sadladybug

I just realized I haven't updated my journal here in over two years. Whoops. Anyway, despite the lack of journal updates, I'm always busy making little contributions to the Zutara fandom. Just as an fyi, everything that I post here is also crossposted over on tumblr and fanfiction.net.  If you're in the neighborhood feel free to say hi! Shameless self-promotion links: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/sadladybug https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1854625/sadladybug

This year has been wonky so far. Started off with a death in the family and a car accident (on the same day!)  only to be followed by scholarly disappointments and financial woes. Yeesh.  And we're only two and a half months in.  However! Creativity is a wonderful defense mechanism; instead of wallowing I've been creating. I find that whenever I feel stressed is when I most feel my fingers itching to grab my tablet or type out a story.  While perhaps this gets in the way of my academics a little, I still get everything done that I need to, and I feel a whole lot better at the end of the day. So, if you've noticed a burst of activity from me,