Ladies and Gentlemen, thanks again for all the kind words and, well everything. I am managing to move on and even though things are not the greatest, it is getting better.
First, update about me and the fun we are having:
My Hubby has told me we can get a puppy, since no one in the house seems as easy as we were with Bear, even though he was pratcially deaf. But he was very active and fiercly loving and guarding of me. Right now, I admit I am not easy in the house and often get up and check to make sure windows are locked and so are doors.
So, I guess after a talk with everyone in the house, the decision was to get me a puppy. I choose, but whatever I choose needs to be ok’d by everyone and finally by my hubby. I have looked at Siberian Huskies (Which Dodger, my hubby’s dog was) but while everyone likes them, they are not to keen on the idea of having to make the backyard a fortress since huskies like to escape. My second dog was a mountain dog, loved everything about them, then got to life expectancy, and 7-9 is too short. So I declined that one. My mom suggested Belgium Sheppard’s, particularly the Malinois. I liked the dog, my hubby was not too keen on it. Something about it he just didn’t like.
Then the other day I saw a Golden Retriever, and I mentioned it. Everyone loved the idea, finding out from my parents that the wanted one, but never got the chance. My hubby didn’t like the puppy I picked out, but that was because he was a silver. And he thought it was albino. He soon found out that white/Soft golden/Silver whatever you would like to call them, is normal for the breed. So it sounds like now we need to wait to find one that isn’t $1200! I find them, but they are taken pretty quick. So since I am still looking for a job, that is another reason we are looking for one so quickly. It will be better on all of us if I am home with the puppy at first.
No we are not trying to replace Bear, there is nothing that can. But my family has always have dogs, and it feels so odd not to have one. Plus the cats are getting uppity, specially miss prissy princess Morgan. I think I will teach the puppy that it is a great thing to chase them. hehehehe. Hey! They chased Bear, and he had a long fluffy tail, they used to walk behind him swatting it. So revenge will be right…right???
LMAO!!
Ok, for the fun part. And you guys need to give a huge thank you to Lisa and My Universe, since Lisa has been here every step of the way helping me with getting on with life. Sleeping helped too, but she did with the support she gives me every step of the way for the last week. My Universe has done the same, and she has requested this before, and I thought I would give her a thank you.
Chapter 4 of What If is published, UNBETAED!!!! Any errors, blame me. I am only trying to make it easier on her since she was on vacation. She can go back and change it if she needs to, (She has the mystical power of Editor. Or Site Administer… Whichever, I gave her carte en blanche or however you spell it over the site in case she needed to do anything.) so she has the power to change it.
I will be working on the rest of the Next/Previous stuff without going out of my mind. oh yeah, a character list for In The End. With the blanks for charcters in there….. Of course if I feel like stopping to write, no one will mind right???
Trying to get back to looking at the glasses half full,
Wendy
To everyone who has expressed sympathies for the passing of my dog. I appreciate it all. Especially with everything that has happened since then, my Grandfather’s Alzheimer’s getting worse where I have gone and helped watch him during the day to give my dad a break while the rest of the family has worked to get him in a home. Today was the first time I was scared by him, and it was bad enough that my Mom and Dad told everyone that I can’t watch him again.
Basically my life has gone to hell in a very short amount of time. I had started a post about Bear, so that somewhere, are stored pictures of him and to let you guys know what a freaking awesome dog he was, also to maybe allow me to just remember the good things. But before I could do that, the news of my Grandfather came. Now he has had Alzheimer’s since 2008, but my Grandmother had been taking care of him, not really letting the rest of us know how bad he is getting in the day. So this hit most of us hard and unexpenctantly. He is very intelligent still, but has no control over his emotions nor does he remember who we are. He will argue with you very effectively, so you have to watch you say because he will use what you say against you in the argument. Today was the first time he had lost it with me, and he did it in a way that frightened me.
I loved and saved all your replies to my note and the chapter. I appreciate it so very much that you guys cared to give me those notes. It has helped. Alot.
But for right now, my Beta is on vacation, (lucky her, I wanted to be her since I learned where she was going!!!) and to be frank, I don’t know if I can write right now. Tomorrow I am supposed to rest, and this weekend, my mother and I are going to clean the house since neither of us have cared, both of us upset over what has happened and with all the other stuff that was happening before hand. It just has become so much, that to think a month ago, I was just worried about finishing getting well, (from being sick for well, wow, I just realized for half my life with something a simple operation would have solved 18 years ago) to my parents almost losing the house and my husband and I stepped in to save it, I needed to find a job asap to let my husband rest, to my dog getting sick then him dying, while I was watching my nephew, then this with my grandfather along with all the normal little things that just happen.
I have no idea how my Dad is handling all this since he has been with me dealing with it all, well I dealt with David more, and let me tell you, Sprout TV is a both a great thing and a bad thing. Great because since it will catch his attention and help keep him happy. Happy David=Happy Wendy, Marty and Dad. Yeah sad it took all three of us, and yes I took naps with him, to keep up with an almost 2 year old. Bad thing is, well, I can tell you all about Chica, and her new show and why she is getting a new show since her cohost now has a new show of his own. And the Star at night, has Stars as pupils and the woman wears the same bottom to her PJ’s with different shirts. Oh yeah, the Sharing Show, repeats the skits between the shows. Yes, it was on all the time…. And unfortunately, I had to see the purple dinosaur…
But my Dad is staying with my Grandfather all the times I am not, and God Bless him and his patience.
Now, for those of you that are also following me on Fanfiction, I just posted the chapter that my Beta had posted when all this started. She had no idea what was happening, and just approved the chapter that was marked ready for her to approve. And it was a straight copy and paste, so nothing different.
I’m really sorry, and will try to get back to the thing that makes me relaxed and happy as soon as I can handle it all again. Just be patient with me until then. Please.
As some of you may know, I have been encountering problems with my computer. Now I have run a virus scan, and it says nada. So I get to have the fun of digging into this thing and figure out what the hell is going on. So this means, while I can talk to you guys, and answers emails and Facebook, it will all be on my iPad. And this means no writing unless I can borrow someone else’s laptop during this time. And that is not a great thing since I am unsure who all has what. But the image above is close to what I want to do, but I own a laptop. I really want to throw it outside, but it is a good computer, just acting up.
On the other hand, I had an AMAZING amount of hits on my site for Chapter 8!! 934!!! One of these days I will surpass that 1,000 mark for one day. But for now I was doing the snoopy dance in my chair I am so happy!!! Thank you all and one for the hits!!! And extra kudos to those that reviewed, liked and rated the chapter and post. I really appreciate it. As soon as I think I can be safe getting the chapter edited and loaded, I will do so. And no, no one has guessed who Ian is going to play. Here is another hint. He has already been mentioned in the story a couple of times. But I gave you a pic out of my stash. Also, Skarsporn is restricted to lemon days. I did it for the first and the second. Just a hint of the chapters for you by the pics…
So Thanks, and wish me good luck. I am really tired of whatever it is messing everything up!
Whenever you read this! I am happy to pass on the information that due to our very nice Beta, we have a Chapter 8 for In The End! Now I know all of you are going to jump into the chapter. But I have to remind you, that only one person has guessed who Ian is portraying in my little fic here. So that needs to be addressed, since it is getting close to the appearance.
When I get more guesses or even better, who he is playing, then you can get the next character that I have casted. And for the guessing, no, Lisa and Nicole cannot guess. And Ian is NOT Andre. He is on my side. I have a little love affair with him, so I cannot allow him to be evil.
So enjoy your reading. There is two lemons in this one. And one of them is my first threesome. And you can guess one of them is a shower scene from the Skarsporn I have used as your notice. So leave some love and let me know how I did. I am still in that awkward trying to get back in the rhythm, so positive reinforcement is needed. Chapter 8
As I promised, I am letting all those that didn’t know, my chapter is up for In The End.
Just to make you guys laugh, I was writing the chapter that introduces Hades, and after I was halfway done, it was past midnight. I hit save and exited, to only realize that I saved over the previous chapter. Heart Attack and such, for even though it was a short chapter, I caught the bug on it and loved it for the segue it does into the following chapter. Luckily, I back everything up on this site. So Every night when I finish writing, I click on here and put it here. The reason I was doing this was so my Beta can keep up with what I am thinking and if I make a mistake that I don’t catch (like Making Sam’s office sound proof) she can catch.
So after laughing, I fixed it all and saved it back over to Word. Sounds like a funny way to work, but I do it all on Word, then put it here then add what pics are needed. Then I leave it for my Beta to look over. When she approves and posts it, I go back and announce it to you guys. Then Copy and paste over the version I have in Word to upload into Fanfiction. Fixing whatever needs to be done to fall into line with their rules.
Never knew all the fun I do to post these things huh?? And there is this post also, I have learned many things to post these and adding the chapter in for you to click on to get their from here. And that is also how chapters get posted and I have no idea. My Beta is really good about letting me know, but…I take Ambien at night and don’t always remember. Sorry!
And yes, Audra Leeony guessed correctly, the woman is Amelia. Now here is another picture. Of someone I love as an actor. He is introduced the same chapter as Hades. Who is he????
Today marks the 11th anniversary of the attacks on the US. Many people ask others, do they remember where they were on that fateful day?
My answer to that question is kinda. At the time, I was dirt poor, and my only access to outside the house was a phone, unless I went to work. That year in particular I had just started to deal with my illness, and was going through alot of pain, that I now know that most of it was due to a misdiagnosis. That particular day was one of my bad ones so I stayed in bed.
My hubby, who was just my boyfriend, came home that night, yelling and throwing a newspaper at me. I had no idea what was going on. I sat up and read the newspaper and froze as I realized what had happened.
To make it understandable, I will let you know who I worked for in those days. I worked for American Airlines. I was a Senior International Aadvantage booker that was often passed problem calls and overflow for the Platinum Aadvantage lines. I had just moved back to Tucson, but had worked in Dallas and trained there. Because of all of this, like I stated, I handled trouble bookings and/or was the person who called and let you know your flight has been delayed/cancelled. Since I could handle these calls calmly and even had been used to train others in handling stressful calls, I thought nothing of taking a call one day.
I remember this call because this woman was upset that she was taking her son to New York for college and needed to fly back. The only day available was 9/11. She told me directly that she had an uneasy feeling about the day. I told her that the only flight I could get her on to Los Angeles was a morning flight. I searched for other flights but unable to find her one, I talked her into the flight. I have no idea what her name is to this day, and frankly no matter how bad that makes me sound, I never want to know her name since I may find that she was one of the ones who were on that flight. I had given her options of standing by for another flight and gave her the best odds for doing it. As I had flown standby often and was quite good at it, to the point I often got First Class. Since I had done all this, and advised her that there was no penalty if she decided to change the flight, I have great hopes that she was not on that flight.
On 9/11/01 at 11:52 pm MST, this all ran through my head. I could do nothing, could tell no one anything of what was going through my mind. The next day I drove to my inlaws, and sat there in front of the tv for the next couple of days watching everything. Never saying anything because I would break down crying. I have no idea who realized why I couldn’t say anything, or if I finally said anything. I have no clear memory of the days following that.
When I finally went back to work, the same day, I put someone on the flight in Newark, that crashed. That was it. I could no longer stand it. I quit, only to be informed I was in the group of people who was being let go because of the hit the airlines were taking.
9/11 will always be a day I will never forget. I had family in the armed forces that went to defend and avenge those people who died. They have served their country and one went back to serve further. I am so very proud of them, and also am proud of the firefighters both sides of my family have.
I just had to put this all out here for you guys to understand at least one view of the tragedy. I have heard people tell me it was a gimmick, and the rest of the BS that has been heard by others. I have heard people go, 9/11?? So I decided to say my little bit and bring some personalization to you of some of the people who dealt with that day. Because as I sit here and write to you, tears are falling down my face as I remember 9/11.
Wendy
p.s. The chapter for In The End was posted last night and you can read it. I will post the chapter announcing it as well as the Fanfiction site getting it’s update tomorrow. For now, I am going to remember.
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