And we're back!

Back from Austin! o/ Of course, it was only AFTER I'd gone through the security X-rays and everything that I started regretting not taking my mom up on the offer to hang out with her and Dad for the twenty or so minutes before my plane boarded. :\ O-oh, well. Now I have a webcam (?!?!?! --Dad's idea) so if I miss them, I can at least see them? 8D;; It's sort of weird; it's not like I am SUPER CLOSE TELL ALL THINGS to my parents, but there's this sort of stick-together mentality my family has, especially since I'm an only child and my parents aren't terribly social people to begin with. I hadn't realized how much I missed them until I saw them waiting for me at the airport, and then again when I was walking away. IN BETWEEN ALL OF THAT IS THE LOVELY FRUSTRATION THAT ARE ONE'S PARENTS. I got generally coddled, spoiled, and lectured in equal measures as my mom bough me stuff, tried to cajole me into cutting my hair, and fussed at me and my dad talked nonstop about finances, how I should move up in my job and demand!! a raise, and refused to acknowledge that I can do things by myself without Mom there to make sure I'm doing it right. No, seriously, he tried to get Mom to go into my room with me and see if I'd forgotten to pack anything.

... I turn twenty-five this year, guys. :\ If I DID forget something, sure, my bad and all, but. Sometimes I wish he'd give me a liiiiittle more benefit of the doubt. 8D;

I'm still a little homesick, though. Even if I am happy to be back in Seattle, because I really do love it here♥

ANYWAY. Also saw lovely people I have not seen in two years (well, sharky_chan was here over the summer, and I am conspiring in my head to make her come back), which was awesome. MET THEIR DOGS TOO, WHICH WAS ALSO A++ and by the way, Triple Strike #13 is out! No matter what Sharky says, it is not ALL my fault.

Got SOME writing done this week -- not as much as I'd like, but I did finish all my springkink fics through the 6th. Which means I finish the two for the 7th, and then I have a little breathing space to ... well. Write other things! Like hopefully get back to Ghost Story (ahahahahaha orz) and write some of the other sheer random stuff that I've been considering. I have, to whit, one in-progress Fay/girl!Kurogane, two paragraphs of Kurogane's parents being young and dumb cute, three paragraphs on Hildegarde Jiordson, a half-formed girl!Kantarou idea, that half-started mangled Shounen Onmyouji/Okami crossover, AND ALSO MY TO-DO LIST.

... on the other hand, I was able to find a copy of Soul Nomad and the World Eaters at GameStop this week, so.

You know how these things go.

TELL ME WHAT FABULOUS THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON WITH YOU THIS WEEK o/