The power stayed on

[cornerofmadness]

And I am grateful. We did get about 3 more inches of snow.

I'm also grateful that my online teaching platform decided today that my password expired and not last week when I was getting it all together. My password is NOT expired (as I'm also in my email and they're on the same password as it's one big thing) so I'm not grateful for whatever fresh hell this is.

Speaking of fresh hells, something is trying to claw its way into my kitchen, probably a raccoon from the sounds of it. If I ever buy a house it will not have a crawl space.

More gratefulness - that I found an old copy of the 1980s monster hunter novel in a folder form 2023 because somehow when I was reordering things last year and working in some interludes with the baddies, I a) duplicated one chapter and one interlude (that I'm aware of. I've only edited up to ch 10 so far) b) when I did that I erased chapter eight entirely. c) the older version had chapter eight thankfully

I have submitted my first story of the year. That makes me happy.

Once again i forgot to do thefridayfive on friday so here they are now.

1. If you could go back and relive one moment or day from your life, without changing anything, what would you re-experience? Oh my that's a hard one isn't it? My medical school graduation ranks up there. getting to touch the neolithic sites in Wales, crossing off bucketlist items like Las Vegas, The Tower of London and Highgate Cemetery

2. If you could witness a moment in history, again without changing anything, what would you want to see? Hmm too many to choose from. I'd like to have been to a real speakeasy. Maybe walk the vias in Rome, heck I'd like to see the moonlanding (I did see it but I was 2 but I remember my family in my grandmother's living room which no one believes me in spite of me accurately describing it)


3. If you could talk to a younger version of yourself, what age would you visit and what message would you give? 19 and I would tell me to apply to more medical schools, to insure your frakking hands, don't give up so easily.


4. If you could choose one moment that would be guaranteed to happen in your future, what would it be and when would it happen? My novel on the bestseller list and let's say 5 years from now


5. Pretend you left a time capsule for yourself 5, 10, 15, 20 or more years ago. You just opened it. What three things from your past are you now holding and what age were you when you buried them? I don't have to pretend I just cleaned out a closet and found three boxes in there from 20 years ago when I first moved here (so age 37) in it was the lawsuit against me for my student loans after I was injured, MY lawsuit against the insurance company over the hand injury, patient notes and my first contract here at the university. This was a sucky time capsule. I cried for days.

Comments

[ysilme]

Glad to hear about the power, and I hope the snow won't be too much of a nuisance. Sympathies about the fresh hell, although I have to confess the way you told that made me laugh.
I wonder if the clawing racoon might be Rocket's pal or girl/boyfriend and trying to be in time for a date? Rocket should know better than to invite them home, though.
Yay for finding those old files and publishing a story! :o)

***hugs*** about #3, and doubly so for #5. And absolutely yes!!! to #4.

[spikedluv]

I'm glad the power stayed on! And I hope the raccoon doesn't get in. o_O

[a_natural_beauty]

We've gotten some good snow here in Ohio, too! I'm glad you have many things to be grateful about! :)
Where did you submit your story to? I wish you the best of luck with that ~
I like your answers to those questions!

[cornerofmadness]

Oh I know. My parents live in Pittsburgh but I live in Ohio (SE) we got a ton here.

October Night Press's cryptid open call https://octobernightspress.bigcartel.com/open-calls

thanks.

[cornerofmadness]

Yeah me too. Whatever it is is big.

[cornerofmadness]

ha, I've been told I can do sarcastic stand up comedy.

THere are 2 other cats out there now, too feral for me to get hold of (Rocket hates them)

thanks all around. I hope they take the story but we'll see.

#4 will be the novel I'm currently editing (that I messed up so badly)

[under_the_silk_tree]

That's great you were able to find your story.

New York Times best seller list would be awesome.

Seeing a real speakeasy would so interesting I have read so many stories set in them I would love to see one for myself.

[cornerofmadness]

I was very happy to find that story bit

a speakeasy would be interesting to see

[a_natural_beauty]

Ah, interesting! I've lived in NE Ohio my whole life!

Thank you for sharing that with me :)

[cornerofmadness]

This is my third time living in OH, I keep moving south Cleveland to Columbus and now down at the OH/WV/KY border

[a_natural_beauty]

Oh thats neat! My bf and I went down to Cincinnati last summer and it was a pretty awesome place. We stayed in Kentucky and then spent a good amount of time in Ohio. Everyone was friendly and we enjoyed ourselves a-lot! :-)

[cornerofmadness]

Oh cool, glad to hear that. I'm in the opposite corner from Cinci but I do go there for fun (it's a little over 2 hours for me)

[a_natural_beauty]

Oh nice! I bet there are a-lot of cool things to do in that area. We talked about going back down there again in the future. I did write a post about how yummy the CiCi's pizza was down there. :)

[cornerofmadness]

Oh cool. I like the zoo and the museums especially

[a_natural_beauty]

That's nice. I enjoyed those while I was there, too.

[cornerofmadness]

those things are always my go to fun things to do

[a_natural_beauty]

Yes, I love checking out new zoos and museums when I go somewhere new! You never know what you'll find!

[cornerofmadness]

especially in the museums