where did you go 💔
hi guys, I just saw this ask and figured I would use it as an opportunity to just update what is going on. i know i do have quite a few other asks, i promise i will answer them and any others i get at some point (probably when i get back to writing) but i am extremely busy at the moment, but again, i promise i will answer all of them at some point.
i am honestly so so so busy with real life at the moment. i have a 2000 word portfolio due in tomorrow which i started yesterday, simply bc ive been too busy to do it before then. it is currently my reading week so i have all day to lock in at least lmao.
between these assignments, normal readings and lectures, not to mention work (which is a whole thing in itself) i literally barely have time to breathe. ive been going back and forth with my manager for a while lmao because i have asked him to stop giving me so many hours (im literally being given 25+ a week atm, which is ridiculous at the same time as being a full time student), but even though i asked him for absolute max 20, he just hasnt listened. i had another chat with him yesterday and he did apologise and explain they have like important people coming in to watch us or smth so he wanted the best people (he was definitely just buttering me up and it totally worked because i am too awkward to truly argue lmao. jokes on him im acc gunna start being terrible at my job if he doesnt give me less hours), but he promises less from now on. the main problem is he usually gives me saturday and sunday 5am-2pm, which i acc dont mind. however, this means absolutely no free time on weekends cause i wake at 3:45am, get back at half 2, shower and relax after a 9 hour shift for a bit, have dinner, do an hour of uni work, then i have to be in bed again at 7pm for waking up the same time for another 5-2 shift the next day. also, i work in fast food, so it is 9 hours on my feet, constantly running around and being very busy, baring in mind that i woke up at 3:45am, so i am exhausted by the time im home. which, again, idm cause i do enjoy the shift cause i like the people i work with, but it means no free time on weekend. but thats okay, because i have the week free. but i actually dont, because when he gives me sat-sun 5-2, he then also gives me an 8 hour shift in the middle of the week, so whichever day that is, i just go to lecture and then to work and then to bed. so i esentially only have four days (but actually two days, because half of those four days are spent on going to lectures and seminars and doing readings) to do everything else i need to like laundry, shopping, a bit of relaxing etc. so you see how i have literally no time.
sorry that was a bit of a rant i honestly think i just needed to get it out lmao cause work has seriously been stressing me out but my manager did seem very genuine in his apology so hoepfully less shifts from now on for real. however shifts are three weeks in advance so this wont actually start for almost a month, im still doing 25+ hours the next few weeks so thats great (not).
anyway, like i said, it is my reading week and i do have a big essay due in tomorrow. however, what i am hoping is that i finish it today and hand it in today, then i have tomorrow totally free (no work, no lectures, nothing). then i am working the entire day friday and saturday, but i do have sunday off. so im gunna try and use tomorrow and sunday to write some more. however i literally havent open the word doc for most recent chap in like a month so i do need to reread and look everything over cause i dont even remember what was going on where i left it last lmao. i cant guarantee anything, but that is what i am hoping, and thus maybe i post chap on sunday or monday??? after that, though, idk what im gunna do cause reading week is over and im back to lectures and lots of work. if my manager stays true to his word then i should have less work three weeks from now, but by that point the second wave of assignments will start being due in so idk :((. im thinking maybe the xmas holidays ill finally have time to finish the fic. im only going home for a week of the three weeks off bc im coming back for work, but it will still only be two or three shifts a week so hopefully all the other free time i can use to write.
i promise i am NOT abandoning the fic, i will update and finish it at some point, i am just so incredibly busy at the moment and everyhting stresses me out lmao. not to mention im a horrible procrastinator. i mean, i literally have written maybe 300/2000 words so far and rather than writing more im here answering this lmaooo. i am also still excited to write ariremi when tbbu is done so i definitely will find time eventually.
i am sorry ive left you all in the dark so much, but i appreciate your patience and promise that you will get updates as soon as i can <33


















