Hello lovely readers.
It is with a heavy heart I have to write this. Christmas Eve at my parents' house, my father had a massive stroke. For several hours he was unable to talk, hardly able to walk, and his brother was over and he didn't want to ruin Christmas Eve. So he refused to go to the doctor. He is elderly, and for almost two months it was touch and go with his recovery. I had to drive him to multiple doctors weekly, and it was trying to coordinate with my mother what I needed to do for my daddy.
Then covid-19 hit. I contracted the virus, and several weeks were a struggle. I got back on my feet, but the state shut down. I was confined to the house. I wrote. But my beta had disappeared. He had his own covid-19 issues. After much time, we got back together to try and pick it back up. We had to have him re-read to find where we left off, had a creative argument, and were getting close to getting new chapters out. But then my father had another stroke.
More time was spent at doctors, and then my mother had an issue when daddy looked like he was in the clear. My mama has degenerative arthritis, and she couldn't walk. Today, she had to have a third injection. It basically is a new hip and knee that she needs. But they aren't doing the surgery currently due to covid-19. So my mother had to try to adapt to this. Which means I run for groceries. I take over her animals. I do house work. And she lives an hour away. So it was convert my house for her animals. And re-adjust my life for the last six months. I'm back to writing, and a lot farther in the book, but I've got no beta. He is on at random times, and being four time zones over, it is a struggle. I don't want to lose Wolfie as my beta. But I know you all are waiting for the next chapter. I've messaged him to try and start again.
On the plus side, I finally got someone to teach me to YouTube to get a playlist going. I've been building it tonight. Now it won't have the chapters done so far with the music with them and what song it is. No, sorry. But they are in order! Now since I'm writing this in English, I've tried to keep as many songs in English as possible, or add one with translated lyrics on the screen for the Japanese songs. I don't own any of the songs, lyrics, or even the videos attached so far. But you can hear the playlist soon! I'll be posting a link to it as soon as I am able to get to where we are built. I've had rotten luck finding the edition of one song that I've been listening to for the playlist. I honestly think it was taken down. If I can go ahead and find it, I will add it and try to post the playlist tonight for you all. Otherwise, I need to find one close. But is it 2:50 in the morning here, and I do need sleep. I'll do my best to get it later this evening after this goes up, or in hopefully a little over 12 hours from now.
Meanwhile, if I have to spam Wolfie's phone, I am ready to do it. If I need a new beta, I'll post for one and we will once again be back to my crap writing till then without a beta. Trust me, you will appreciate Wolfie once you see how bad it is without a beta. That and the college I went to no longer gives free subscriptions to Grammarly, so that's an issue too... I'll have to see if I have the money for it myself.
Please look forward to the playlist tonight if I can get it up. If not tonight, I do have to take daddy to a doctor today, it will be the next day. Now, off to spam Wolfie's phone!