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I'm back.
First, apologies for the loooong silence. The instance was offline for a few days, and then I left to visit family and didn't bring all the links. Also, I really went into hibernation with family, and I will admit to enjoying shrugging off daily chores for a while.
I'm still on vacation and will only have to return to my day job on Monday. That feels great.
Today was a game of catching up and getting things sorted after being away for two weeks. Plants are fine. In a big surprise, new neighbors are already moving in below my apartment. I had been expecting an extended period of renovations. I'm a little excited to get to know them.
Also gave my direct neighbor the chocolate I bought for him, because I appreciate it so much that he keeps an eye on my apartment.
Picked up the package that arrived while I was gone. Grabbed some groceries. Caught up on emails (dear gods, so MUCH email!).
Wrote out a lot of the world-building I have been doing for Penumbra, my modern vampires. Feels great. I don't really want to go into any detail just yet, because I don't want to spoil any of the story, and I also don't know how much of it will actually make it into the tale. But it's been great fun to rearrange the world for the next twenty years. (Yes, mayhem and upheaval.)
I promise, you'll hear more about Penumbra - hope you won't get sick of it.
Oh, and I'm getting Sky back from my beta-reader tomorrow... that is a scary thought.