When You Least Expect It - Chapter 5 (Patreon)

Hey all :)

Sorry I've gone so quiet; I've had quite the last couple of months! As I shared with you all previously, I was in Australia for May. And my time there was pretty wonderful. The thing is, I'd never been with my girlfriend in person before and Australia is basically the other side of the world from where I live, so I was super immersed in life there. 

For a fun tale, we went on a date night in Melbourne, and as we were walking home, we passed the Crown casino. My girlfriend stopped for a second and said, "Let's go in there for like 5 minutes. I'm feeling really lucky tonight."

So, because she's adorable, I - of course - indulged her. And she spent the last twenty dollars we'd taken out for our weekend trip on a single round of roulette... to win 170 dollars. She really was feeling lucky. So, I guess, you should really always follow your instincts :D

Aaaand then on my flight back from Australia, I caught covid. Like... I spent over two years masking and being careful and after all of that! I catch covid?! I really thought after so many close calls, I was doing things right. But, as we all probably know, it doesn't really matter what you do right with covid at this point, right?

And admittedly, covid for me wasn't terrible. Buuut it also wasn't great. There were some days where I was sleeping for 18 hours. As my girlfriend says, she sometimes forgot she actually had a girlfriend lol

And now, recovered from covid just in time, I am writing this from an island vacation with my two best friends :) If you've ever been to Curacao... well, I hope you had just as good of a time as I'm having. The weather is perfect every day and I would give almost anything to figure out how to make my ocean at home this perfect.

But I will finally be settling into... everything... in two days, again.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate you sticking by me, and finally! I have gotten back to my readings and have several lined up to come out quickly.

My next TWW alt. ending chapter will be up shortly, too!

And I've started figuring out, after Down to A Science came out, that maybe what's calling for me to write next is The Snowball Effect? ... Regan and Emma are just always on my mind. But more on that later.

So, if you've come this far, thank you!!! How is the beginning of your summer so far? Anything on your summer bucket list?

Without further adieu, here is Chapter Five of When You Least Expect It!