Starting over--I hope
Apr. 27th, 2025 12:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dswdianeSo, why am I here? The shortest and easiest answer is that after not having done so for over 15 years, I read some of my Highlander fic. And like it. And realized I missed it, missed the people I knew in fandom, even fandoms in which I don't share an interest, and realized I wanted to reconnect with that part of my life. And maybe even write more fic.
Why gone so long? The simplest answer is that beginning around 2011-2012, I started working over 50 hours/week. It wasn't particularly healthy or wise, but my husband was unemployed and my family needed the money and I had to work. Through more than four years of that time, I worked 30 or so hours/week at the GA State University Counseling Center as a contract therapist and maintained a private practice. When I left GSU, I had enough business to earn a living just doing the private practice, though I was still working too many hours.
Then there was Covid which didn't change much about the amount of work I had except I was now working from home and using video to see all my clients. There have been many other changes. If I manage to connect with any of the friends I used to have and if any of you are interested, I'll fill in the gaps.
At any rate, I'm here and hope to stay and be welcome.
Why gone so long? The simplest answer is that beginning around 2011-2012, I started working over 50 hours/week. It wasn't particularly healthy or wise, but my husband was unemployed and my family needed the money and I had to work. Through more than four years of that time, I worked 30 or so hours/week at the GA State University Counseling Center as a contract therapist and maintained a private practice. When I left GSU, I had enough business to earn a living just doing the private practice, though I was still working too many hours.
Then there was Covid which didn't change much about the amount of work I had except I was now working from home and using video to see all my clients. There have been many other changes. If I manage to connect with any of the friends I used to have and if any of you are interested, I'll fill in the gaps.
At any rate, I'm here and hope to stay and be welcome.
