Hi, hello, so sorry to disappoint you but while this is an update, it's probably not the kind of update you were looking for.
So...I've been avoiding making this note for awhile. In fact, I'm literally making this at 4am my time because I woke up in the middle of the night and read some super sweet and kind reviews and I felt like I needed to. I know when I do post an actual chapter and delete this A/N that some of you will be unable to review, but that's okay because this needed to be done.
Don't worry! Before I say anything, I am NOT giving up on this fic! Winter break is coming soon and I'm hoping then I can write more! I've had the next chapter partially written and outlined for...for, well, forever. I want to make sure you know that I'm not leaving this fic ever again, especially now that I'm so close to finishing it!
Okay, so here's the thing: I'm a full-time college student in my next-to-last year working up to 17 hours a week some weeks and also have a social life, a family life, a personal life, and wow I just have not had the time or motivation to write. Like, none whatsoever. A few words here, a few words there, but that's really it. And on top of that, I'm having major health issues right now and am waiting on a call for a referral to a specialist before I can do anything. My employers have had to cut back on my hours which is kinda stressful since I have rent and utilities and other expenses to pay for, but it was necessary right now for me. I can barely go up and down a flight of stairs or stand for more than ten minutes at a time and I've really had to take it easy. This is something I hope they will figure out soon but you never know how things like this are going to go. They at least have a lead to go off of, so that gives me some hope! Anyways, my health has also been keeping me from writing which absolutely sucks, but it is what it is. I didn't want to make this note for so long, but then my health hit and my ability to write dropped even further and...well, I felt like I needed to. Not necessarily to appease you guys but because I know some of you genuinely care and are probably wondering if I'm okay (especially since I said in August that this fic would be done, at latest, over a week ago).
I'm not here looking to gather a bunch of sympathy or whatever; in fact, I really, really don't care if no one reviews so don't feel obligated to! I just wanted to let you guys know why I seemingly fell off the face of the earth and that I'm not dead. I hope you all are doing well, and thank you to each and every one of you for sticking around. You have no ides how much that means to me :)