See title... Estelline fic is requiring a lot more work than I believed it would as I continue to trim on every pass, and whilst I do of course still love it, I desperately want to be done with it so I can go back to writing about ouihaw... this is what happens when you finish Heavensward and vaguely start Stormblood and that's no longer the vibe you're looking for. I've also just been struggling with words and worth in general - I probably need a break, but I feel like I'm constantly having a break when there's days I can't write and I have to write so I don't go crazy!! It's tough. The first five chapters/27k is up, though. C6 and C7 are finalised, C8 is next.

In my "I miss my girls" state, I opened up the sims 4 after not doing so since last December and spent thirteen hours over last weekend moving my ouihaw yeehaw ranch save from a 30x20 lot to a 64x64 lot and instead of building from scratch, used the pre-existing blueprint to make each room ever so slightly bigger, so it keeps the cozy country vibes but it's not as pokey and the daughters have actual individual rooms now. And the horsies have a paddock and space to roam 🥹 I do not recommend building like this it was a nightmare, although it was worth it. I'll take some screenshots of the new and improved house next time I play.

And in the trifecta of "I MISS ASHE TAILS I MISS HER A LOT" let's talk about my Ashe stadium build.

( For a girl who was so against stadium pre-launch I sure do talk about it a lot... )

I am still having issues with food.

( it's exhausting frankly )

( bonus noise issues )

More importantly, I finished my first draft of Ashe site!!!! The final wordcount is 31,589 words over 20 pages; the shortest is under a 100 words and the longest is over 4k. I wrote the ouihaw page last and I don't know if I did them justice 😭😭 I was trying to be concise but I felt overly forgetful of my own reasonings due to pain/sensory saturation; I think it's fine though. As usual I'll let the whole document sit for a bit before coming back to tear it apart because I will care less about deleting things :') and rarepair week is next week, so I can go return to editing and additions for those fics distraction free...

Waiting out pain or noise with no brain for words has also meant I've made a lot of layouts for sites lol. I refreshed farron for the first time in nine years. I tried and failed an Amélie layout with no inspiration just to see what I would get, but I have a clearer idea for another so will likely attempt that soonish (I need stark colours and defined lines. Maybe white textured background with some black on the header and pops of red throughout to symbolise blood.) I also briefly attempted a guestbook layout but it's much too small and I don't have the brain to figure out installing a guestbook either rn but. I may do a new layout for my joined fanlisting page too to match Aigis and make it Yuka-tan pink... many possibilities.