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Some years, September 30th is not a big deal to me.
This year's marker is worth commemorating, I think.
- I survived the tornadoes of April 2011, and the re-roofing.
- I have a pretty good family.
- I missed Dragon*Con but I'm going to spend a week at Disney World later in the year. I'm making a costume for the Halloween party there -- a costume I've long wished I could do.
- I survived cancer.
- I survived cancer treatment. In fact, at one point I survived two and a half weeks of only being able to eat apple sauce or oatmeal. Hello, weight loss! Where've you been?!
- I survived finding out that, in a crunch, my parents have my youngest brother's back ... rather than mine. Still kind of reorienting my world around that one. It was not any of his doing at all, it was purely them.
- I read the very last Spenser book. I've seen a lot of people praise the new guy, but he's writing fan-fiction, not the actual characters as established. Key elements of Spenser, Hawk, and Susan are missing from Lullaby. Defining traditions of their interaction are missing. I wish Ace Atkins well, but I won't be picking any more of his versions up.
- I lost 30 years' worth of hair growth. I started the sequel. I actually have to LOOK already to see my scalp!
- I got my City of Villains main character to 50 at last. She successfully -- with a LOT of assistance -- faked her death, and escaped. Now she starts living her life for her own purposes, rather than the mastermind's.
- I wrote somewhat more than half a book. As the mental effects of chemotherapy lull, I slowly redevelop momentum on writing the remainder.
This year's marker is worth commemorating, I think.
