The sunsets are very worth it
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allekhaMoving in has been going well - we're mostly unpacked (...don't ask about the room that has a bunch of storage bins in it because we have like. no shelves to unpack them onto yet). On National Ice Cream Day, we picked up a solid wooden hutch for $20 from Craigslist with the help of friends with a bigger car, and we thanked them with ice cream at the local place, which turned out to also have a lot of other things going on that day - free popcorn, mystery ice cream flavor guessing, bubble machines, adorable bunnies and tortoises in pens enjoying the sunshine from two local rescues recruiting for volunteers. That was fun, and the hutch has come in super handy, as a lot of our kitchen cabinets don't make good use of the vertical space with their built-in shelving.
We've also been working on a few issues around the house, including new and exciting ones we discovered, like the fact that our house isn't grounded properly :D And apparently when our realtor swung by with the electrician on a day we were busy, she forgot to point out what we learned was the most expensive issue :`D (Though I think the work would have still come in under the 'seller must deal with it' limit.) Also had a bit of 'when it rains, it pours' because we had to take the car in for two separate problems as well. All in all, it was a bit of a stressful month, but at least we haven't discovered any huge new problems with the house. And we have a beautiful view of the sunset each evening. It makes me happy to see how it's slightly different each day.
It's also been Battleship time, which ended up being a strange experience for me this year, because I had the most fun I've ever had with my team, but the game was also the worst-run of the three years I've played, and a lot my feedback is going to be similar to feedback that they don't seem to have done anything with from last year. My gifts were both excellent, at least:
For Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather, a sff short story told through a lyrics analysis site commentary section, a fic featuring other forms of social media:
Oak and Gall (1743 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather - Sarah Pinsker
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Characters: Original Characters
Additional Tags: folk horror, Epistolary, Documents, Social Media, Worldbuilding
Summary: A collection of posts and documents related to the village of Gall, Wiltshire, UK.
In-universe media figure skating wingfic - I don't know the fandom (yet) but I didn't feel like I needed to:
Aloft (890 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Favorites - Layne Fargo
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Katarina Shaw/Heath Rocha
Additional Tags: Wings
Summary: FRANCESCA GASKELL: It's good to stand out from the pack, but not, like too much, you know? You don't want to look like every other skater, but you want to look like a skater. Kat Shaw's look around that time was definitely unique… but maybe not kind of unique that always helps in competition.
We've also been working on a few issues around the house, including new and exciting ones we discovered, like the fact that our house isn't grounded properly :D And apparently when our realtor swung by with the electrician on a day we were busy, she forgot to point out what we learned was the most expensive issue :`D (Though I think the work would have still come in under the 'seller must deal with it' limit.) Also had a bit of 'when it rains, it pours' because we had to take the car in for two separate problems as well. All in all, it was a bit of a stressful month, but at least we haven't discovered any huge new problems with the house. And we have a beautiful view of the sunset each evening. It makes me happy to see how it's slightly different each day.
It's also been Battleship time, which ended up being a strange experience for me this year, because I had the most fun I've ever had with my team, but the game was also the worst-run of the three years I've played, and a lot my feedback is going to be similar to feedback that they don't seem to have done anything with from last year. My gifts were both excellent, at least:
For Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather, a sff short story told through a lyrics analysis site commentary section, a fic featuring other forms of social media:
Oak and Gall (1743 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather - Sarah Pinsker
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Characters: Original Characters
Additional Tags: folk horror, Epistolary, Documents, Social Media, Worldbuilding
Summary: A collection of posts and documents related to the village of Gall, Wiltshire, UK.
In-universe media figure skating wingfic - I don't know the fandom (yet) but I didn't feel like I needed to:
Aloft (890 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: The Favorites - Layne Fargo
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Katarina Shaw/Heath Rocha
Additional Tags: Wings
Summary: FRANCESCA GASKELL: It's good to stand out from the pack, but not, like too much, you know? You don't want to look like every other skater, but you want to look like a skater. Kat Shaw's look around that time was definitely unique… but maybe not kind of unique that always helps in competition.
