don't say anything at all' I've been trying to be mostly quiet.

And when there are a lot of bad things going on, it can be difficult to appreciate the few good things. But I'm going to make a concerted effort to try. Starting with this post.

So, good things:

1) I have successfully transferred my addiction to soda from regular Coke/Dr. Pepper to diet Coke/Dr. Pepper. As a result I've lost 5 lbs. Not that the rest of my food intake is all that much better, but hey, one has to start somewhere.

2) Due to being bumped from my flight back to Baton Rouge after my grandmother's funeral, I was given a $400 voucher from Delta that almost exactly paid for my trip to see shadesong and family for Thanksgiving. Which is good, because I don't know where the money would have come from otherwise.

3) I love my new iPhone, even if it does cost an extra $25/month for the data plan. It was totally worth giving up snacks at work.

4) Lego Harry Potter is an incredibly addictive game, and I need to play more of it.

5) The Big Bang Theory is everything my brother promised it would be, and Netflix is my hero.

Comments

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Yay indeed for good things! And I managed to transfer some years ago from ordinary Coke to Diet Coke -- and I now prefer the taste of the diet or zero stuff.

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm finally at that point as well. I had a regular Coke the other day and went 'this tastes *weird*'

What's really frustrating me right now is not having time to write. I'm *almost* done with Chapter 4 of CwtW and Chapter 5 is about half done - and they've both been that way for two weeks.

Need more writing time, dammit! :)

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Grr! I know the feeling! And I was hoping we'd see more of the fic soon *g*.

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

I'm aiming to get Chapter 4 up some time next week. There's just one scene left to write and hopefully I'll be able to get that done and off to the betas before the weekend so I can get it edited and posted before next Friday.

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Yay!

I need to finish knitekat's birthday fic, then complete the next part of my S/R epic *g*.

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

I stopped drinking almost all non-diet soda years ago because I don't like the taste of high fructose corn syrup and coke with real sugar is unobtainable here.

[amine-eyes.livejournal.com]

I'm glad things are good for you :)

Lego anything is awesome ;D

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) I need this summer to be over - it's been way too busy and stressful. And I want time for writing, dammit. Can't believe I'm actually looking *forward* to the start of the school year as something that will calm things down around here.

[amine-eyes.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Weird maybe, but if it means that things will calm down, then there's no problem in wanting school to come back :)

Hope it all get much better soon! :D

[kristen-mara.livejournal.com]

It is good to vent on LJ in the safety and support of your friends, but yay for the positives! Hope you get to write more of the fic soon - I'll be waiting *G*

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I am working on it. I hope to have a revised Chapter 4 to you by this weekend (cross my fingers)