comicfan

Sorry I am late with this. Hope your birthday was a great one.

Cellar

What kind of cookies?

Hmm. Just being gay seems to be enough for me. I have posted stories on GA where there isn't a gay character. However, I have also gotten comments from the readers, not the staff that this was a gay site so where was the gay character? I post at both sites and some things are only on one or the other site. I did however really enjoy the interview.

oncologist

Why wouldn't it?

Elwood (LI, NY, USA)

Eastport, LI, NY, USA

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Ted eats apple crisps hungerly. GIFTS

For me to be happy .... my father to stay healthy. I am not ready to be orphaned. What is one thing you enjoy seeing or making at this time of the year?

Who would like a nice glass of egg nog?

Glad to draw some attention to you Jack. I really enjoyed your tale. Hopefully others will as well.

Hi All, Been busy as hell lately with work. So much time spent doing things to keep busy. Funny we are entering into what should be one of the happiest times of the year but not sure I how I feel about it. I'm not happy and not sad. I'm just sort of blah about everything. I have finished 95% of my Christmas shopping already but still can't get myself into the mood. Working retail at the return desk isn't helping matters much. Forgive me if I ramble here a bit. I have worked 36 hours in three days. Yeah I am a bit shot. Things I usually stay on top of are slipping away from me and to be honest I'm not sure I care. Apathy. That is what I am feeling in a nut shell. Not happy, not sad, just sort of numb to it all. Funny part is I am writing out cards and trying to smile but not sure it is working. Sorry gang. Just needed an outlet. I think the strain of caring for someone who is about to go into the hospital again for surgery, being alone, and just trying to keep my own sanity is getting to me. However I push on even if I am not sure why at the moment. Guess I am just too stubborn.

Wow work too much and this is what I come back to? Alright lady and gentlemen, the prompts have finally been put up. I do apologize for getting them up late but um, please feel free to copy them right into place. mutters to himself about what other things these group is going to do to his prompts.

Mark and Jo Ann, If I had known I could have told you. The coding in the US doesn't really work anywhere else in the world. Pain but the truth.

Happy Birthday Mikie. May all your dreams come true.

I'm sorry things are going nuts for you. This is the time of the year that most people lose their minds. Sorry to hear things are so off. I know this is your holiday season. Hoping it gets better for you.

Congrats Sid.

Y_B - Ewww. And not that type of store, I do electronics. lol KC - Sounds like you should have fun. They already rewrote the schedule for next week. I had Wednesday and Thursday off which was great with me cooking dinner but now I'm off Tuesday and closing Wednesday. So not happy, but I will survive. Tet - I ran a restaurant before this so the holidays are just something to survive lately. I suppose if I wasn't single it might not be so bad.

So 40 makes you over the hill? Damn where is my wheelchair, cane, and nurse? I want a cute nurse who can give me sponge baths then.

It is that time of the year again. The time I use to love, but over time has become nothing more than overtime and craziness. I guess that is what happens when you work retail. Of course it doesn't help to work retail at the return desk either. So as everyone gears up for Thanksgiving and black Friday, I prepare for the lines, the yelling, and being told once again I have ruined some family's Christmas or Hanukkah because I personally don't want to get the item from where I am hiding it in the back because they know it isn't sold out, won't return the item they bought last year so they can replace it with this year's model, or am a lazy bastard who won't order them what they want and get it for them at half price because they are such a great customer. Happy Holidays. After all it is only a thirteen hour shift for Black Friday. I guess I shouldn't complain. At least I don't work for one of the retailers who feel they should open at 8pm on Thanksgiving evening so their employees have to be there by 6pm. Good bye holiday. Hello retail hell. I wish I could say that is all a joke but I hear that year after year and wonder if the Grinch stole more than just Christmas, like maybe some of their minds. Turning this focus off the wild ride I am about to embark on once again and onto how I am planning to stay sane this year I have had to make some decisions. 1) There will be no Christmas cards this year. That doesn't mean I am not sending Christmas greetings out. What it does mean is with my ever growing list of friends and family I can't afford to send close to sixty cards out all over the world. I can do it if I send postcards so that is what I am doing instead. Face it thirty five cents I can afford rather than a dollar ten or more for some cards I mail. Besides I have Christmas packages to get out too and I have to cut somewhere. 2) Holiday shopping - other than three people who I haven't had time to get out for my shopping for Christmas is done. Yes I don't wait for the holidays otherwise i would be screwed. I was never a fan of hitting the malls at holiday time and working retail just has me feeling sympathy for those who are stuck in that special type of hell. 3) Holiday Baking - Anyone who knows me at all knows this is my way to relax. I love to cook and to bake. So I managed to make sure I have two days off in December together in the early part of the month so I can do mine. Remember, the holidays are almost here. Plan for them. Don't let yourself panic about what you spend or how things go. If you want to enjoy them, then do. I am making sure I have time to see the people special to me. The biggest gift I might give to both them and me is time. Time to see them, time to relax with them, and time to just renew the bonds that make people special to me. Whatever you might celebrate, enjoy. Happy Holidays all.

Rewriting is all part of the process. I usually know where I am taking a story. I usually get the notes from my beta about filling in more details. How did this happen? Why is this here? Where did that character come from? While I have the whole story in my head it is usually the process of getting it onto the paper that takes times. As my betas and they will tell you that my mind is faster than my fingers and I often skip a word or two as I go. But that is one of the main reason I love my beta's so much, they let me know when I missed something important.

Happy Birthday KC Another year, another wish Another chance for happiness Another dream, another smile Another way to make life worthwhile All this and more I send To a very dear friend. Hope your day is a wonderful one, KC.

I have a tendency to happy endings. Tad was one that came all in one sitting.