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☆ Ahh where does the time go? I've been working on catching up with my reading page; I haven't been able to comment as much as I want, but I have been reading every post! I need to get into the habit of reading more frequently because I WANT to keep up to date but then I get lazy and don't do anything on DW for a week. Then I learn about all the fun stuff going on too late. :(

☆ The library was closed to the public on Friday so we could do our PC replacement, which we do every few years. Of course there was an issue with the server replacement in the morning which delayed things, and we ended up with a bunch of issues that we're still dealing with this week. Our poor IT guy... I don't know why they do this stuff on a Friday and then peace out for the weekend. I'm so glad I wasn't scheduled to work then lmao.

☆ I did hit up a Bath and Body Works soap sale though, they lured me in with their cheap soaps plus additional coupons. I'd been doing so good not buying stuff from them!! But I don't feel too bad because I actually use up the soaps unlike my piles of candles and creams and such. I ended up with 7 soaps and 1 hand cream for my mom that only cost a total of 17 bucks so now I'm all stocked up again. I do love the spring/summer scents, I got a lot of fruity and/or lemony ones this time around.

☆ The week between fic exchange submissions and the collection opening is so stressful I want to know if my recipient likes the fic!! I keep forgetting I'm actually getting something too sjdhfskhf so that's also exciting. I have a second exchange I signed up for so I need this one to be officially "done" so I can put all my focus into the new one lmao. It's nice to be writing again though! In addition to the exchange stuff I also wrote something short for PhoenixFlare Week. I wanted to do more days but I didn't have the time, alas. But at least I got one thing done which definitely counts as progress for me.

☆ Does anyone have any tips for de-cluttering? I reallyyy need to start a long-term project of just getting rid of ancient stuff I'm keeping for no reason, but starting is so daunting and when I actually do try to clean up, the nostalgia gets to me and I end up keeping old stuff I don't need. (Like last time I tried to make space on my bookshelf, got rid of a bunch of books, moved all my newer books into the empty space, and now it's completely full again dammit.) I know I should just start small, empty a single drawer or clean a single shelf, but I have no impetus to even take those small steps.