Final Steps... · 7:33pm Feb 24th, 2019
Well, the next few days will bring into being one of the last steps on my road to recovery from the events of this past summer. I'll be moving out of the temporary vacation home I've spent the winter in and be moving to a permanent or at least long-term living situation.
It will mean stability, in that my life has stabilized to the point where I can start making long term plans again. It will also be better for work, as I will no longer be living 30 minutes out of town, in farm country, on the beach.
Wonderful place, but out on the ass end of nowhere. During the storm that dropped the snow in that last video we didn't see a plow, sand or salt truck for four days. Which made me miss 2 days of work. Not good. But, this has been a good place for quiet contemplation. A place where I've just been able to sit and allow my mind and spirit to rest and heal. I will miss this place, but it's time to move on.
On the 1st of the new month I will be moving into an old and comfortable building in town. A building on bus routes and within a half hour's walk to my workplace. A place where, for the first time in over a decade, I will have all the bills in my name, because there is no one to tell me that I can't. A place where I can start writing the next chapter of my life. Speaking of writing....
I should be working on the next chapter of Brightly Lit right now. I say should be because I'm not. Instead of working on Brightly, Mail Troubles has seized my mind out of turn and just won't let go. I learned early on to not resist my Muse when she slaps a bridle on me and drags me off to work on something she's chosen for me. So, like a good, old pone, I have been working on Mail Troubles. I already have most of the primary scenes and important parts of the next chapter written. I just have tie them all together cleanly and write a small, promised side bit before publishing.
A small spoiler:
“Look, up there,” Talos said, pointing with a gauntleted hand.
I looked up into the dark sky to where the warrior god had gestured and as I did, my vision seemed to expand and flow. My eyes saw things that I knew should not have been visible to mortal eyes, but, praise be to Talos, I was seeing them anyway.
I had met the Diarchs of Equestria. I even had a personal relationship with one of them, and I knew them as compassionate beings who used their power with as much care and wisdom as they could. I had been at Luna’s side as she had wielded her might in the dream realm. I’d seen her power, her majesty, and her love and care for all her ponies. What I had never seen was Luna and her sister using everything they had in all-out, balls to the wall battle.
Anyway, my moving may cause me to be offline for upwards of a week while various things get set up. It may cause a delay in things getting published. Although, on the plus side, forcibly being put offline for awhile will give me more time to write....
Congrats on getting out on your own and into a better situation. Hopefully that all works out well and the weather doesn't go insane when you're trying to shift your stuff from one place to the next.
Really nice looking area in the videos but the wind must just rip across that lake. Living where I am with the fields and being close to Lake Michigan it can really wreck havoc. That polar vortex few weeks back really did a number on a lot of things.
Best wishes and careful where there is ice. Seen plenty of accidents around here lately.
It's great to hear news like this. Here's to a move as smooth as possible.
good luck with that
It’s great to hear you’re getting your life back together. Congratulations! It’s -30 here in Hythe, AB, but it’s lovely winter weather. Sunny, crisp, clear, dry, and very survivable if you put some clothes on. I don’t know how you BCers cope with wet and dark all the time! I’ll be catching up on Mail Trouble; if you follow your muse, we’ll follow you.
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Heh, that's the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the Mainland. I'm on the Island, but I can understand how it's easy to think "lake" when you can see land on the far side.
*sees the spoiler bars*
must.. not.. look.
Ah, this is very good news. I'm glad to hear it.