Friday Survival:

[tomakeanoffer]

This week has been kind of hard on us, nothing terrible has happened but it's been long and tiring and I am happy we survived this long. I hope your week is doing better than mine and that you are still here to celebrate with us.

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This post is for:
• being excited about the things you've done this week
• asking for help if you need it
• venting about anything that might need to be flailed over.
• showing off something cool you've done/made/experienced this week.
• being generally enthused and excited about things that have happened.
• just being thrilled that you survived.

Come drop into the comments and let us know how you're doing and how things have gone. While I may not respond to every comment myself, all of you are free to respond to each other and get encouragement, help or whatever else it is you need. If you want to vent without advice being given, please say so and if you want cheering or tips or anything, let us know that too.

I do ask that if you have any triggering topics, that you mention them in the subject line or first line of your comment. This is just so people can make informed decisions on what to read and keep everyone okay. <3 Thank you so much.

Comments

[angelofthenorth]

I sent the letter to the consultant!

[tomakeanoffer]

Woohoo! Go you!

[nyctanthes]

I took my 10 year old daughter to see Malala Yousafzai speak. She was empowering, of course, but also positive and optimistic and *funny*. It was a lovely evening, full of young people, and set the tone for the week, for sure.

[dreamerinsilico]

I got back from a trip back to Japan to see friends for the New Year, and I may not be especially comfortable at home, but I'm so glad to be back, anyway. The trip was one of those things where I went because I knew I should, but didn't want to because almost everything about being there is mentally tied up in the memory of hitting pretty much my lowest low.

I survived, and de-briefed with my therapist yesterday, and that was good. The trip wasn't pleasant, precisely, but it was productive. And now I'm back where there are abundant fresh vegetables, and pimento cheese, and my cat, and I'm not spending most of my day in exhausting, unstructured social time, so things are looking up.

[tomakeanoffer]

*points to icon*

I am very glad you have survived and are functioning okay. May you have many cat snuggles and lots of delicious cheese and veg.

[tomakeanoffer]

That sounds absolutely delightful an I am so glad you and yours enjoyed yourselves.

[dreamerinsilico]

Thanks much! Happy Friday <3

[finch]

I organized the hall closet! That's three closets down and just the Terrible Horrible Laundry Room Of Doom left.

[hitokage]

I'm still coughing and thus drinking tea like it's going out of style. I'm not sure which is worse, the early morning wet hacking or the late night dry wheezes. AND I started my period, which is always fun to have going on while coughing out ones lungs.

On the up side, I finally started my Free Fiction Friday monthly "series" (the stories aren't actually connected). It's only up on my Patreon (The Story of Silence) atm, but I'll put it up on Wattpad ... later today maybe? Depends on if I can STOP COUGHING for more than two minutes or not, I guess.

[dhampyresa]

+ Art
+ Some writing
+ Steps Towards Things
+ Spider-Verse!
+ My Chemical Romance's "Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys" (wat wat it's 2019), especially Planetary (GO!)

Tomorrow I do something brave/interesting

TW: Medical stuff, needles

[mdlbear]

Colleen had yet another bladder infection (they're life-threatening because she's on immunosuppressants). This time we were in and out of the ER in only five or six hours, which is a big improvement. Last time (November) she was hospitalized for two weeks, so this was an easy one. The triage nurse recognized her on sight and led us straight to a room.

She's on IV antibiotics for the next 10 days, which means daily visits to the clinic, but that's not too bad. Been there, done that.

[mraoulee]

I...

-Submitted two things!
-Have written 6,787 words so far this year, including 3,700ish on my novel
-Got back to work on my big beady project
-Am doing colorways for another one

Also got that one rejection out of like 20 with the power to make me sad, but luckily I had cookies on hand.

[tomakeanoffer]

Go yooou! *pompoms* I am so glad you are committing all kinds of creativity <3

[tomakeanoffer]

Wooosh! That is awesome.

[tomakeanoffer]

Oh man, I hope you feel better quickly <3

[tomakeanoffer]

I hope your brave and interesting thing has gone marvelously!

Re: TW: Medical stuff, needles

[tomakeanoffer]

I'm glad she's doing better than last time. My best wishes to both of you.

thanks for hosting something like this! :D

[lovepeaceohana]

+ I got back on track with my triathlon training following an unexpected setback at the beginning of the week: completed my first-ever 12-minute mile on Weds, swam four whole laps + biked five miles Thurs, and ran for twenty minutes just tonight.

+ I sent polite but firm emails to school administration that have produced results!

+ I have begun work on some playlists in an effort to corral my moods and also learn to listen to new things, and so far that's going well.

[tomakeanoffer]

Oh wow, look at you! Super productive and very awesome! :D

[mraoulee]

It feels good to not be chasing EVERY GODDAMN DEADLINE I tell you XD!

[badfalcon]

Congrats on surviving the week :)

I made healthier food choices for most of the week. I found the courage to renegotiate a debt repayment plan after a change in my financial situation. I discovered and started falling in love with another new-to-me TV show - The Blacklist.

[tomakeanoffer]

Wooosh! o you! That is awesome and I am so cheering you on.

[dhampyresa]

I ended up sick and unable to attend :(