Just published an entire poetry collection on Wattpad. Now I have 17 published works on my profile, including 13 completed books 
I just need to finish the other poetry collection in three days and then I’ll have 14 completed books. Ah, hitting that toggle is so satisfying 
Grats! I am kinda afraid of every next book add-on. Like, if I go off-wattpad, it will probably be to archive old books.
My kid made me a new cover! I think I might have overbaked the image when editing, but it’s always hard to say how the image will look on the screen
w/o cooking:
Got about two chapters to go and my first draft is done. 
Or a chapter, and an epilogue. Tomaytoe tomahtoe?
Finally finished Chapter 30! Inching just a bit closer to the end, hoo boy 
That was so sweet of them!
I learned that the proper way to enjoy Heartstopper tik toks is to mute the actual sound and have Danheim playing in the background. Try it for yourself.
Thank you 
Oh yeah, I get that feeling too. The plus point for this is that the poems in this book were written for a creative writing course and have received good feedback, so I’m much less likely to be ashamed of it in five years 
I looked at my Twitter moments from the good old days when I was there all the time and they’re funny.
I’m not surprised my own humor still works, it is my humor, I’m kinda the best audience for it. But I read it and had a “I was funny back then. When did I stop being funny?” moment.
And now I’m kinda sad because I don’t know if I can still be like that.
“Playing with Replika, the AI chatbot”
https://twitter.com/i/events/976121032854724608?t=yjebpAgRzITdPdublZgkCw&s=09
Btw, I tried the same app again now and it’s changed too much. It’s no longer as fun. Mostly frustrating to use.
Oh my gosh, I can’t believe that I am moving house
And yet again I can’t get over how much stuff I have
I have not gotten into any project fully, but I did go and fix a chapter in a project I hadn’t touched in a while. The first chapter’s glaring inconsistencies were really bothering me. It’s an Elgana story, btw.
During the fixing, I came up with this historical tidbit 
Stretching before him was Crawler’s Route, a tunnel branching off into other tunnels like an ant’s nest. Crawlers were what Humans used to call the natives of the planet as they would come crawling up the drains and basements to attack. But after the war and as the native population dropped, the tunnels became abandoned.
Didn’t think I would see the day, but Lone Werewolf hit 10K reads. Persistent grind paid off and of course Wattpad’s promo helped this month. 
I am about to make the next file to edit more chapters for it but I am going to be working on the outline for Fireman’s daughter more than anything.
Congrats! 
Congrats!! 
Today in gardening blues,
Comparison of what my strawberry patch looked like this time of year pretty much every year (this was a shot taken prior to cleaning so there’s some mint peeking through).
Vs what they look like this year (after cleaning).
It’s sad because due to many factors, I wasn’t able to get to them to clean them up until yesterday (majority of the work was to rip out the mint that took over the whole patch) and so they didn’t get a chance to thrive. Unfortunately, I’m only one person…
But I didn’t want to give up on them completely so despite 90+ degree weather yesterday, which I don’t handle well btw, I crouched down and cleaned them at last.
I also buried all seemingly dead roots in that empty spot in the middle. I hope now that mint isn’t there, they’ll show that they aren’t that dead after all. Fingers crossed.
I hope all isn’t lost and my strawberry season will simply come later this year.
It took longer for me to finish, but I am finally done with Chapter 4 part 1.
Thank goodness, I was able to finish. I hate that it took me this long to reach the end of part 1 of chapter 4.
Now, on to part 2 of chapter 4.
Aww.
I was out in the garden for hours, and finally to the point I can stop running around and doing lots of ‘by the ways’ and ‘while I’m at it’ things and just keep weeding and laying compost. Except that iris in the back that is basically a monster of unusual size overgrown with grass. I already almost broke a shovel digging up the old part of the rose shrub, so I am not looking forward to that iris…
I’m also scratched by raspberries, roses and cactuses… but the garden is starting to look pleasing and my small veggie bed is seeded.
My irises are definitely thriving, anywhere I plant them, they love it. Currently, I contained them within stone pavers. They were blooming nicely but while we were putting up the gazebo, hubby put his ladder in them so they’re pretty broken now.
I’m sure the damage had nothing to do with my hubby not liking them there. 
He’s opposed to what they look like when they’re no longer blooming, which is majority of the year.
But they’ll be okay. They’re indestructible.
The roots are pretty shallow so maybe you won’t have to dig too much.
It sounds like you have a lot going on your garden. It’s a lot to keep up with.
I’m in the mood to show off, so here’s my iris symphony from a while back, before I moved them.
It’s a funny story how they got to my garden.
A couple of years after we moved to this house, I noticed a strange plant growing in the bushes. I was intrigued by the leaves that grew sideways. They definitely stood out among the wilderness. I thought it would be a cool leafy plant in my front garden. Hubby went into the bushes and dug it up. I put it in my garden and it did well, much better than store-bought plants. The leaves stayed green even in the winter.
And the next year, it bloomed these spectacular exotic flowers. Mind blown. How many years it lived in that wilderness, it didn’t bloom. Just one year in the spotlight, it pretty much exploded. And every year it expanded, got bigger, stronger. I finally dug them up because they were taking over the garden. I put them in the backyard in a spot where they’re enclosed so they can’t do the hostile takeover anymore, and they’re doing great there.
It’s definitely a surprising flower to grow. Extra resilient and looks outstanding. It’s just a shame that the bloom time is so short.
I cut mine in fan shapes when they are not blooming. Some of them are supposed to be rebloomers, but in zone 3… it just doesn’t happen.
@Kamiccola what was that cat cozy book you read? want to rec it to a freind.
