OMG, you guys. Seriously. I wanted to drop y'all a note to let you know that I have not actually abandoned this story, despite all evidence to the contrary. It turns out that one of the least conducive things to actually finishing a story that a body can possibly do is to pack up her entire house while in her last trimester of pregnancy and move to a completely different part of the country, and then have a baby less than 6 weeks later. So, yeah. The good news is that the kiddo is FINALLY starting to occasionally nap on his own, so I can start to work on the final chapters here. The bad news is that my Office subscription has expired, and I am completely dependent on my husband remembering to access the code through his job for a 90% discount so I can access my freaking files again.
TL;dr? Look for an update sometime in February. Thanks, y'all, for sticking with the chicken on this one. The chicken being me. :)