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Oct. 17th, 2005 09:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
averygoodun42Oh my goodness, the sun is actually out! It isn't raining! It looks like it might be absolutely beautiful out! Not that I'm going to find out personally.
Sigh. I'm trying to keep my energy up by resting, but god it's getting boring. I've been spending way too much of my time at the computer, but haven't done much at all (except pester my betas a bit, as I promised I wouldn't do).
I did do a slight revamp of chapter 13 which makes it better (I think), but that was only because I realized chapter 12 is hopelessly bad. Damn. I don't have the energy (or muse) to rewrite it either. Hopefully alpha-beta will have suggestions on how to fix the mistakes I know are there but can't see well enough to fix, cause it's a pretty important chapter.
As I was revamping chapter 13 I changed a bit to, well, not make it HBP compliant, because that is utterly impossible for this story, but to give a nod to HBP, and make life more difficult for Hermione (or easier, depending on how you look at it). Heh.
After I finished that, instead of reworking Circe like a good girl, I went and wrote a side-piece to chapter 13, which I will post here, but, unfortunately, I really need to wait until 13 is up.
Bother. I have so little patience. I want my chapters back NOW!!!! But I will resist further pestering. Real life really does take precedence. I understand. I really, really do. Honest.
Although if the chapter isn't back from the betas by the end of the week I'm probably going to post it anyway. As I said, I have little patience.
Meanwhile, I've been wondering whether I should continue on a very silly post-HBP piece I've been working on. Even though it includes all the relevant information from HBP, it is totally and completely AU (the premise is that the SS Harmony goes down, shipwrecking Hermione on a deserted island, only to find it isn't deserted after all - Guess Who is there). It's fluffy, it's silly, it's got action and action. It's only halfway done, though, and I wonder whether I'm going to finish it. It is so completely AU...
I have determined to continue writing another story I started before HBP came out. I s'pose I could make it compliant, but it's going to be challenging enough to write without making it compliant. I wonder whether it would get any reads anyway, because, although it is kinda SS/HG by the end, the focus is more on the two original characters. Who are Muggles. American Muggles. Sigh... It isn't wish fulfillment or a personal fantasy, I promise (I certainly wouldn't want to go through what the OFC goes through, nor would I ever do what she does, and although the OMC is a Muggle, he's not exactly an ordinary Muggle). She's a means to an end, and I really don't see how to make her magical and stay true to the idea.
But, as I said, I'm going to continue writing it, if only for the practice of writing original characters. I have one or two ideas for stories outside the fandom that I want to pursue, but I'd rather practice on something I can (possibly) get feedback on.
Meanwhile, Babe is so close to walking. He wants to get from point A to point B without crawling, and has started walking with me while holding on to my robe. Yay! I know all parents out there are saying "You can wait, trust me, you want to wait as long as possible," but, well, it's exciting. Just like the idea of him talking. Yes, I know that when he starts talking he's not going to stop for years on end, but it isn't like he's not making noise now.
I think we're bad parents, though. Yes, Babe is thriving (27 freaking pounds! He's not even a year old yet!) and making progress in all the motor skills areas, but first of all, he's become a whiny brat, and second of all, he refuses solid food. We can't get him to eat any solid food that isn't the pureed bottled variety.
Now, I know that we are at fault here. Babe went off bottled food a month or two ago when DH was away on a business trip and both Babe and I came down with a cold. I took pity on him (and myself) and just gave him a bottle for every meal (especially after he barfed up all the "solid food" I gave him one day). We still aren't good at feeding him solid food, and I know he needs consistency - but it's hard when he simply screams his head off when you place solid food in front of him (other than cheerios) or try to force feed him. It's even harder because his temper tantrums just make me laugh. I don't necessarily give in, but it's either laughing or screaming, and I know which I'd rather be around if roles were reversed.
As for his whining and foul mood... this last week I'm sure it's because he hasn't gotten all the cuddles he needs, and I feel really bad about that. Unfortunately, I simply can't hold him. First of all, I do not want to give him chickenpox if I can avoid it. Second, he either squirms against my rash (which hurts like the dickens), or he just gets too heavy for me. It's horrible - for both of us. He's actually gotten to the point where if his dad is around he won't even look at me, he's so mad. Most of the time I can laugh it off...
Sigh. I know parenthood is hard. I knew that before Babe was even considered. It was just so easy for the first 6 months! Where has that even tempered, patient, little baby gone? Why has he suddenly developed my personality when he had been so much like his dad before? IT'S NO FAIR!!!
Okay, that's off my chest. I feel marginally better now. But Babe doesn't. Bother.
Sigh. I'm trying to keep my energy up by resting, but god it's getting boring. I've been spending way too much of my time at the computer, but haven't done much at all (except pester my betas a bit, as I promised I wouldn't do).
I did do a slight revamp of chapter 13 which makes it better (I think), but that was only because I realized chapter 12 is hopelessly bad. Damn. I don't have the energy (or muse) to rewrite it either. Hopefully alpha-beta will have suggestions on how to fix the mistakes I know are there but can't see well enough to fix, cause it's a pretty important chapter.
As I was revamping chapter 13 I changed a bit to, well, not make it HBP compliant, because that is utterly impossible for this story, but to give a nod to HBP, and make life more difficult for Hermione (or easier, depending on how you look at it). Heh.
After I finished that, instead of reworking Circe like a good girl, I went and wrote a side-piece to chapter 13, which I will post here, but, unfortunately, I really need to wait until 13 is up.
Bother. I have so little patience. I want my chapters back NOW!!!! But I will resist further pestering. Real life really does take precedence. I understand. I really, really do. Honest.
Although if the chapter isn't back from the betas by the end of the week I'm probably going to post it anyway. As I said, I have little patience.
Meanwhile, I've been wondering whether I should continue on a very silly post-HBP piece I've been working on. Even though it includes all the relevant information from HBP, it is totally and completely AU (the premise is that the SS Harmony goes down, shipwrecking Hermione on a deserted island, only to find it isn't deserted after all - Guess Who is there). It's fluffy, it's silly, it's got action and action. It's only halfway done, though, and I wonder whether I'm going to finish it. It is so completely AU...
I have determined to continue writing another story I started before HBP came out. I s'pose I could make it compliant, but it's going to be challenging enough to write without making it compliant. I wonder whether it would get any reads anyway, because, although it is kinda SS/HG by the end, the focus is more on the two original characters. Who are Muggles. American Muggles. Sigh... It isn't wish fulfillment or a personal fantasy, I promise (I certainly wouldn't want to go through what the OFC goes through, nor would I ever do what she does, and although the OMC is a Muggle, he's not exactly an ordinary Muggle). She's a means to an end, and I really don't see how to make her magical and stay true to the idea.
But, as I said, I'm going to continue writing it, if only for the practice of writing original characters. I have one or two ideas for stories outside the fandom that I want to pursue, but I'd rather practice on something I can (possibly) get feedback on.
Meanwhile, Babe is so close to walking. He wants to get from point A to point B without crawling, and has started walking with me while holding on to my robe. Yay! I know all parents out there are saying "You can wait, trust me, you want to wait as long as possible," but, well, it's exciting. Just like the idea of him talking. Yes, I know that when he starts talking he's not going to stop for years on end, but it isn't like he's not making noise now.
I think we're bad parents, though. Yes, Babe is thriving (27 freaking pounds! He's not even a year old yet!) and making progress in all the motor skills areas, but first of all, he's become a whiny brat, and second of all, he refuses solid food. We can't get him to eat any solid food that isn't the pureed bottled variety.
Now, I know that we are at fault here. Babe went off bottled food a month or two ago when DH was away on a business trip and both Babe and I came down with a cold. I took pity on him (and myself) and just gave him a bottle for every meal (especially after he barfed up all the "solid food" I gave him one day). We still aren't good at feeding him solid food, and I know he needs consistency - but it's hard when he simply screams his head off when you place solid food in front of him (other than cheerios) or try to force feed him. It's even harder because his temper tantrums just make me laugh. I don't necessarily give in, but it's either laughing or screaming, and I know which I'd rather be around if roles were reversed.
As for his whining and foul mood... this last week I'm sure it's because he hasn't gotten all the cuddles he needs, and I feel really bad about that. Unfortunately, I simply can't hold him. First of all, I do not want to give him chickenpox if I can avoid it. Second, he either squirms against my rash (which hurts like the dickens), or he just gets too heavy for me. It's horrible - for both of us. He's actually gotten to the point where if his dad is around he won't even look at me, he's so mad. Most of the time I can laugh it off...
Sigh. I know parenthood is hard. I knew that before Babe was even considered. It was just so easy for the first 6 months! Where has that even tempered, patient, little baby gone? Why has he suddenly developed my personality when he had been so much like his dad before? IT'S NO FAIR!!!
Okay, that's off my chest. I feel marginally better now. But Babe doesn't. Bother.
