Life update, stuff, and looking for a glompfest alpha reader/cheerleader

[mab]

Damn... Life has been busy lately.

I'm planning to write up another weight loss/fitness update soon. (If you're not on my weight loss filter and want to be, let me know in a comment or by PM)


I've been working hard at getting my daughter enrolled in high school and making sure she gets all the support that I can get for her. I'm looking into a summer program for kids her age that addresses social anxiety in a therapeutic/group sort of fun setting.

She's mentioned that she wants help with overcoming her shyness. This weekend my mom took her to see Maleficent and they ran into three girls she's been friendly with since kindergarten, one of them she counts as her best friend, but mom told me she just froze up and couldn't really talk. That she wanted to, but later told mom she's afraid of saying the wrong thing and sounding dumb. :( These are all girls I know personally too and they aren't the judgy-pushy types. They're all proud feminists and are receptive to hanging out with Gwen. It kills me that it's so hard for her, but I really have to swallow it down and just support her in finding her own way. I can't fix it for her. And really, there's nothing wrong with being introverted. I just worry that it might begin to overwhelm her to a point where it is not healthy. *sigh* parenting is hard!





I broke my vow to not participate in writing for fests this year and claimed a prompt for Glompfest at serpentinelion It will be my third time participating. This has always been one of my favorite fests to write for and I'm really pumped about the story I'm working on. That said... Anybody willing to alpha read/cheerlead for me while I write it? (sorted) I'm hoping to get it all done this month, since I'm on a mod vacation from hp_darkarts. If you are willing, let me know either in a comment, PM, or email. Qumabh@gmail.com



Hrm... what else.

I've not had much time at all for reading/commenting and that makes me sad. I'm hoping that once school is out for the summer, I'll have more time again. I do have several recs I need to finish writing and post them here and on my tumblr.

I've been hard at work on podficcing chapter nine of Turn this month. I finally finished the 2nd round of edits and sent it to saras_girl for pre-listening. One more round of edits when I get it back and it will be up and posted. Chapter nine is the longest one yet. Nearly 3 hours!

I'm getting really excited for the Harry Big Bang at harrybang! We're making plans to fancy up the comm and start pimping hard! Our next Author spotlight is coming up on 10 June and if you're not already watching the comm, I encourage you to start!

All right. That's all for now. I don't want to talk your ears off.

Comments

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Ugh! I am having tons of my own parenting issues around anxiety. It would seem that BOTH of my kids suffer from it in fairly high amounts.

This isn't social anxiety per se, at least not yet, but we are meeting with a therapist about #1 tomorrow, and I'm still waiting to hear about a therapist for #2.

I don't really suffer from it myself, (any more than anyone else, I don't think) so it's really hard for me to be constantly calm and reassuring when I kind of want to yell WHAT THE FUCK, JUST GET OVER YOURSELF ALREADY!

Of course, parenting like my father is not one of my lifetime goals. ;)

Big hugs to you, hon.

[mab.livejournal.com]

I know ... God! I wish I could just be the cool mom I am and have her take advantage of me and pull teen stunts, but instead I'm trying to figure out ... Is it normal teen shyness, is it related to past trauma? Is it indicative of a mood disorder (hereditary)?

It will all work out though. Roll with the punches, just keep swimming, and all that jazz.