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Apologies

10/10/2018

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Good morning, Readers!
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A few of you have noticed that I'm not quite myself of late.  You're right.  I'm not.  The news cycle recently has hit harder than I expected, and the hits just kept coming.  I was left reeling and a little too much in my own head as I tried to grapple with the fallout.

For the record.  I'm alright.  I oscillate between furious and numb, but that means every so often, I hit fine and normal, too.  Being around good people has helped.

Saturday was a great day for that.  I taught my martial arts classes, which are generally the highlights of my week, then volunteered for CanCon in the afternoon and into the evening.  There were only two people I knew there, so my introversion was in full effect.  I had a blast.  Everyone there was absolutely lovely, and we got work done, ate great food, and had a fantastic time.  It did, however, take me a full two days to recover.

Still, I laughed really hard for the first time in a long time, and I'm so glad I went.

Last night was also one of those nights that was good for me.  I went to training.  There is nothing like giggling with your training partner as you throw punches and kicks as hard as you can for two hours.  Also, I'm (re)learning a new sword form, so that's great.  I like it when my brain is active.  Focussing on the learning helps tear the focus away from the things that are troubling me.

I'm feeling much more myself today.  I don't know how long that will last, but while I'm here, I just wanted to apologise to everyone who I have ghosted, failed to reply to, ignored, or have otherwise been unavailable for in the past few weeks.  I needed to turtle up for a little bit.

Hopefully the worst is behind me.

Right now, I'm gearing up for CanCon, which begins Friday.  That is a whole other level of anxiety, but at least there's some excitement there too.

Speaking of gearing up, I have some serious prep work to do, so I must go do it.

​Ciao!
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