Okay, so... I was tired /excuse

Yeah, I got almost nothing done last week. The competition left me way more tired than I anticipated, and then I had a huge work presentation on Thursday which basically ate up my mental energy all week, and then Friday I took off to walk around the arboretum with my mom and look at ephemerals, so I didn't get much written. But, y'know, I built in a buffer for that, so it should be okay.

Here's where I am:

• Exchanges due in March/April: the_mane_event, kinkluckydip, smut4smut, wickedloveex, worldbuilding_exchange, unsent_letters_exchange + unnamed things I am pinch-hitting or treating for. First of all, I'm dividing up these bullets by due date now, since that's the way I think of them. I'm now at 12/13 on these, and the 13 is a treat so it doesn't need to get done, but I really want it to. I need to do some edits on these this week, including at least 1 that needs a hard edit. So my goals are: finish the last treat + do the hard edit.


• Exchanges due in May/June: hurtcomfortex, pickmeupexchange, idproquo, caseficexchange (still in sign-ups): I'm currently at 0/4 on these (and more will crop up inevitably, with incoming exchanges + additional PHs/treats I decide on). My goals on this are: finish 1 assignment + complete sign-up for caseficexchange.


• Other exchanges that are on my radar and I might pick up for May/June: seasonsofdrabbles, prisoner_exchange, diegetic_exchange, sakuraexchange, whumpex, saturdaymorningex. There's zero reason for me not to do drabbles. Prisoner, I think, is a shoo-in given that Hannibal & Ace Attorney are two of my big fandoms. Diegetic has potential, but I need to think on it more. Sakura, Whump, and Saturday Morning are going to depend a lot on other people's requests: if I see cool requests, I'll jump in.


• Femslash Salad Bar: Nope, didn't get anything done on this (shockingly)!


• The Untamed: I'm now through episode 34! Finally back in the present day. Also, Jin Ling has a FLOOFY DOG and I want to floof it! 🥺


• So, fun story: Back before Christmas, I threw a bunch of "trapped together in a location" murder mysteries on my library queue, and one had a ginormous queue and I finally made it to the front on Friday, which was the worst timing possible, of course. But I did get Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson and read that this weekend. It was actually my favorite of all the books I read in this category. The set-up was super fun, and the characters were great. The larger mystery was less fun than reading how everyone killed someone in some way, but still entertaining enough for a weekend.


• I also have Scum Villain's Self-Saving System by MXTX now and am starting to read that! I'm only, like, 4 pages in, though, so nothing exciting to say so far, other than it seems funny.


• Spring ephemerals! We saw tons of snow trilliums and pasque flowers at the arboretum, hooray! Plus pussy willows, which are FLUFFY. We also went to our local waterfall on Sunday, and the skunk cabbages and bloodroots were both blooming there. And we've now got hepatica blooming in our yard (plus tons of wild ginger coming up). It looks like the next two weeks will be the big ephemeral explosion here. Very happy to see everyone back!

Goals for this week: 1) Finish March/April treat, 2) Edits for March/April fic, 3) 1 fic done out of May/June set, 4) Sign up for caseficexchange, 5) Finish Unit One (need to return that to library), 6) Watch more of The Untamed, 7) Start reading SVSSS.