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 A blog about music from my unique perspective (also a spot for some poetry I’ve written) |
| It's Thanksgiving evening, and I've had a long and exhausting day. Not because I'm a hostess for an event, or because I spent the day on the road. No. It was that time of the month, rendering me NPO with waves of intestinal discomfort for at least twelve hours. Fortunately, I had absolutely nothing planned for the day, so I basically just vegetated around the house, slipping in and out of a hypnogogic dream state, vaguely hoping I wouldn't have to deal with running out of paper towels and being a cranky pain in the rear end to anyone who had to interact with me. (My autistic traits become amplified during times of bodily malfunctioning…) I'm thankful for a safe place in a small, quiet town. I'm thankful for the dull nudge of hunger that finally creeps in like a wayward cat after the peak of period nausea subsides. I'm thankful for sleep and the ability to let go of everything and crawl under warm blankets for a few hours. I'm thankful for beautiful music and high-quality audio. I'm thankful I was able to get every writing goal accomplished this month except for one, which I'll hopefully have the energy to tackle over the weekend, after a good meal and some solid rest. I'm thankful for the iPad I won in a sweepstakes five years ago, keeping my writing projects accessible since my old phone died. I'm thankful to achieve my dream of having a short story published in a magazine (out December 1st!) with work that took place from start to finish on my iPad. I'm thankful, especially, for writing.com, which has shaped the past two and a half years of my life in ways I never expected. I've made friends, lost friends, navigated drama, made peace, and written works I never thought I could. If you'd told me ten years ago that I'd write a series of stories tracing the life of a detective, ("Reflections"  ) inspired by a vault of demos celebrating an album that had only just been released by a band I would become a superfan of with a song called Demons, I'd have assumed you were out of your mind.I've come a long way since 2015. Imagine Dragons has been there with me for four-fifths of the decade, and WdC has been there for over one-fifth of it. The friendships I've made and the lessons I've learned here, I'll remember the rest of my life. I'm looking forward to writing a year-end wrap-up in December, discussing all the goals I'd set for 2025 in my "Dear Me 2025" letter.Thank you, The StoryMaster  for dropping a bonus challenge this month even as you work so hard remodeling the site. I'm grateful for you and The StoryMistress      Words: 460. Written for "Note: 48-HOUR CHALLENGE : BONUS Media Prompt ..." |
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