"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."

~ James Anthony Froude

"Enthusiasm is always connected with the senses, whatever be the object that excites it. The true strength of virtue is serenity of mind, combined with a deliberate and steadfast determination to execute her laws. That is the healthful condition of the moral life; on the other hand, enthusiasm, even when excited by representations of goodness, is a brilliant but feverish glow which leaves only exhaustion and languor behind."

~ Immanuel Kant

Hello! Hope y'all are having a great day!

I had a pretty good week this week! So, yay! I had to go to my PCP on Wednesday because I had an earache but she gave me some drops and it's much better. Didn't get that skin graft I needed because they needed some letter from the doctor to my insurance to make sure I actually needed it, so hopefully this week that'll happen.

Got a chapter of Heat written and I was proud of it! LOL! I'm doing a lot better since they upped my depression meds this last time. It's not like pulling teeth to write now. So that's a good thing since I'm almost out of pre-written chapters on my other story.

Did I mention I got a new phone? Yeah, my old one didn't have enough memory and would not support my bank app when it updated because it was old so I got a new one. I'm really proud of myself, I got it up and running all on my own! Everything switched over except for a few more passwords. Yay!

That's about all I got for this week. Beltane is coming up and I'm pretty sure I know what I'm doing for that. This week is looking pretty chill though, with only the chore of dusting my desk ahead of me.

I have an interesting recipe for you this week. Strawberry-Orange Oatmeal Bars. It sounds yummy! I hope you like it!



( Strawberry-Orange Oatmeal Bars )

"Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive."

~ Charlotte Bronte

Title: Between a Candle and a Star
Author: Amejisuto
Fandom: Harry Potter
Relationships: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Malfoy, and other canon relationships.
Genre: Time travel fix-it, Alternate Universe
Warnings: Canon-level violence, hand-wavy past relationships, character bashing. Grammarly beta.
Summary: Magic can only survive if it is balanced. Equal. Grey. Harry Potter is sent back in time to fix it.

I don't own Harry, I just borrow him for a while.



Chapter Twenty-Six

Title: It's the Heat That Makes You Strong
Author: Amejisuto
Fandom: Harry Potter/Iron Man/MCU
Relationships: Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, Harry Potter/Peter Parker
Genre: Time travel fix-it, Alternate Universe
Warnings: Canon-level violence, hand-wavy past relationships, character bashing. Grammarly beta.
Summary: Tony Stark makes a deal with Death for a do-over. The one catch? Take care of Death's Master.

I don't own Harry or Tony, I just borrow them for a while. LOL!

Chapter Fifteen

"There is a method in his madness, and the rudimentary idea in my mind is growing. It will be a whole idea soon, and then, oh, unconscious cerebration."

~ Bram Stoker (Dracula)

"Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence."

~ Lord Byron

"The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way."

~ Richard Harding Davis

"Solitude bears the same relation to the mind that sleep does to the body. It affords it the necessary opportunities for repose and recovery."

~ William Gilmore Simms

No, Drumsticks Aren't Actually Made With Real Ice Cream

What fresh hell is this? The next thing they'll tell us is that Push-ups came in toilet paper holders!

"The best thing in life is to go ahead with all your plans and your dreams, to embrace life and to live everyday with passion, to lose and still keep the faith and to win while being grateful. All of this because the world belongs to those who dare to go after what they want. And because life is really too short to be insignificant."

~ Charlie Chaplin

"Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else."

~ Leonardo da Vinci

Hello! Hope you all are having a wonderful Sunday!

The nurse finally came Monday to fix my wrappings, I had to cut them off myself which was fun. I can't reach my lower legs easily. Still, it was finally fixed so yay!

I got my hair cut! Yay! It looks cute and feels so much better. I love not having hair in my eyes. LOL!

Going to the doctor tomorrow afternoon, what fun. I'll see if I can get a skin graft or not. I hope so, that would help a lot I think. So, cross your fingers.

Other than that, not a lot going on this week. I have a slight earache, and it may or may not be getting better. Don't know if I'll end up at the doctor's or not. We'll see. I hope not, because it's a pain in the butt to get in there, a long walk, but if I need to go I will.

We had another round of storms the other day but the power didn't go out thank goodness! They have a planned power outage later today to fix something in one of their power stations. It's from 8 to 9. I don't get why they are doing it at night on a Sunday. You think They'd want to do it during working hours, and in the daylight so people could see. I have no idea where they get their ideas.

Got an interesting cookie for y'all today. Peanut Butter Honey Oatmeal Cookies. My blood sugar went up just reading this recipe, but it does look good! Enjoy!



( Peanut Butter Honey Oatmeal Cookies )

"Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self."

~ B. R. Ambedkar

"I am interested in the shape of ideas even if I do not believe in them. There is a wonderful sentence in Augustine . . . 'Do not despair: one of the thieves was saved; do not presume: one of the thieves was damned.' That sentence had a wonderful shape. It is the shape that matters."

~ Samuel Beckett

"My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted."

~ Beverly Cleary

"Literature is the voice of the age and the state; the character, energy, and resources of the country are reflected and imaged forth in the conceptions of its great minds; they are organs of the time; they speak not their own language, they scarce think their own thoughts; but under an impulse like the prophetic enthusiasm of old, they must feel and utter the sentiments which society inspires."

~ Edward Everett

"To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind."

~ William Hazlitt