A few thoughts on the day:
As noted earlier, the fic is done! w00t! It ended up at 2700 words - I have not written 2700 words (for non-academic purposes, that is) in, hmmm, let's see, 4 years, since my last
seasonal_spuffy submission, "Something Borrowed," as a matter of fact. Writing basically took over my life for the past four days, and something funny happened during the process. Or, rather, something
didn't happen: I didn't work 24 hours a day, and everything that needed to get done actually still got done. Okay, yes, I do have a bit of grading that I pushed off, but it's not the end of the world. Funny, that. It feels like there's a lesson in there somewhere...
Special fic shout-outs:
gabrielleabelle doesn't know this, but I actually *have* been reading her posts of late intently and was particularly inspired by her talk a while back about
Spike's BtVS journey and
her more recent S6 squee. I was nodding vigorously, even though I didn't have time to make with the written "amen"s. It was thinking through some of her comments that "In the Living Season" really began to take shape. I knew vaguely what I wanted to do, but she helped crystallize some important ideas. And
alwaysjbj and I had a monster chat session several weeks ago that also set me thinking about the post-S5 summer, so thanks to you as well, dear. And last, but so seriously not least, the fic was in key ways a joint project with
readerjane. She lived it with me these last several days, and her comments were rigorous, thoughtful, and full of encouragement, just as I needed. Most sincerest of thanks on our little venture! :) You, lady, are AWESOME!
And if that weren't enough for the day, JJ returned as Lucky on GH. There is really no way to express what *that* means, so the squeeage will have to wait until I find my words. :) I have literally had the L&L love story on permanent loop for the last 12 years, so seeing him was like a dream. I should have known better than to finish my make-up just before the show started because of course I got teary. Yes, I'm just
that dorky/hormonal.
I hit 136 on the scale today. That makes 17 pounds down. Even more amazing, I actually did 33 full push-ups during the daily workout. Okay, granted, they were not the best push-ups ever, by any stretch of the imagination, but they were still thirty-freaking-three push-ups. *is strong like Amazon. sort of*
Well, crap - I'm having total icon identity crisis! What to do??? Spuffy default icon to celebrate the completion of the fic, or L&L to celebrate JJ's first day? Okay, it
has been 10 years. I think I've gotta go for L&L. If Guza and TIIC screw this up, they will rue the day. And what do I need to do to get them to take Greg Vaughan out of the credits? And removing characters who've been killed off or left the show, like, three years ago would also be a nice gesture. *is puzzled and also still kinda misses Alcazar*