Sena's DW :: Watermelon Life

One of the axolotls (I think Haku, but possibly Ryuu, those two are impossible to tell apart) has the zoomies this morning, he keeps swimming across the tank, then sitting there a second, then swimming back across the tank, then sitting there a second, and so on. I'm honestly not sure if this is a good thing or not given what they went through this past weekend. It seems harmless enough, but is it a sign of DISTRESS or just ENERGY?? idek. I'm going to test the water again just to be sure.

Lee got up late today. Usually he gets up between 5am and 6am-ish but when I went down to feed the cats at 8am he was still in bed. It's not unheard of, but it IS very unusual. He might have just been reading or something, though, so idek about that, either. When things go off-routine they really throw me off, though. It's part of being neurodivergent, I guess.

Yesterday I actually worked quite a bit on Hunting Souls and so far I'm at 9392 words and 21 pages, so I still have a ways to go, but I'm like... 2/3 there? A little less? These one-shots usually end up around 35 pages long, but this one might end up a bit longer, just based on the flow of the story so far. I still have a lot to write and I don't know if I can fit it into 15-ish pages. *shrug* I'm hoping to work on it some more after I finish this entry...

I think after I finish the post-SS one-shots I'm going to take a break from Supernatural fic for a while. I still love it, but I've written literally three novels worth of content for it (about 500 pages) since August so I'm starting to burn out on it a little. I can't even get back into my SPN rewatch because of all my fic writing, I can't handle having SPN coming at me from two places at once right now. So, as much as I DO want to write Frailty and Cessation especially, I might sideline them and work on Cerebral (my House/Brilliant Minds/Helix crossover) or something Valdemar-related instead. Just long enough to refresh my brain. =/

Today I officially started Endgame Girls with a completely random scene from the middle of the book, as I often do. I might not write anything else for it for a while because My Zombie and Freefall are up first, but I wanted to get that scene out while it was right there in my head. Just a Teal/Mallory blurb really, talking about Mallory's biggest insecurity.

Today I also added three more projects to my NaNoWriMo Projects Page: Soulkeeper, Throwback and Horse Sense. Soulkeeper and Throwback are original novels, but Horse Sense is the sequel to my The Witcher/Valdemar fic, Being Roach, that I wrote like... I guess three years ago, now? Wow, it doesn't feel like it's been that long. So much stuff has happened in the meantime. Anyway, they all have like February 2028 goal dates so I gave myself PLENTY of time to finish them up. Same with all the other projects that I added the other day (Decay, Frailty, Cessation, Cerebral, Endgame Girls, Riptide, Freefall, My Zombie, Sundown Valley, Where Monsters Come From, Senses & Sterling.) I gave myself like three years to finish them all, so... FINGERS CROSSED!!

Yesterday I contacted the people I ordered my worms from because I ordered them last Friday and they have one-day shipping so they should have arrived on Tuesday, since Monday was a holiday, and they said because it's so cold they can't ship the worms right now, even with the warmer that I paid extra for, until at least next Monday. They said if I was in a hurry they would ship them today, but they couldn't guarantee they would arrive to me ALIVE, and that's the POINT, so I said no, wait until Monday. This means the 'lotls will probably have to eat pellets for a couple of days since I'm almost out of worms, which will not make them happy, but I mean. It is what it is. This winter has been a real bitch.



I'm going to get bundled up and take my phone out today to take a video of how ridiculous the co-op looks with the snow piled up everywhere right now (for Insta), but like... this afternoon. It's too early to do that now, I'm still in my pyjamas and drinking my morning coffee. Snow later.

Juna and Pluto are going to end up locked in the basement all day today again, and probably all day tomorrow. Mom originally said "just for today" but I was like... um, yeah, you are underestimating how long it takes soaking wet carpet to dry. I've been through it like three times when my various aquariums have overflowed or leaked so I know. It sucks but there's nothing that can be done, really, except leave the fan running in there and block up the window where the leak is coming from so it doesn't keep adding to the problem. At least my stuff made it out unscathed. (Except. Except Wade. He's a total write-off. But none of my books/etc. were damaged, so that's good, right?)

Yesterday I took my computer to the basement and set it up there to keep the cats company and Juna literally couldn't have given a lesser shit if I was there, he just slept in the chair the whole time lol. Pluto, on the other hand, was all grabby paws and "mom mom mom mom mom mom mom!!" the entire time I was down there. They have such different personalities, haha.

I spent most of today cleaning. Over the last week and a half or so I'd let my tidying kind of slip by the wayside and it had kind of piled up on me. But! I'm now mostly caught up! Cleaned all the cages and litter boxes, as well as Aya's terrarium. Then swept/vacuumed the front room and mopped the hardwood where it isn't covered by carpet.

While I was doing all that the girly bunnies got to play in the kitchen, which also kept Juna out from underfoot as he is OBSESSED with watching EVERYTHING the rabbits do when they're out to play. He just parks himself by the gate and ogles them. He never tries to get OVER the gate though (which he easily could), and shows no interest in poking at them when they're in close proximity soooo I just take it for what it is and use it to keep him out of the way lol.

Let's see... after that I did the dishes and then put the girls back to their cage and swept up the kitchen after them (they always make a mess with their raisins and bran flakes when they're out to play). Then everybody got fed, which of course made for happy critters.

I also changed out all the fruit fly traps for fresh ones, and poured bleach down all the drains to take out any that might be breeding there. I've still got a MASSIVE infestation, but I'm hoping by doing all the cages and taking out all the trash and recycling, renewing the traps and doing the bleach thing I can get it somewhat under control. I'm tired of there being freaking flies everywhere. ~_~;;

Anyhoo, tomorrow I still need to tidy and vacuum the bedroom, but that's about it. Yay cleaning!

And now I'm eating chicken teriyaki and watching Eight Legged Freaks. I want to bring this one down to Otakon with me, but will be good and leave it here since it's about giant spiders. Granted, it's a parody. But still. I don't want to freak anyone out with arachnid movies. So far I'm bringing Black Sheep (back by popular request!), Critters, Slither and Leprechaun. Not sure what else. Hmmm~