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Anthy Ramblings – Personal Space

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So, I was in Walmart the other day.

There was a whole lot going on, but let’s just say I was standing in line for about 30mins for various reasons beyond my control. It was long and I was tired. I’m proud of myself. I was about 65% of maintaining my control, without completely devolving into internal hemorrhaging.

Then, finally, I’m getting through the checkout. My wilted lettuce is getting bagged. We’re making progress. But then—

The unthinkable happened.

The girl behind me thought it was a fantastic idea to stand about ONE inch beside me. (I’m seriously not exaggerating here, either!) She’s completely unaware, glued to the screen of her phone. I understand. I don’t wanna interact with strangers, too.

BUT!

She’s standing right in front of the machine where I’m going to have to pay from in about three minutes. You know what this means, right?

I have to actually say ‘excuse me’ and get her to move aside.

G A S P.

Do you have any idea how horrible this is?! How dare anyone make me have to do this? It’s like: “Gurl, why you an inch beside me? Back da frick off! What, you think I’m paying in cash?”

-claps- Can we please get some self awareness here?

Don’t be that guy/girl!

Even my own characters value and respect this sacred perimeter!​ To quote Kei: “Personal space: learn it, use it, stay out of mine.”

Honestly, this could’ve all been avoided if I hadn’t taken out both my pairs of earbuds out of my purse.

Anthy

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Anthy Ramblings – Mysteries of the Universe

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Remember when I said I might be a bit neurotic? Yeah, I wasn’t joking about that, my dear reader.

Oh, boy…

I had a really hard time getting any work done after posting this last Tuesday. Maybe I was worried about the furry assistants (took ’em to the vet; apparently they got allergies; go figure). Maybe I was tired after posting to my 6 billion different platforms. Kidding. But whatever it was, it was bad. Finally, 4pm rolls around and – you guess it – I had still gotten nothing done! ACK!

As a last resort, I eject myself out of the house into the wild world, all alone – much to my furry assistants’ disappointment. I go to my new favorite spot to write: a Walmart parking lot. On my way, I stopped by Taco Bell.

Because nothing says progress like food. -rolls eyes at self-

I get two Spicy Tostadas. I park and look at my food. The dude who worked at Taco Bell put 6 mild sauce in my bag and I think:

“This guy gets it. 3 mild sauce per tostada. It’s a miracle.”

Everything makes sense now. Life is good. So, yeah. There’s a guy working at Taco Bell who understands the mysteries of the universe. Bless his soul.

And I even got some work done. Great day.

Anthy

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Anthy Ramblings – Tuesdays

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So, I officially have a love/hate relationship with Tuesdays.

Hang on, don’t get me wrong. I’m excited for them. I truly do love them. I can’t wait to post and see what my readers think. I can’t wait to see new readers, new views, new votes, new anything.

But, my dear reader, therein lies the problem.

You see, Anthy becomes more neurotic than she already has been programmed to be. Extremely so. I kid you not. If someone so much as breathes in the direction of my story, it’s like:

Let us not forget that I post on six different platforms – heaven help me – so, this insanity is quantified by six. (I really must be crazy because I’m even considering expanding platforms. Someone send halp.)

So, you can imagine how this goes down, can’t you? I can’t stop checking to see if there are new people reading, discovering, falling in love with my story.

I mean, if someone votes on my story, it’s like:

Oh, and comments. –breathes deeply– Comments are the BEST. I have lots of wonderful Wattpad people reading my other works and, really, they are amazingly funny with their comments. I adore them.

Seriously, it’s like: 

Posting your work for others to see, to consume, and to critique can be a frightening experience for many people. Still, I highly recommend it. For some reason, we keep coming back for more. It must be the good feedback that keeps us alive.

It’s just the beginning of this journey, but I’m thrilled to embark upon it.

Anthy

 

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