Hi everyone! You may be wondering why I haven't posted any SHoebox update lately when I said I will. I recently decided to take my time writing it because university is literally very busy at the moment. I have tons of problem cases, assignments, presentations, and finals are coming up and it's really stressing me out. I also have work which is also stressing me out rather badly because they've been giving me shift manager shifts (that's a role that I've already rejected for so many times already) and I haven't been getting paid extra for it (BUT don't worry about that because I'm having none of that again because I will be talking to the store manager about not wanting to get those kinds of shifts tomorrow). Writing was supposed to be my escape from stress but this time, it's going to be just so much for me if I do decide to update every week. I go to classes and do chores from Monday to Thursday, work on Friday and Saturday, and do my assignments and other school stuff every Sunday. I can't even find time for myself let alone writing and even if I do find time and cram 'writing' now (as I usually do...yes, those 30something pages updates are written in only a few hours) ...it will feel different because I will feel pressured to exceed expectations and will end up not expressing what I want in the story. So that is why I decided to take a little break until after my finals are over. I hope you guys understand. :) 

But believe me when I say you will not be disappointed. I advise you all, though, to reread the sad chapters before actually reading the upcoming updateS because you know, I like seeing all of you get hurt again lol I'm joking! But kidding aside, please read the other chapters again because it'll make the upcoming updates worth it. 

I have rewritten the outline for the remaining chapters...and have taken down the second trailer because I changed quite a number of scenes just so you guys know and not be surprised :) 

After Shoebox, I will be continuing Appassionato. We're currently on chapter 4...so only 6 more chapters to go :)it's a short story but I think it will be the hardest one that I will write because it covers four ships with four different stories. I don't want to spoil the story but it's going to be the heaviest of the stories I've written and will write I think? So watch out for it, okay? 

After that will be Growing Pains which will only be 10-15 chapters :) It is the "what-comes-after" of the proverbial wallflower Dara and the hot professor Donghae's love story (TSWL). You'd think they'd live happily ever after, eh? But not really, right? As it turns out, they only lived together after Bom married and Hae asked her and Haru to live with him. Haru is 5 and they have another baby coming...which is the main issue in the story. It will revolve around that basically. This story is about pain (pain of being in a relationship that started beautifully but wrongly, pain of being a better spouse but this is mostly on Hae's side, pain of being a young mother and the list goes on) but this story is also about growing. You can be older but less mature as in the case of Hae in this story. He will grow more as a father and Dara will grow more as a person in this story. Both will grow as parents as they raise Haru and the new baby. I only have a rough draft in my head but I am liking this story, to be honest. 

I may have only two more one shots coming up randomly because I'm random like that. Lol but I think that's about it until August 2016...the month and the year I am planning to stop writing temporarily. I joined AFF December 2014, read SYJY and concluded there aren't a lot of Darahae fics so I  started writing one on January 12, 2015 and now I have 19 stories (4 or 5 are hidden still).  I wasn't expecting anyone to actually read and subscribe and yet here we are now :) It's going to be my last year in university next year and I badly want to do better in accounting, do my best in finance(which is my major) and actually try to go to more corporate events next year because I'm sort of inactive this year. 
 
Maybe after I get a real job in the real world, I'll be able to write again XD there's so much going on with me actually in real life although I may seem carefree so I'm thankful for you guys who are actually reading this long entry which consisted of my rants and plans in my AFF world. 

I honestly met some awesome people here (well, not really meet them literally except for Celina who also lives here in Toronto and came with me to the Epik High concert XD but you know what I mean lol) and I am very grateful and happy for that. Special shoutout to my Izza and Lilly unnies because I won't be able to write my other stories without their encouragement and insights and love (they honestly are, in my very honest opinion, the best because of so many other reasons I am too lazy to type but you get what I mean <3) , Rachel-unnie who shares my undying love of Epik High,  Meloi who shares my passion for poem writing and good books and good songs, and Jessica or HeavyRxyne here in AFF, an awesome Jirene/GTae/Darahae author (read Replacement Girl I promise you, you won't regret it!) I now consider a friend here (I'm sorry I haven't replied to your message yet! School is killing me!) :) I know I probably should drop a lot of names here but you (Twitter lovelies and my commenters and subbies who actually find time to talk to me)  know who you are already.  (And yes I mean you *insert your name here* <3) life has been interesting with you guys :3

But should you guys want to talk to me, there's always the Message icon here in AFF :) or I have my very active Twitter account which is vjdec_. I should warn you though, I spam a lot and usually speak Filipino there so some of you may not understand :))

And oh, I just want to say how amazed I am with all the other Darahae authors too :) I know and personally talk to only quite a few (B1!!! Or Kuks, Yna <3, Eunice :) , Jillian XD)these girls' writing talents are gold and on a personal level, I think they really are amazing people) but there's a lot more really good ones too like GirlsLuvTaecyeon and I honestly don't know how you guys find time to write good stories :)) check their stories out if you haven't still :))

Anyway I think that's about it. You probably are wondering why I'm writing this at 3:53 am when I have to be awake a few hours from now...I don't know too. I'm in a ranting mode right now lol and you are probably wondering why this sounds like a goodbye writing speech but I guess it actually is, in a way. I still have eight months left, 2 short stories and 2 more one shots to go before I stop writing altogether. :)

So yeah, read the 6 chapters of the Shoebox Darahae misery first before reading the upcoming updates because it will be worth it! :) and oh, I recently got my poem writing love back so I've written more poems than stories last month. It's on my thevalkyriejoy.wordpress.com site if you wanna check it out LOL 

But thank you for reading this update and I'll talk to you guys and gals soon! Thank you and sorry for the announcements and rants :( <3