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So, hey y'all. It's been a while, hasn't it? Something like 15 months? 😅
I've been seeing some activity on this fic recently, along with some stuff changing in my life, and that prompted me to post this so I can kinda let y'all know what's been going on.
Essentially, since spring 2021 I've been taking time off from college due to a variety of reasons and was originally intending on returning to my studies last fall. That, well, didn't happen, and to appease my parents that I wasn't just going to sit around and waste my life until I felt comfortable enough to go back to school, I moved up into a full-time role at my part-time retail job. This resulted in an extreme drop in any kind of motivation to write. The last thing I posted was "afterimage" for the fanworks exchange last summer, and the last thing I made any kind of word progress on was something in one of my friend's AUs last winter. So yeah, there has been zero progress on basically any of my posted fics - and my unposted WiPs - due to the stress from work (and also because the new Pokemon came out last winter and TotK came out in May though I didn't get it until June).
But, for good news, I will be returning to school part-time this fall, which means dropping back down to part-time and only working 20 hours a week at work! (Currently, due to the weirdness of our scheduling program, I'm scheduled for 44 hours a week to allow for hour lunches every shift, with a decent amount of stretches of 5 or 6 days without a day off 😬) I will also be transferring to the sales floor, which will pull a lot of stress off of me.
I have full intentions of finishing this fic, as well as all my posted WiPs, and hopefully having more downtime will allow me to make good progress this fall.
I really appreciate the continued support on all my fics over the past year and can't wait to share the rest of these stories with y'all. In the meantime, you can find me on tumblr @silly-bean (I don't have just a fic blog so everything is there together 😅) or come talk to me and see what I've been up to on my discord server. DMs are also open on both platforms if you want to start a conversation with me directly!
Wishing everyone the best,
Gil 💜💜💜