When Does Spring Start, Again?

[jedibuttercup]

I've managed to find a pretty good balance the last decade or so, since I finally found a job that I enjoyed, rather than just having to endure. But then winters like this one happen, when other RL issues stack up to the point where I'm reminded that the combination of (a) attention deficit disorder, (b) dysthymia - or I guess they're calling it 'persistent depressive disorder' these days, and (c) seasonal affective disorder is really easy to derail into a Pit of Despair.

Thank God it's finally light outside again when I leave work. And that my mom's sister and her family have finally, finally moved out of my mother's house and back into their own, so I'm not constantly having to spend what few spoons I manage to scrounge up salvaging her emotional health. Maybe by my birthday I'll even have enough energy back to write more than a few words a week again. I can hope, anyway. *crossing fingers*

Anyway! I did receive two lovely gift fics out of Chocolate Box, even if I've had no luck finishing anything else lately:

Not Ready by Chosenfire - B:tVS post-series, 2701 words, Buffy/Spike
"I'm not ready for you to not be here." - Buffy can’t leave Sunnydale behind without knowing what happened to Spike. A post series divergent.

Nothing Ventured by alamorn - Firefly post-series, 1090 words, Inara/River.
Inara doesn't service crew. Except when she does.

Comments

[pronker]

After reading this, I hope profoundly that things improve with the lengthening days. Thanks for the links, and let's hope writing is on your horizon in less time than it takes to think about it. :)

Linguistically speaking, 'spoons' crops up in your writings and in another's on DW. Would you know how that expression began?

[jedibuttercup]

I have written *one* story for Chocolate Box myself, which I'll post ... as soon as I catch up on my comments on AO3 ... *cough*

Anyway, regarding the spoons, it's Spoon Theory, which you can read about here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_theory

[I originally picked it up to share with my mom as a way to explain to other people about her chronic pain issues and how they affected her limitations; but it applies really easily to emotional issues as well as physical ones.]

[pronker]

Fascinating! It explains so much, why low energy days seem to produce absolutely nothing useful, or why we feel we need to produce at all, as opposed to simply existing happily. *ponders*

Happy A03ing. I find myself more often on theforceDOTnet these days; it's moderated, which is a turnoff for some. The writing efforts in a moderated site nearly always generate at least one r/r, which is an appreciated 'stroke' for the writer flinging words into the void. Their annual Fanfic Awards goes on for about 1 1/2 months, just now at the voting stage and ending with a ceremony on March 25th. 'Tis fun. :)