March is my birthday month! It feels weird to say that today, when my birthday was literally a month ago as I wrote my Feb wrap-up, heh.

• Tarot of the month (full year, month by month, drawn Dec 2025): Queen of Wands. This is a card of ferocity, passion, and confidence. Which is interesting because 1) I was really lacking those things as I entered the month, and 2) I had a really strong ah-ha moment as to WHY I was lacking them late in the month. When we unravel the trauma-knots that have held us back for decades, it’s so very freeing. I hope I’m ending the month as the Queen. // This version of the Queen of Wands comes from the Sapphic Magic Tarot Deck (no affiliate link).
• Song(s) of the month: Bird Set Free (Sia); War (YUNGBLUD); Pearl Three (Stiffs, Inc)

General Life Stuff
Summer came early to south Texas this year. I mean, it always gets warm in March, but the 90+ range is not fun all the way back in early March! Ugh. But there were good things, too. I discovered a book series I really like (and which I’m currently listening to for the third time). There were lots of new GOS3-related drops. I changed to a new therapist and instantly clicked with her. I managed to get all five of my cats to the vet without any of them freaking out about being put in the carrier and scratching me by accident while they tried to get away. On the more negative side: I had a whole fuck-ton of emotional revelations come up, forcing me to face the truth of what I’ve been living through for the last several decades and name it for what it is. (I will not be getting into that here; it’s too raw. Fellow escapees will understand.) I had a bajillion doctors appointments and as usual still don’t know what is causing my symptoms. Which were much worse over the last few months because insurance changed and I had to get off my rheum meds, which led to a really bad inflammation flare up (facial rashes, joint pain, general pain…).

Goals
Not a huge ton of progress on these once again. A few bits of admin are taken care of, and I’ve either watched or culled a bunch of things from my watch list that have been there too long, and all that’s left are things I don’t currently have access to. I’ve finished acquiring my photobooks from various trips on some really good deals (free books for my birthday month from different companies!). However, while I’m not accomplishing much in the way of crossing things out on my list, I am continuing to work on the big things – daily German practice, getting rid of things I don’t need, applying for jobs (I reworked my resume this month to hopefully get more hits!), writing, etc. But it’s a long waiting game. You can only do so much when you’re waiting for paperwork to make its slow way through the courts.

Writing
When Prime posted our first look at S3-Crowley this month, it came with the caption “absolutely feral.” And a one-shot basically just dropped into my head fully formed. Within two days, I had a new 4k-word story written and posted up on ao3, and people went wild for it. (Obviously, as the fandom would say in a very particular tone.) I also wrote the first 14k words for my Summer Omens Big Bang, which helps me to fulfill two of my writing goals this year – to writing something in my Paranormal Podcasters series, and to participate in a Bang. Win-win!

Writing is still tough, but a bit earlier than back in November through January. I think the thing is that I’ve written almost 800,000 words of fiction about these characters and this world over the last 2.5 years – including five full length novels set in canon and four full length AU novels – and my brain is itching to create something new. Which is a good sign. One of the things I want to do this year is to branch back into original fic, and I think I might be ready to do that soon. Though perhaps I’ll wait to see how S3 affects my brain, and also to get everything settled re: divorce, moving, etc.

Favorite Photos

Exciting stuff
Does it count that I finally have a mediation date for my divorce? All the writing stuff has been exciting, as well as the screenshots and teasers about GOS3. MURIEL IS COMING BACK! Muriel is my favorite non-Aziracrow character in Good Omens and no one knew if they were going to be in the new season. Quelin Sepulveda, who played them, has been tightlipped about her involvement, and she “took a social media beat” a few hours before the screenshot with Muriel on it released. I was more excited about that screenshot than I would have been about a trailer.

As I move into April: I’ve finished with all my backlogged blog posts, and my reading tends to slow significantly as I entered the time of year when I’m really depressed about the heat. I’m likely to have little time as I deal with cats, divorce, health, doctors appointments, potential moving plans, etc. Not sure how often I’ll post here, but I’m not gone, just… floating elsewhere a bit.