Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know that I'll probably be on and off of here pretty intermittently for a while—I don't know how real life has managed to become more busy during quarantine, but apparently it has. XD We live in a desert climate and it's been in the 100°s lately, so most of our days are mostly spent outside trying to keep all the animals cool and a lot of gardens and new trees watered. (The chickens get up before dawn, and we can't leave food out for them overnight because it'll draw rodents, so I've been getting up at about 5:30 every day to get all the animal chores taken care of. It's nice and cool then, at least, but as someone who's definitely more of a night person and doesn't usually get to sleep until midnight, it... tends to leave you a little spaced-out the rest of the day. XP WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE CREATIVE THOUGHT IS THE FIRST THING TO GO WHEN YOU'RE TIRED. I NEED THAT TO WRITE AND HOLD INTELLIGENT CONVERSATIONS. Go away, tiredness! XD)

We're still working with limited internet where we are, and my mom has some electronics sensitivities and hasn't been feeling well, so we usually keep the wifi and phones off unless we need them. Unfortunately, me using the internet for fun for more than a few minutes at a time doesn't generally make it to the top of the priority list. XD I will be catching up with everything on here, it just might happen slowly!

(The older version of Wattpad I use for writing on my phone has also decided it barely wants to sync my drafts sometimes, and I have to be really careful with it, lest it revert everything I've written to the last saved version when I try to sync. I'm on my tablet now, but a) this keyboard is GINORMOUS AND FEELS SO WEIRD TO TYPE ON and b) I personally think the years-old version of Wattpad I have on my phone is still WAY prettier and sometimes more functional than this new version, sheesh louiesh, updates. Fun fact: Don't take away cool features from a free app and make people pay for them. A large portion of your audience may feel more annoyed than interested in spending money to get what they already had. XD)

I know it's been crazy out there lately—I hope you guys are all doing well and staying safe! Love you guys! <3 Pictures of cool ducks are coming up as soon as I can get Wattpad to load them!