Hello everyone, been a while since I did an actual journal so I figured I'd finally get around to it now. First of all, as always, thank you so much for watching my account and reading my stories. I've reached 163 watchers recently, which is far more than I ever imagined I would get when I started writing. I'm glad so many of you enjoy my stories, and I appreciate all of the support you've given me over the past 10 months. It's been a lot of fun to write, and I am looking forward to more stories in the future!

However, the unfortunate part is... my updates to the story have been pretty slow lately. It's in part due to the fact that I just write such long chapters, but it also has to do with a few other things as well. There are more and more things eating away at my free time to write, and I just feel my drive for it lagging a bit. I am by no means quitting the series, so don't worry about that. There are just a few things that have happened with my life that are slowing things down.

First of all, I'm looking not only for a new place to live, but a new job as well. My current job is fine, I'm not in any danger of losing it, but I am hoping to find a place to live in the city rather than out in the boonies of Saskatchewan. More actual career opportunities, for starters. And it would be nice not having to drive for hours any time I need to buy something that's not in town here, or to see a movie in the theatre. The search for both of these things is likely going to take up a lot of my time over the next little while; as much as I do enjoy my writing I still have my future to think about, and to plan for.

Some people are already aware of this, but I'm also starting to suffer from what I suspect might be General Anxiety Disorder. No official diagnosis yet, but... there are some days where my panic attacks get so bad that I have a hard time functioning. I've seen a doctor about it and I have a prescription now for an anti-anxiety medicine. But it's something I find myself dealing with almost daily, and quite obviously it's caused my work ethic to suffer as a result. I am working through it though, and I'm feeling confident that I'll be able to get it under control eventually. ^^

Not everything is bad, though! I've started -really- getting into a game that some people might be familiar with, known as League of Legends x3 It's incredibly fun, and while I'm still pretty bad at the game I am getting slowly better. Send me a shout if you play too, my summoner profile is Blitzen Falis. I also have a birthday coming up this month, which I am looking forward to despite the fact that I'll be over a quarter century old ^^;

I've also had something pretty unexpected happen as a result of starting my writing and joining the community here. I recently met  markhaen62, also known as Breeze. After quite some time just talking and spending time together, the two of us have actually become mates~. He's an adorable sweetheart, and while we may be far apart for now, I'm hoping that in the future we'll be able to meet in real life.

And lastly, to the writing itself. My next couple chapters in the Travelers is going to be a little different. It's going to be a crossover chapter, written both by myself and by  BlankSlate15, with a combination of our characters. I'm looking forward to working with him, and I recommend checking out his writing too! I really enjoy his stories, and they deserve more attention ^^ I'm also working on a side story, to introduce even more characters that I've come up with. Whichever comes first, I hope you all enjoy them!

And that's about it, really. It's been a crazy couple of months this year so far, with both incredibly good highs and some pretty bad lows. Overall though, I'm feeling optimistic going forward. Finding a new place, maybe even some place that Breeze and I could one day live in together, would go a long way to making me happier. And in the meantime, I will keep working on my stories wherever I can. I enjoy writing far too much to ever give up on it completely, and I hope you all enjoy what's coming next!