Caitlin 💼 I Still Got It 10 Years Later

A tumblr post from user astramachina: saw an elderly woman walking around with a tote bag whose design were the four AO3 fic category squares and she very excitedly asked if i was a reader or a writer bcs nobody else at the con had recognized it, and after telling her that i've been writing fic since fanfic.net, she solemnly nodded and explained that she'd been reading fic since "the days of personal websites" but that she only started writing fanfic when she was 47 and oh my god when i tell you that i genuinely teared up on the spot!!!!! like!!! HELL YEAH???? LITERALLY NEVER TOO OLD TO START WRITING. NEVER TOO OLD TO WRITE AND SHARE YOUR FIC. her enthusiastic "i'm a very nice and bubbly person, i swear! but i love writing angst and major character death :)" nearly took me the fuck out. icon. legend. diva. i wish her nothing but a kajillion million comments and kudos. i hope her fic updates crash AO3. i hope she knows i'm promoting her to my personal patron saint of AO3.

It's never too late. You're never too old. The joy of transformative work is for everyone. 🖤

(I don't understand why this is suddenly such a problem. I never had this happen on my Pixel Watch 1, now I have the 3 and suddenly it's so excited to make me look like an asshole. D| )

Welp. That's the second time my watch has dialed emergency services while I'm in boxing class. And because I put my phone on Do Not Disturb, I don't know it's happening!! 🫠

Time to start wearing it on my arm. OUTSIDE my glove. Apparently turning on the screen lock isn't enough. 🤷🏼🤷🏼🤷🏼

I am trying so hard right now to not buy myself a bunch of stuff to make leather belts with. I'm just so sick of my belts coming apart, I want DECENT ones. D|

But I GUESS I needed it or something. Also now I know that if I fall asleep with my new watch on, it'll put my phone into bedtime mode so I actually can, y'know. Sleep.

I just 1000% played myself. I thought "well, you know what would be nice for your stressed brain? Snacks and your book!"

You know what happened when I had my snacks, my water, and my shoulder heating-pad while reading on my bed?

YEAH MAN. I FELL ASLEEP IMMEDIATELY.

Gang my stress levels are INSANE. Feels like the job is on shaky ground, and my brain has convinced me I'm about to be let go to save money. Nevermind that this show probably can't function without me but, I don't think that would stop them from trying. 🫠

Who's the friend who brings ice to the party but then ends up in their skivvies?

I'd thought my days of getting in a hot tub in my underwear and coming home at 6AM after a night of partying were done. Wow. 83

I'm grinding my teeth over here because my IBR plan for my student loans is up for renewal but HA HA, NO APPLICATION FOR YOU, GET FUCKED IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD STANDARD REPAYMENT PLANS!!

Furious. Just Furious that people had the audacity and privilege to Both Candidates this.

What an absolutely rough day this is. Just nothing seems to be going the way I'd hoped.

Got myself a little treat to try to combat the sad. The H is a new one.

I have to remember for the future that air fryer grilled turkey-cheese sandwich with microwaved soup is THE FUCKING BEST after I get home at 10:45 from a freezing cold theater.

I miss you friend. :< It'll get worked out, just frustrating that I have to deal with it at the end of the month.

God I hate fighting for my money. 🫠🫠🫠 Wasn't paid correctly, found a charge on my card that I was assured was fixed... Can't we just do things correctly so I don't have to have stomach problems??

Away to the trade-in with you. 👉🏻 I'll take my $30 thank you very much.

I swear, my Pixel watch was gaslighting me. I thought it had died for good. I checked it the day I ordered a new one and it still wasn't charging.

The new one arrived today, and guess who decided, FINALLY, TO ACTUALLY CHARGE.

Nope, nuh-uh, not playing this dumb game with you anymore.

If you're a theater actor and you're watching your costumer pick up your clothes off the floor while you're on Twitter or Instagram or some other shit, I want you to know--

I'm Judging You. 8]

Man. Feel like I just got rug-pulled at work.

I miss union protections. 😮‍💨

I have a whole list of things I want to do before I go back to work on Friday. But do I want to do them?

No! Because it's wet outside! And cold! Brain Say Make Fire and Stay Put!! 🙃🙃🙃

Very fair! Paper is very great and can't give you notifs. 8Db

Are you on the ebook/Libby train too? :D I've been so excited to get ebooks on my iPad, definitely takes longer for copies to become available but very nice when I don't feel like going to a place to pick up a hold/keeping track of when a physical book is due!

Dang kids, I did a lot today. Time to be cozy and rest. 💜

this is a zero white supremecist space

Digital art of a girl submerged in water, only the upper half of her head visible. In front of her and all around her are crocodiles, also floating in the water. Their eyes all reflect bright orange and bleed into the dark water. Written in red at the bottom is: "HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE MINE".

SO YOU BETTER START RUNNING

#art

Today's my first day off since before the con, and I just slept 12 hours. I had plans for what I was going to get done but that's ABSOLUTELY not happening. I have some inklings of guilt about that but damn, this was so much. 🙃 I need to just do nothing today, I have more than earned it.

-Sleeping that week was near impossible, coughing, sweating, and (of course this had to stack too) cramps kept waking me up throughout each night
-Finally turned the health corner on Saturday after coming home Friday and falling into bed, been getting decent rest since

-Did manage to get about 7.5 hours Monday-Tuesday night and arrived to the new job mostly okay, but by Tuesday night I was not feeling great.
-Proceeded to work a 6-day week while fighting off whatever got into me at the con, some days struggling through cough-suppressant med-fog