It's been a long time since I last made a journal entry, almost as long since the last Wolf Team chapter. There's a lot to talk about regarding the past year, so I figured I'd talk about it a bit. A lot has changed, and is about to change...

Easily the biggest event of the year was regarding my job. Long story short, I quit. Back in January, I was given an additional job on top of what I was already doing, and I just couldn't keep up with anything. With me constantly falling behind on my work, I kept asking to be moved to another section where I could better manage, but it soon became clear that they wanted me to stay where I was. Knowing full well that things were not going to improve, I decided the best course of action would be to leave. It was a difficult decision, especially since I knew I wouldn't be able to look for work for a while, but in the end I feel it was the right move. It didn't hurt that my mum had just had surgery to have her gall bladder removed, so by quitting I was able to stay with her and help her out while she was recovering. So in the end, yeah. I definitely did the right thing, I feel.

The next major event is also the reason I haven't been able to look for a new job. We'll be moving house in the not too distant future! The first half of this year was spent redecorationg the house ready for it to go on the market for sale. We finally sold it in September, and just a few weeks later we bought a new house ourselves. We're still waiting for our seller to sort out a few more things before we can exchange contracts, but we hopefully shouldn't have to wait much longer on that. All goes well, and we should be moving in January. Once we've done that, I can start looking for work again, finally!

Finally, the next Wolf Team chapter. To say progress has been extremely slow has been a huge understatement. I started work on it last year, but I ended up being very unsatisfied with what I was writing. There were plot holes everywhere, and I was completely unhappy with it. So, I decided to scrap it and come up with a new story for the chapter instead. This one came together a lot better, but there was still one major roadblock stopping me from finishing it- a complete lack of motivation. Honestly, I think laziness would be a better word. More often than not, I just didn't feel like writing anything at all. This might have been understandable during all the issues I was having at work, but once I was unemployed and able to think straight a bit more, I still often didn't feel like writing at all. There was even a time where I wondered if I should just stop writing entirely. Thankfully, I was able to overcome those thoughts and crack on with things.

And it paid off, because I'm happy to report the chapter is finally finished! It's still in the editing phase, but there's not much left to do there. With that in mind, the next chapter will be uploaded at the weekend at the very latest! After that? I'm thinking about starting the next chapter of Dogs. Maybe I can get that done before we move. We'll see. For now though, my main focus is on the current Wolf Team chapter, and there won't be much longer to wait on that front!

And so, with that I wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year!