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
Shun the 2020, shun, I say.
I'm torn between "shun 2020" and "how do we know 2021 is going to be any better?"
I have to believe 2021 will be better. Of course I confess to being a determined optimist at my core. But, we will have a new president, and we will get a vaccine for Covid. That has to be better.
