#getting it done

[princess-lilura]

manifesting works a little too well 😝

I don't chase, I attract

everything I want, wants me more

[sapphire-imeo]

[artaxlivs]

Dirty Dancing au please!

Why are you making me be responsible? But also thank you for choosing the responsible WIP. I need to get my ass in gear on that bad boy. I've been avoiding it in favor of thirsty little drabbles.

I actually wrote over 700 words before I remembered I needed to answer your ask. GO YOU FOR BEING MOTIVATING!

He doesn’t even get the chance to knock before the cabin door opens and Eddie grabs him by his belt loops and drags Steve into the darkened room, crowding him back against the door and diving into his mouth. The kiss is so intense that Steve forgets to breathe and gets a little light headed. Luckily Eddie’s holding him steady with his thigh shoved up between Steve’s thighs, pressing gently up so Steve's almost riding it. “Fuck, Eddie.” Steve whines, biting his lip when Eddie pushes his polo shirt up and sucks one of his nipples into his mouth, digging his teeth in a little. “You know,” he gasps, “ten more feet and we’d be on your bed.” “Too far,” Eddie pants as he pushes Steve's shirt up and off, tossing it on the floor before dipping back in to whisper "baby" into the shell of Steve's ear and suck the lobe between his teeth, biting gently.

[queen-skiia]

30 Days of Productivity: Day 16 🤎

08/05/2024

Hey besties 🤗

I hope everyone is having a good start to the week! Here’s the recap of today:

I got up early and made a yummy breakfast today! Featuring my emotional support matcha latte. It felt good to get up instead of waking up at 12 in the afternoon

I got ready and went to the gym! It’s great to be back, I missed moving my body 🥹 we did some cardio and light strength training to ease my way back into exercising

I ran some errands after, I’m officially signed up for driving classes!!!

I got home and ate dinner, then I hopped on my 6pm zoom class

Now we’re off to bed 🙂‍↕️

Gn besties! ✨

🎧 - Stank Rose by BLK ODYSSY ft Joey Bada$$

[britanniabay]

Hardworking Princess Anne in 2015 at HMS Albion

Courtesy of Ben Shread

[mrkmciver]

#Here I Come

[astramthetaprime]

Putting the 'Function' in Executive Functioning

Lots of stuff going on and ongoing.

Number One -- Google Tasks is the bomb. Seriously. I'm, like, getting shit done. I'm remembering to do things because my exobrain is remembering it for me. If I can get one thing done around the house each day, on consecutive days, for days at a time, dagnabbit I'm getting shit done. You put it on the Tasks app, it fragging puts it on your Calendar, I keep it open on the phone, it stays in the back of my mind because I see it multiple times in a day, and it gets done. Schedule dog walks, schedule washing dishes, schedule writing, schedule whatever, it's there, you see it, it gets done. Between Tasks, Keep, Gmail and Calendar, I've got the means to keep up with dang near anything. The danger is not overdoing it, because here be burnout yo.

Number Two -- I never got the hang of drinking coffee, y'know? I tried, when I was younger, but it always messed up my stomach and I wasn't thrilled with the taste. My thing was Diet Coke, which I love with the force of a thousand exploding suns. And, later, I developed a love of fine Chinese black teas. (I freely and cheerfully direct your attention to Upton Tea Imports for further information. I loves me some good Chinese Keemuns, that's fine drinking.)

However, in the last week I have discovered a coffee drink I can actually stomach. And it has been educational.

It goes like this: 1 tbsp instant espresso powder, 3 tbsp your choice of creamer powder, 1/4 cup or more chocolate syrup, 8 ounces boiling water. Mix well, with a milk frother mixer thing if you have one but spoon's fine. It's a sort of half-assed mocha thing. I call it 'hellbrew' or Liquid Mania depending on my mood. And speaking of mood ...

The first one I drank it kept me up to 3 AM despite the fact I drank it at least twelve hours earlier.

I've had several since then (I'm afraid to have more than 1 a day), and yesterday it cranked me up so high that I spent more than an hour unable to sit still and stimming like you would not believe. I don't stim physically. Usually. But yesterday dear gods I stimmed. I stimmed so freaking much and suddenly I understand the whole thing now and oh yeah my skin felt like it was vibrating. All over. MY ENTIRE BODY WAS VIBRATING.

I was working at the time. Like I said, educational.

Speaking of ...

Number Three -- I have finally finished training for my job so Monday morning I am turned loose on my own recognizance. It's been 5 weeks? Or six? Five, I think. Regardless, I am working full time and funds are available in abundant supply. Just in time to replace all 4 tires on my car. But still, there have been groceries bought and eaten, and I was able to replace my earbuds when the case on my old ones got messed up. And last night I signed up for health insurance for the new year. And I'll be able to start paying my mortgage again. The reduction of stress has been restful. I am on the verge of not just surviving, but thriving.

Number Four -- Pathfinder Progress. Two nights ago I wrote what is probably the exact midpoint of the book, my protagonist and antagonists finally met face to face. Still not able to speak to each other, but it's only a matter of time. The Taelai have survived the Surprise Asteroid and now outright treachery from some of their own people. They're halfway back to civilization, given their means of travel they've got at least a week to ten days til they reach a friendly port and another week to ten days after that to their throneworld system of Daitengu. There's a lot still left to do. But I am making progress. It's getting done.

And beyond Pathfinder, I now have a third story planned. Tentative title: Cinder. There is a preliminary outline, and because this is me and the theater of the mind has no budget, Imma imagine Tom Cruise starring in it.

Because he's pretty, that's why.

Number Five -- I briefly considered attending the Saga Writer's Conference which is scheduled for July 2024 as my birthday present for my 55th birthday, but honestly I don't think I can justify the expense. I estimate I'd be spending at least $1k if one includes lost wages, and I just can't afford that. I have no doubt it would be a great time and I'd learn a lot of stuff I desperately need to know, plus it's being held at ConGregate and that would be just gravy on the potato cake so to speak. But alas, no.

However! I have been looking in to what I could learn on Skillshare, and the answer is quite a lot. Copyediting, social media marketing, Wordpress skillz, creating author platforms, AI art generation (yeah I know, but professional artists don't work for free and you guys have noticed I'm starting from zero, right?). Also, fiction writing. There's also a lot just for free on YouTube and various podcasts such as the excellent Writing Excuses.

Speaking of ...

Number Six -- ChattaCon is coming up in January, and Imma determined to stalk Mary Robinette Kowal, pin her down and massage her brain.

Number Seven -- I'm actually participating in a local speculative fiction writer's group, a subsect of the Chattanooga Writer's Guild. Like, I went to a real-time, real-life meeting (usually it's over video). This was at a coffee shop but pre- Liquid Mania so there was not 'dance a jig in your chair' or vibrating eyeballs. Next time, I will know what to order to make the proceedings much more entertaining.

Number Eight -- Tom Cruise. Because he's pretty.