Sophia, every bit of this update makes me so so so very happy!

Me too! I'm glad they're making changes at work for you. That's overdue.

I hope you can continue therapy and find a good balance of creative work and less-stress work.

Making a happy home for you and Petunia.

Oh Sophia I'm so glad.

Me too! I'm glad they're making changes at work for you. That's overdue.

Thanks.

The promotion was a thing that started because my good old boss wanted to get me more money and help for basically running our program both educationally and administratively. It turned into a clusterfuck because HR was like- those things can't go together. One is low level and one is high level, so I ended up with just the education/IT stuff. But my actual expertise is in customer service/recruitment. But the title was Assistant to the Director, and the candidates we have gotten do not seem to be able to make good independent decisions without supervision, which my boss needs because she, too, has too much job. I still wish I could have just got more money and an assistant! I started with the education and IT stuff because I can't talk people into taking a course that is going to be shitty. But I do like the education and IT stuff, I just need to be assured that someone is taking care of the customers and telling them correct information and actually doing things in a timely fashion.

Am I sneaking in under the line? I can't remember when this thread is supposed to close.

Anyway, I'm not a lurker, but I don't post as often as I'd like. Things that have happened this year:

- The Gothic Charm School book celebrated its TENTH YEAR IN PRINT!!

- I launched my Patreon. I have patrons, even! But even a nice Twitter mention from Neil Gaiman didn't send a massive wave of patrons my way, soooo...

- I got a day job again. I'm back in the tech writer salt mines, but for a company that seems to mean it when they talk about work/life balance and taking care of their employees. I think I've found the unicorn of tech employers, and four months in it still weirds me out a little.

- Other stuff: The Adorable Loomy One is good, Vlad and Miss Erzabet No Biting are full of chaos, and Dad is doing well.

Hi, friends! I keep up with lots of you via FB and/or Twitter, but I do miss the board. Love seeing the updates every year.

My babies are now 6 and almost 10. My youngest has his Mama's anxiety issues, so he's in therapy and I'm also now in therapy - with his play therapist! LOL. I love her and am looking forward to a healthier mental outlook. DW is still a SAHM and a bad-ass bass player in a local band.

My dad had a heart scare earlier this year, but is on meds and doing really well. My brother got remarried last October and I'm about to have a new nephew in January. My mom has completed her transformation from a Republican to a Democrat, which began when she voted for HRC in 2016.

I am in a new job (my third since moving to NC 5 years ago). Still haven't quite found my place, but at least there's lots of opportunity.

Love y'all and with you all a happy, healthy 2020 - hopefully ending the year with a brand new Dem POTUS.

Did we open this this year? Are we supposed to be delurking?

Goodbye and Good Riddance (2019) is open, too. I was wondering if the board upgrade opened the threads, but (mercifully), Lightbulb (the voting thread) is still locked, so I don't know what happened.

I don't think we ever closed either one.

dances around the delurking thread just because I can!

so are we just shunning 2020? cause I don't mind