Proud 'Lotl Mama, Here

I finished When Lightning Strikes last night; it came in at 32 pages and 14,721 words, which is about average for a one-shot in the Horror High et al series. The word count may increase or decrease incrementally when I sit down to edit it later, but for now I'm leaving it and moving on to the next one, Ghost In The Machine, which co-stars Charlie Bradbury. <3

Also even though I scrapped Stalagmites, I added in a new one-shot between Temper Tantrums and Halcyon Days. It's called Hunting Souls and is another one where Cas is reunited with one of his old school friends, this time Jo. Though I am wavering a little on it because the other three with that theme are for his core group of three friends, and I'm not doing one for Kevin, so like?? But it's a really good idea, story-wise, and also Dean and Cas fucking in the back of the Impala. :3

Yesterday my brother came over to do laundry and stuff and he got his birthday pie and didn't even say thank you. He's always rude as fuck when it comes to that, he never says "thank you" for ANYTHING, not even birthday and Christmas presents. He's actually completely alienated Grandma because of it. And I don't know where it comes from because Mom really instilled in us to be polite in that regard the whole time we were growing up. It's like he moved out on his own and decided fuck polite society or something.

Anyway, after he left Lee went to run a load of laundry and halfway through the washing machine broke SO THERE'S THAT. I had laundry to do as well, but I guess not so much anymore. I'm not DESPERATE, though, like I still have some clean underwear and everything to get me through a few days, but still. So Mom and Lee are going out today to see if they can find another washing machine, even though it's Sunday. Most places are open Sundays now, anyway.

I think I need a second dose of fluconazole, I took it on Friday morning and it knocked my YI down a peg but it hasn't cleared it up entirely, which isn't a surprise given how FREAKING BAD it was. But the pharmacy won't refill my prescription for like a month, I don't think, which will just give the YI time to build up again, I think I'm going to have to go to Walmart and buy some fluconazole instead, which is like $20 I don't have. I'll TRY the pharmacy and my 'script again first but I mean... yeah. I think I'm about to be out a bunch of money, here, because I need more cream, too. Sucks.

Sometimes I worry about my liver because of the amount of pain meds I have to take to make it through each day. It's probably just in there screaming for mercy at this point. And I read earlier that a toxic liver can cause bad acne, which I've been experiencing the last few months, so that's got me wondering. I know I shouldn't just jump on stuff I read online but I really DO take a LOT of pain meds, especially acetaminophen, which is particularly hard on your liver. idk. Just. Worrying.

Yesterday I fed Kaida some bloodworms and she deemed them worthy of coming out of hiding for and she is getting SO BIG!! I'M SO PROUD OF HER!! I mean she is still tiny, but she's probably half again the size she was when I brought her home, she's growing so fast!! AHH I'M A PROUD 'LOTL MAMA!! (I would still die for her.)

In related news, I think I am going to just have to pull Castiel out of the tank entirely and re-pot him in dirt, he's really not doing well and I don't want him to die. =/ So later today I think I'm going to go to the Dollarama at the corner and pick up some potting soil and a pot for him. This means separating him from Dean, who is THRIVING in the aquarium, but I guess it is what it is. Maybe I'll just rename him something else and get a new plant for the tank to name "Castiel" instead. NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW.

Mom and I are going to the aquarium TOMORROW and I'm SO EXCITED. I haven't been to an aquarium since... 2006? 2007?? Something like that. And Mom has NEVER been to one, so I'm excited for HER, too. Just. Excitement in general. I'm going to make sure my phone is fully charged and take SO MANY PICTURES. And then buy something nifty at the gift shop, of course!

I'm liiiiiiike 95% done my current batch of Wiggly Foxes, I just have to go over the white with a second coat, paint their little, super tiny eyes and noses black and use a cue tip and some acetone to touch up their tails a little. And I'm considering painting the green one with a glow-in-the-dark coating?? But I haven't decided for sure on that one yet. Still thinking it over because that means doing a coat over all the green parts again and having to do touch-ups and stuff and idk if I feel up to that with this particular batch of foxies.

Then it's on to the next batch of Wiggly Foxes and deciding what I want to do with them! :D

EDIT: I'm trying to write Charlie for Ghost In The Machine and I am STRUGGLING. She feels really OOC to me, and I don't have anyone I can get to read what I've written so far and tell me if I'm being paranoid or not. Boo to not having any SPN friends. BOO I SAY. Anyway my head hurts so I'm just going to take a nap and then get back to it later today, hopefully. :|