all of my works are already on AO3. but I do understand the concerns people have. I wouldn't want my writing edited without my consent either.

Chapter four is now posted on AO3 and on Wattpad.

I’m glad you did! I haven’t thought about posting in here at all. Good call!

I wanted to see if I still remembered how to do it lol but never know who is on here so I figured I would post something about the new story. I'm excited to be writing again.

Wow! It was nice seeing an update in here. 👍

I posted a new story titled Breathe, it's set in the IAWLT era. it's on Wattpad and on Archive of Our Own. up to chapter two is currently available, and up to chapter three is posted on Wattpad.

I am wary of anyone who likes to use the phone. lol

I'm not a fan of using the phone either lol, I prefer texting too.

I can't believe your transmission went out on a two year old car! That's insane! It's a good thing it's under warranty because that's the most expensive thing to fix on a car. When mine gave out, the mechanic told me it was probably going to be cheaper to just get a new car then fix the old one. It's good that you can continue to use their loaner, hopefully for free!

Even though looking back Carlos Santana's album was amazing, it was still awful to watch the boys lose and lose and lose at the Grammys. Yes, it's the same as that. I guess that's the only place to be petty when it comes to celebrities and these guys aren't over the fact that Bob got snubbed every single year he played Saul including during Breaking Bad. It was just bad timing that the last year he was eligible was the same year Kieran kept beating him out. Now they are in the same thing together so maybe they will soften up a bit, unless they end up being up against each other at the Tonys lmao

Wow! That's a long chapter, but I bet when you finally get around to posting it, your readers will be happy about it.

Alzheimer's is the only thing that does not run in my family. At least that I'm aware of, but I've known quite a lot of people who have had to deal with it and it's terrible. It's kind of surprising it's linked to anti-depressants. My mother was on those all her life and my sister as well. My father too. I'm the only one not on any kind of drug for mental illness...yet. Although I do steal a Xanax from my sister from time to time. I know it's probably scary to think there's a chance you or someone else in your family might get it, but for now, no use worrying about stuff like that. You are correct, it's best to make the most of your life now. During lent, even though I don't really celebrate it, I always use it as a time to work on something. This time out, I'm going to try to reconnect with people I haven't spoken to in a while. I always will think about someone randomly and then go about my day and forget all about them, but this time, I'm going to reach out to some of those people via text (no phone! I'm not that committed lol) to let them know I'm thinking about them.

Maybe I will book that trip. I have to get my money first. We shall see.

Julie I'm so glad they found the issue with your car and it's being fixed under warranty.  That must be a relief.  I would probably get rid of it too when the warranty runs out and go for something that's built to last longer.

Mare, you should definitely use the insurance money to treat yourself to a trip to New York to see the show.  It's always nice to have something to look forward to

My grandmother had Alzheimers too, or some kind of dementia but because they lived quite far away I didn't see her that often to see what the disease was really like.  I was reading that if you're on long term anti-depressants you're more likely to get it and she had been taking diazepam since the 60s!  I think my mum has also been on anti-depressants for some time too to help with the side effects of the breast cancer drug she's been on for the past five years.  So I'm never taking anti-depressants (I've never needed any medication for anything so far luckily).  No one else in my family has had it, so I'm hoping me and my sister and brother don't get it.  Tim has a higher risk of getting it because one of the drugs he takes for his heart called Entresto is linked to increased chance of getting it, so I hope he doesn't get it either.  Best to make the most of life now while we're young enough

I need to catch up on reading Julie, I've fallen behind and haven't done much reading of anything for a couple of weeks.