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kasihyaI made it! I finished editing and expanding my Yuletide assignment with half an hour to go before the deadline! I uploaded a very rough draft of it a few days ago, just to make sure I'd have something to work with in case I was scrambling to come up with tags/descriptions/etc because that usually takes me forever. BUT I FINISHED. I sucked it up and had someone beta it for me, and I'm so excited that they did because they definitely made it better, and I am just. SO. EXCITED. Oh my god. You have no idea. I've never actually participated in a collaborative fandom thing like this before -- okay, it's not seriously collaborative, but it's still reaching out to another person and promising to write something for them, and making it good, and I did it. I did that. I love love love giving presents to people. I love it when people are happy, I love it when I am the person that made them happy, and I really hope that my recipient likes what I wrote for them.
Also I'm at home, and I have zero academic responsibilities for the next few weeks, which is going to take some getting used to. I've been running close to empty for the past month, go go go go go, and now I am done. I can breathe, I can write, I can catch up on books and television and movies and I can play with my family's dogs.
YES.
I'm looking forwards to Christmas. This will be the first year that my family doesn't have dinner with my dad's side of the family up in his hometown -- aside from a few years ago, when there was an enormous blizzard and everyone camped out in the family room watching movies all day, that was a weird, weird Christmas -- we're just electively not going anywhere. I'm sad because I like family, but I'm also sort of relieved because I just want to be comfortable and not feel awkward. I'm an awkward person around relatives. And now I have all sorts of fandom things to look forwards to! I have a Yuletide present, and I get to give a Yuletide present, and there's Doctor Who, and everything will be awesome. I'm happy with the presents that I'm giving my family, too. Sometimes I'm iffy on them, especially for my little brother who is just difficult to get things for, but this time, I think I've actually picked out good things that everyone will like and it makes me happy.
Also I'm at home, and I have zero academic responsibilities for the next few weeks, which is going to take some getting used to. I've been running close to empty for the past month, go go go go go, and now I am done. I can breathe, I can write, I can catch up on books and television and movies and I can play with my family's dogs.
YES.
I'm looking forwards to Christmas. This will be the first year that my family doesn't have dinner with my dad's side of the family up in his hometown -- aside from a few years ago, when there was an enormous blizzard and everyone camped out in the family room watching movies all day, that was a weird, weird Christmas -- we're just electively not going anywhere. I'm sad because I like family, but I'm also sort of relieved because I just want to be comfortable and not feel awkward. I'm an awkward person around relatives. And now I have all sorts of fandom things to look forwards to! I have a Yuletide present, and I get to give a Yuletide present, and there's Doctor Who, and everything will be awesome. I'm happy with the presents that I'm giving my family, too. Sometimes I'm iffy on them, especially for my little brother who is just difficult to get things for, but this time, I think I've actually picked out good things that everyone will like and it makes me happy.
