Mistress of my Domain

I seem to have a disease in signing up for too many fests. Last year I had so many fests I was signed up for, that seemed to overlap, for much of the year. The summer, especially, was my busiest time. But this year, some of them didn't come back (yet), or came back later, so I didn't feel so bogged down. This summer I only had summerpornathon and aftercamlann (and I still managed to mess that one up.)

But all of a sudden there are so many interesting fests and I feel like I've signed up for all of them. It's definitely going to be a busy time the next couple of months trying to get everything done (which I'm determined to do.)

First I've got a rough draft due for teenwolf_bb on Sept. 17.
Then there's aftercamlann amnesty week Sept. 23-30.
Then there's Gluttony Remix, a mini-fest for my team from summerpornathon that's due on Oct. 3.
After that I have some time before my Teen Wolf Fall Harvest fic is due on Oct. 31.
But then I have a few things due around the same time. There's merlinmpreg which you can pick your own posting date, that's from Nov. 1-15. I have reel_torchwood on Nov.15 and then the next day it's the final draft due for the Teen Wolf Big Bang.

There's also another Teen Wolf Big Bang I'm doing, but the rough draft for that's not due until January. And even with all that due in Nov, I'll probably sign up for merlin_holidays which, if it holds to last year's schedule will be due around Thanksgiving.

All this, with wedding planning to do. So I say I am definitely insane. But I have a lot of story ideas I'm excited about, so it's not all bad.

Stacey

 I'm trying to post a fic to LJ, but when I preview it, none of the words show up. Well, they show up but it looks black. I worte the document on Google Docs. The only words that showed up in white, were ones I wrote using livejournal. I don't know if that's because the background of my page is black or what. Do I need to change my page design? I tried changing the font color, but that didn't help. If anyone could help me before I go bald, I'd really appreciate it.

Stacey

Had a pretty good Fourth of July. I've never really done too much to celebrate it. And I'm not really much of a cookout person. I don't really relish fighting bugs for my food. Thankfully, the threat of rain kept the festivities mostly inside. We ate the stickiest, messiest stuff. We had ribs, corn on the cob, and crab legs. I think we all went through 20 rolls of paper towels.

My boyfriend and his family are from Maryland and they really love their crab. This was only the second time I'd had it. They were all very handy with several pointers. Once you get the meat out it can be good. But, MAN, that is a lot of work for a little piece of meat. When we were finished, I joked that we'd had our meal and a workout.

There are a number of reasons that I need to get my life (firstly being it's about time) but a big one is so I can avoid awkward family get together conversations. I hate when a group is gathered together(no matter how small) and someone turns to me with a curious/concerned look on their face and starts off "So..." and then I start to be pelted with all matter of questions about all the stuff that I haven't managed to accomplish yet. It's usually very well meaning, but I hate when I'm the center of attention. And I hate it even more when I feel like a bigger loser than I already do. /mini rant over. Other than that, everything went ok.

I signed up for Merlin Olympics! What was I thinking? I've never written Merlin fic before and now I'm signed up for two fests(the other reel_Merlin) posting around the same time. I really hope I can pull this off.

Stacey