Got some writing done

[cornerofmadness]

In amongst the craziness that is here. Packing is not going well. I have no desire to do it since this all feels so surreal and very temporary. Still, I'm leaving a lot here. I just need to pack it up so when I DO return for it all, it's easier. Then again if I do return in the winter it'll be so much more pleasant to pack then. Had to fax my W-4's and application to work at the college today (Um didn't I fill out the application once). Pray you have a fax machine because Office Depot charges nealry 2$ for the first page and a dollar there after. I paid 10$ for this.

Went to visit Anubis and his better half this weekend. It was nice, got that edge of sadness because this will be the last time I see them for a long time.  Some of the conversation topics didn't help. It's scary, you see, growing older. Turning 30 didn't bug me. Turning 40 in a few years I think will, mostly because I've no life savings. None of my friends do. Most of the people I know in my generation are barely making ends meet no matter how much education we have. The married couples are both working and still barely able to save anything for retirement. That was the crux of the conversation. It still scares me.

But on a lighter note, I DID get my CYA story half edited. I'll probably post it early just to get it out of my way. And here's my B/A story for the summer challenge at Blood Roses. Just for once I'd like Buffy and Angel to act right in my stories. Give me something sweet and normal. No, I never get normal but hey for once it's not a giatn action epic. Let me know what you think. The Common Good of Life

Comments

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

I actually have a fairly large 401k, but big deal. I have two kids who will be attending college and absolutely no way to pay for that without raiding my retirement fund.

I adored your story. Hopeful with a side of love. Not sweet or sacarine, just true to the characters. And I love that in nursing Angel, Buffy discovers her heart. And you have a thing for perv Connor, don't you. I find that so funny.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Yeah that's a concern too, kids. There's tons of scholarships out there but for the most part they're piddling things for one semester (better than nothing I guess but still).

I'm glad you liked the story. I Wasn't sure where it was going at first and it was so dark that I thought a little comedic relief would help so in came pervy little Connor (he's fun to write that way. The more he becomes like Liam had been the more interesting Angel's reactions become at least from my pen)

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Huh. I never think of Liam, I guess because in my view he drank, gambled amd whored around in an attempt to numb himself. I tend to see Liam as very unhappy underneath that frat boy exterior.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to argue that. I'm never sure if Liam was always like that and later became bitter because of his father's intolerance for his behavior or if he became that way because his father was always overbearing (to me, the historical ones are a little wishy-washy and contradictory). I touch on this in the story for Leni's CYA ficathon which I'm gonna be posting any minute now