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Random Friend: How tired are you?

Me: My phone was too bright so I turned down the volume and was still confused when the screen didn’t dim.

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It’s all fun and games joking, “I miss my Mom and Dad” until your face is crumpling to the symphony of your heart shattering across the floor because you realize it’s the awful truth.

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Istg, nannying in the summer is legit just getting roasted by the sun AND the kids

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Nothing says sibling love quite like my sister calling me a nerd and telling me to stop using such big words 🤣 Got in trouble for dropping “staunchly” into a conversation, and was immediately ordered to google the definition right that second.

(It was in fact used correctly, which perhaps proves her point that I read too much (it’s not gonna stop me from consuming fics like I’ll stop breathing if I do))

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80% of the time, house sitting is just hanging out with the pets and doing your own thing, but occasionally the animals get up to mischief which can lead to you having to do shit like chase a chicken around an enclosed garden pen with a blanket and wrap it up burrito style just to get it safely back to the hutch/fenced in area.

Do they learn not to escape the hutch or to stop digging holes in the beds of my client’s tomato plants? Not a chance, but at least they’re cute.

The escape artist in question:

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Anyone else’s grandparents randomly drop THE most insane lore ever and then just sit there giggling??

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Baking large batches of cookies is funny sometimes because you take a break and lean on your fist, and abruptly realize your shirt is lightly perfumed with the scent of butter and chocolate lol. 🍪❤️ I suppose there are much worse things to smell like even if flour gets everywhere

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ACS: the 3 quarter cumulative exam for chemistry where souls go to perish. 70 questions, all multiple choice but most requiring 1-2 calculations, 2 hours to complete everything 😩 Made do with 6hrs of sleep, a last minute study session, and any tidbits my brain could toss out.

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Finals week my beloved introduction to hell on earth let it be oveeeeeeer.

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“Y cómo olvidarte/Si la vida me enseño que vas primero/No me importa la distancia, yo te quiero/Y al final sé que a mi lado vas a estar/Voy a esperarte/Cuando se ama de verdad no existe el tiempo/Y te juro que no es el final del cuento/El destino no nos puedo separar/Cómo mirarte”

“And how do I forget you/When life taught me that you will go first/The distance doesn’t matter to me, I love you/But in the end I know that you’ll be by my side/Ill wait for you/When your love is true, time doesn’t even exist/And I promise that this is not the end of our story/Destiny doesn’t want us to separate from each other/How I look at you”

Cómo Mirarte by Sebastián Yatra is so S4 Klance coded

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There’s this bus with squeaky brakes that drives me nuts bc every time it drives by and brakes, the noise is so high pitched it sounds like a kitten mewling for help and I’m left twitching my head around like a deranged owl for a second or two before I realize 🤦‍♀️ Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me 😂

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“Legends Born Anew” has been posted to ao3 :)

Account Name: Foxlace_96 (Midnight_Flyer41759)

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Tiny excerpt from the fic I’ve been working on called, “Legends Born Anew”

** Time slips by like molasses as he haltingly navigates Voltron to the hangers, clinging to consciousness by his fingertips as he fights his own body’s soul deep exhaustion to disengage the lions and settle them down safely in their designated spots. The sound of each lion landing with tremendously loud thunks grates on his sensitive ears, and it threatens to send him blacking out once more.

Through blurry eyes, he barely sees Keith come sprinting into the hanger, a vision in red and black with the rest of the team close behind him. Black’s entrance drops open with a hiss of steam and a dull clang, the world hazing at the edges, spotty and dark. Every inch of him aches, from his toes to his teeth, but at the lions’ urging he drags himself up.

Slowly, he staggers down Black’s ramp, the lions carefully withdrawing their life forces from the bond tapestry. With each second that passes by he can feel himself growing weaker and weaker, fatigue sapping his strength and adrenaline. As the castleship lurches-Allura mustering just enough willpower to stay standing and wormhole the castleship to safety-the last of Lance’s energy slips away. Faltering, he trips over his own dragging feet, a gasp trapped behind his bitten lips.

He clenches his eyes shut in anticipation of meeting the hard floor, rising up to meet him way too fast, but something strong snags around his waist first, drawing him close to a firm and surprisingly warm pillow. Arms. He thinks dazedly. They cinch around his lower back, jumping back in surprise when he whines shockingly loudly at the pain. Swiftly, they adjust accordingly, sweeping under his knees and stabilizing his neck with tender care. The brace is a respite after having to hold himself up against the rocking and fierce swaying while piloting. He slumps further down without quite meaning to, entirely too exhausted to be embarrassed about seeking out the freely offered comfort.

Lance! He hears from somewhere far away, muffled like it was yelled under the ocean’s calamitous surface, water stealing away the sound before it could reach his ears. He sinks impossibly deeper into the cradle he’s being swept into, the ground falling behind him as he’s lifted into the air. Oh. He thinks a little deliriously. Someone’s carrying me. Mullet’s gonna be so mad. He smiles faintly, barely a twitch, the last of the tension seeping from his frame as unconsciousness finally lulls him under her sweet embrace, that voice calling out his name faintly fading into the distance. Lance, hang in there darlin-! **

This went from a 4k, to a 10k, to now close to 14k fic, which admittedly isn’t very big but I’m still pleased about my progress given I only started writing fanfiction give or take 5 months ago. It’s definitely given me a new kind of appreciation for all the effort my favorite authors put into their works, and I’m really excited (and nervous lol) to post the final piece when it’s done. Hopefully it lives up to the care and thought of the post it was inspired by (Thanks again gamergirl-lumine for the idea and support! 💜)

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Thank god copy paste exists because I am NOT retyping everything from my google doc into ao3 and then having to deal with adjusting italicized words/sentences, no ma’am 😩

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I think my brain needs to be diagnosed as a yapaholic because this fic was supposed to be around 4k and now it’s closer to 10 😵‍💫 (Yes I know that’s relatively short)

But like damn it, why are you creating more work for meeeeeeee

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So was I just supposed to learn chayote let out a sap of an identified compound when cut that is potentially allergic reaction inducing by myself or….?

(To clarify, I’m not dying or anything, I just have a cold and noticed my fingertips where I touched the squash felt tight lol. Like oh! That’s new)

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Me: Wow! I sure am excited about that important event tonight! I hope nothing pops up and messes up my getting ready schedule! Nothing will, right?

My Dog: :)

Me: Right?!