{"id":281294,"date":"2026-09-08T07:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281294\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T07:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:10:11","slug":"do-you-want-my-first-work-of-fanfiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281294\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Want My First Work of FanFiction?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Something I\u2019ve missed quite a bit from married\/partnered life are the special ways we acknowledged holidays, big and small. These are small rituals that carved out a space that was just for us in the midst of family chaos, community chaos, and general chaos. <\/p>\n

One tradition was having sushi on holiday \u2018eves\u2019 \u2013 Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Easter, any eve would do. <\/p>\n

Now I get sushi on grocery days. Giant Eagle delivers free to Manchester so I order my supplies and a $7 meal of Spicy California Roll. Fresh for lunch. I can be messy. <\/p>\n

The other was going out for breakfast, usually to Eat\u2019n Park on the minor holidays and sometimes the eves. Labor Day, Memorial, Fourth of July, really any Monday holiday. <\/p>\n

Today, I went to Eat\u2019n Park by myself. It was afternoon, but I did give the breakfast menu a gander. However, I opted for a burger. I like a good burger with crispy fries and that is not a good Uber item at all. Burger, cheddar cheese, lots of lettuce, and tomato with a faint hue of red. <\/p>\n

Then I went up the hill to CVS where I picked up all the prescriptions.<\/p>\n

This is a monthly tradition for me, combing a medication pickup with a stop at Eat\u2019n Park. This weekend, I opted to do it on Monday (today!) to sort of reclaim a ritual. This is when I open up fanfiction on my phone and amuse myself with ridiculous side quests and rewrites. Today, I found a doozy of a story where Buffy is pregnant with Spike\u2019s twins, he is ensouled, they get married, Tara is alive, and Riley\/Angel are both taken down a peg or two. Even Connor appears. Gripping. Can\u2019t wait to meet the twins. <\/p>\n

In honor of Labor Day, I left big tips. Then I came home, took a nap, fed the colony cats, checked out my pumpkin vines, and fiddled around with my vlogging kit. <\/p>\n

There are some months when I spend more time talking with the CVS staff and the Eat\u2019n Park team than I do speaking in real time with my own team. Both staffs know me by sight now. That\u2019s not so bad. <\/p>\n

And in the spirit of creative labor, let me unveil my first and only work of fanfiction \u2018The Grandchildren of Laura Spencer\u2019 <\/a>published in November 2019. <\/p>\n

I already have a second chapter in mind. <\/p>\n

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