Social Media Hiatus Day Twelve

Technically day 13 but I didn't make a post yesterday because I was working on my notion fanfiction database and then went to bed early. Reason for that was due to getting added to a meeting series that is at 5:45 AM Pacific/8:45 AM Eastern. Work has decided that they are going to add me and my colleague to a new platform for support and yeah. Fun times for this night owl.

When I told Mom about it, she was like "Well, you've been wanting to get up earlier and get in the office earlier." Not exactly the early I wanted but whatever.

Not much more than that going on. The parents are leaving a day early for vacation so they can take two days for travel, versus doing the 9 hours in a whole stretch. This is for Mom's comfort as her ability to travel has to include some rest time. It's hard on her body as it is. So I'll have an extra day to myself. Who knows if they'll do the same on the other side, but I feel like they will. When it was assumed I would be traveling with them, we had talked about this as well but they hadn't decided if that was what they were going to do.

I don't have a lot of resentment that I don't get to go but there is some. At least the heat here won't be so bad. I'll miss the weather at Long Beach though.

Yeah, not much else to report today. I don't miss socmeds. I had a couple moments yesterday where I wanted to look at something on IG or FB or Twit but it wasn't important. I'm not sure how I'm going to navigate returning but I'm sure I'm overthinking it.

Hide Of A Life War (26105 words) by Etharei

Hide Of A Life War (26105 words) by Etharei
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Sheriff Stilinski, Derek Hale, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Isaac Lahey, Peter Hale
Additional Tags: Suspense, Crimes & Criminals, Hostage Situation, Alpha Derek, BAMF!Stiles, Angst and Humor, Family, stilinkski feels, Pack Family, implied underage (past), Misunderstandings
Summary:

“We have received confirmation that there is a hostage situation in progress at a warehouse compound two hours out of Los Angeles, following a multiple-vehicle pileup on Highway 101 this morning...”

The one in which Stiles has lived to (legal) adulthood and, along the way, become a bit of a badass himself.

If I Could Turn Back Time (5502 words) by Menacherie

If I Could Turn Back Time (5502 words) by Menacherie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski
Additional Tags: Alternate Reality
Summary:

Stiles wakes up in a world in which Kate Argent was never born.

Social Media Hiatus Day Thirteen

Broke my social media hiatus because I saw in a Youtube short something about a horse breeder I follow (Katie Van Slyke) having to euthanize her yearling colt, Baby Seven. So I hopped on FB on the computer (which technically acceptable) to go to her page and now I'm sad.

Baby Seven was a horse that was born at 286 gestation, which is insane, because at that time frame the foal doesn't have cartilage formed fully yet. Katie said that usually if they are born before 300 days, it's not a birth but an abortion for some reason or another. But he survived and even tried standing. She made the decision to try and keep him going and he ended up at the University of Tennessee and they gained a lot of knowledge from him while working through the variety of problems he had growing. He had recently been at home, then back at UT for some additional procedures, and had just gotten back home this last week. He had some complications, possibly due to colic and he wasn't dealing well with the heat they have been dealing with, so they made the decision to let him go. He was just a year old.

Such a good boy. Such an amazing story.

Katie set up a scholarship with UT and the College of Veterinarian Medicine there for vet students and now is going to set up an endowment so that it will continue on under his name. Made me cry a little thinking about it. One of those stories that you hope the animal will succeed beyond all expectation but succumbing to something that takes down even the healthiest of equines.

At work had a meeting about a new to me workload that one of my boss's wants me and my colleague on. I'm kind of excited, a little trepidation, but ultimately looking forward to learning more about the platform and it's myriad options.

I have one more day at work and then I have 6 work days off for a total of 10 days altogether. I am looking forward to it. Peace and quiet while the parents drive over to Long Beach.