Weekly summary: Jan. 19 - Jan. 25, 2025

[alchemicink]

Sleep continues to be elusive during regular sleeping hours 🙃 which is, frankly, not very fun. But last night was a bit of an improvement, so I'm hoping this means I'm getting back on track.

Anyway, I mention this to say that there's not a lot happening in today's summary. I just haven't done very much this week.

I did manage write my review for Miss Scarlet, season 5, episode 2 here. The new guy is growing on me, the case was slightly more interesting, and Ivy gets a chance to change her life. Not a bad episode.

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I only did one Snowflake Challenge post this week: #11 which was about a trope you like. I rambled on a bit about bed-sharing/literal sleeping together.

I wasn't feeling very motivated to catch up on the other challenges yet, and I might just skip them altogether. I'm just too tired to keep up. I still wanted to go comment around on other posts, but... I haven't yet 😩 maybe I can motivate myself later

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But I am excited about halfamoon starting on Feb 1! This year's prompt post is here

I'm planning to do a few drabbles and ficlets (and maybe some recs too), and I've already written two so far! And planned out the others, so hopefully I'll be ready by time the event starts. I had such a fun time last year checking out everyone else's posts, so I'm looking forward to it again.

Actually, I'm just doing a lot of writing these days. My brain is currently stuck in writing mode, which is fun for me (I am working on so many Ultraman Arc fics 😂, among other things), but also a bit frustrating because I can't focus on reading much right now. I'm annoyed at how my fic reading pile continues to grow and grow. AND I can't seem to watch anything at the moment either 😩 (looks forlornly at my paused watch-through of Abaranger and PGSM)

I'm also in a mood where writing is fun but the idea of posting fills me with dread. This is... not a problem I usually have, so I'm kinda unsure how to deal with it. (Other than just not posting the handful of fics I have ready to share). It may just be tied to my poor sleep lately, so I'm not too worried about it... yet.

Anyway, I'll probably need to force myself into a little writing break once I'm done with halfamoon stuff. We shall see how it goes.

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Lastly, in offline news: it snowed again ❄️

Unlike earlier this month, this time it was more of a hassle to deal with. I was stuck working from home Wednesday and Thursday, and some stuff got rescheduled for this coming week instead. But the weather has finally warmed back up to regular January cold temperatures and not the arctic temps from before. So thank goodness for small victories.

It would be nice if I could find the energy to take down my Christmas decorations tho.

This'll probably be another quiet week ahead (I hope), and maybe I can sleep!! Wishing everyone a restful week ahead!

Comments

[linky]

I'm excited about halfamoon too! I'm hoping I can do some icons and short fics for it. I wasn't able to do it last year so I'm hoping I can this time.

I hope you have a more restful week this week!! I can relate because I've also been having sleep issues, hoping you can get some better sleep. <3

[alchemicink]

I hope you can! It was a lot of fun last year. Looking forward to what you create 🥰

Fingers crossed 🤞 Wishing us both some better sleep this week!