A little note before reading... I have had a few adult beverages. 

In the span of a year, many things have happened in my personal life. Being accepted into a new community in this world with open arms. Reevaluating personal goals. Discovering values in life that needed to be brought to light. 

Aaron... My sweet, darling, precious Aaron. Why in the world are you writing this, pretending this blog doesn't have the thickest layer of dust and KFC crumbs? 

Because, you silly-billies. Today, I received a special little badge on GA. I've been here for five years. Like, holy shit. Wow, GA. Way to make me feel old. How dare you. 

See? You just made my knee pop. 

All jokes aside, I can't help but express quips and sarcasm, which is my equivalent of love and adoration. It's truly a sobering moment. Five years. All the work I've put in. The people who has helped me along the way. The lessons they taught. The parts I managed to absorb and use despite the attention span I possess. Five years of experience in a field that started as a whimsical hobby. Well, it still is. But writing hasn't been the only thing to encourage me to accept whimsy into my world, life, and soul. I've spent a lot of the past year discovering myself as a person. What are my ambitions? What do I want to do? 

The answer has remained the same. I want to bring smiles to peoples' faces. Everyone needs a little joy in their life. I know I—

Sorry, just needed to step away to have a bombastic conversation with my husband about the people who are too lazy to make a PB&J sandwich. Y'all know what I'm talking about. 

Right. Joy. Life. Self-revelations. 

The point is this: I like bringing happiness, so I'm pursuing that. How? By doing something I've always wanted to do. I'm beginning the steps of being a streamer. Writing, chatting, a just a wee bit of gaming. It's my daily itinerary in a nutshell, so why not combine my desire to create smiles? If I'm being honest, it's been a long while since I've felt this excited. A new adventure! I'm aiming to start in a few weeks (after an upcoming vacation). There's still plenty to do: finalizing things with several programs, sketching a proper reactive PNG, and a few other tidbits. 

I wanted to give a itsy bitsy update for y'all, considering I've been more than quiet around here. Plenty of writing in the background, but it's all novels/novellas. I've gotten quite comfortable not posting chapters as I go, learning from previous projects. Several anthology submissions are ready for edits. Busy, busy, busy. Not to say I've had some motivation issues. I'm finding trouble with focusing on one project for more than twenty or so chapters, which leads to working on one chapter at a time per project. Perhaps when I begin streaming, it will force me to focus on one project at a time without switching. 

Anyway. Tipsy is turning into sleepy. I need to get the next Author Guess Who ready for posting. Insert crying emoji. Insert mad emoji. 

Toodles!