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How odd.
Sat Jul 07 2018

KiwiKimi. EdStun. Shay41. All old friends. All show up together on the top ten list. DD was in it's prime, and many wonderful writers sheltered in the virtual haven here. So many electrons - cast off to new atoms or disappeared entirely. The diaspora of friends and talent has spread across the webscape, but the ghosts still linger on here. I no longer have the time I used to devote to this website, and I'm sure the others are in the same boat or more so, but I miss the old times. I'm glad I was part of it.

I leave for Arlington, VA tomorrow for two weeks of supervisor training. I got permission to drive, since it isn't really far enough to justify a plane ticket for me. I'm glad of that, since it will not leave me hotel-locked, dependent on a shuttle service to get me anywhere. Having said that, my plan is to simply spend as much time reading the hotel as is possible. It's been a long time since I've gotten guaranteed 8-hour days with time off for tending to nothing but myself.

The Professor will be coming down to spend next weekend with me, which will be a bit like a mini-vacation. Haven't decided what we'll do yet; Washington D.C. is obvious, but I feel like I should be sticking to the Arlington area since I've never spend time there before. I'll need to do a little research one night this week.

Wish I could take a cat with me...

4 Comments
  • From:
    Welshamethyst (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Jul 07 2018
    *hands you Lilith*

    You may take Lil with you but be careful what you wish for.

    I really miss this old place in so many ways. I'm not the person I used to be yet I am. My time is spent in ways that aren't always as pleasant as the time I spent writing here and yet they are. It's a circle and it comes 'round.

    Glad to hear from you. I am alive and well. In my new incarnation I am managing a small vet practice. I like it. I've known the vet for 20+ years and she's a personal friend. There are benefits to that because nobody gets to give me shit for having every Friday off to deal with Ray's medical appointments. The down side is that every other Friday is a trip to Indy so he can do chemo. He's still giving the finger to the cancer and spent today stripping off our roof. Yes, it gives me hives but it makes him happy, so.....

    Life goes on in whatever fashion we have to make it so. Glad you're posting. I've missed you!
  • From:
    KiwiKimi (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Jul 07 2018
    My goodness, so many years since I maintained my blog here and I'm still in the top ten? DD must be a far quieter place these days. I still have a web presence, on my own web site and under my real name these days, but I, too am glad I was part of DD back then.

    I hope your mini-vacation goes well.
  • From:
    FutureCat (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 08 2018
    DD does feel like a ghost town sometimes, especially compared to its glory days :-(

    I can't believe I still show up in the top ten - I stopped cross-posting here shortly after defecting to the new, supposedly-improved DD site, which now has as little traffic as this one. Every so often I think I should give up and build my own website, but nostalgia for the community we used to have keeps me on DD.
  • From:
    404Error (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Oct 24 2018
    Oh, how I miss those glory days of DD! I miss my friends, I miss reading about their lives every day and seeing who was in the top ten. I made it to the top ten once or twice back in those golden days. Writing here now, for me at least, feels like I'm setting adrift a message in a bottle. I never get even one response, and I don't think anyone but me ever reads my posts. While readership isn't the true goal of my posts, it is encouraging to get a little feedback. Oh well, it's not like I have much of a life anymore anyway.