Guys… holy shit I just got to Delphi in Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, no spoilers but the Deimos plotline is SO FUCKING GOOD HOLY SHIT I CRY

This game is like… literally everything I would want and want to make if I was a video game creator with billions of dollars, a full experienced studio of developers, and 20 more years of writing experience. 

(The Greek landscape, especially ancient Delphi and Athens, are so accurate I almost burst into tears because I actually realized I had reached Delphi before the title card said I was there because I recognized the shape of the hill and the layout of the temples from when I was there. Literally. Almost. Cried.)

Ugh, for the whole big huge breakup thing I’ll be attempting later this evening, it’s a pain because there really has been an upswing of good behavior (fixing things I asked to be changed in the past like sharing chores), and the knowledge I’m preparing for this has also relieved my sometimes insane levels of feeling trapped, so what’s left is a sort of friendly good will. But all of that is couched in not being stuck in this forever. BUT given the recent good behavior, I have to actively remind my brain that just because the living situation is tolerable right now, it doesn’t mean I still want to be in it in a month let alone a year (except for the physical comforts and convenience of not having a giant life shift). 

So anyway, here’s to not chickening out or trying to soften the blow. Any encouragement or wisdom you guys can offer on that front?

Mental health break from writing to play some mindless video games has been really helpful and after a few days of barely thinking about my writing obligations at all I think I’m almost back in the flow where it’s fun again and I’m not getting overly choked and anxious about failure. (Last time I hit a long dry spell I played Pokémon Sun for like 40 hours and then wrote a novel length fic so, hey!)

Also been doing a lot of physical fitness stuff and next week I go away for a workshop thing I foolishly signed up for at the beginning of the year and took the time off for but now I’m actually getting quite excited for it.

Then there’s the big thing I’m dreading tomorrow but hopefully it won’t be too bad…