Holy Supper Challenge: Extended!
You know how sometimes you get industrious and decide to plan the fuck out of an entire season to the finest detail? And it all seems really fucking possible - I mean, possible with a motherfucking cherry on top - even though you’ve created one fantastically delusional schedule that’d despair even God’s celestial, non-sleeping army’o’hosts? For the record: it could’ve been done, dammit, if my hands hadn’t almost gone necrotic at the very start of December thanks to one effin’ Thanksgiving turkey and a vintage preserving pan that was consecrated with blood-stained hands.
I think most of y’all know the story, but just in case any of you are wondering why Graveyard Dirt ground to a halt and this Holy Supper thang went silent: I got really, really sick (there was talk of hospitalization; raw turkey bones punctured my fingers and I contracted a very serious infection in both hands), and because I was really, really sick I’ve picked up every fucking bug, virus and complaint that I’ve been exposed to thanks to a hella beaten up immune system. I’m currently on penicillin - again! - because I came down with a horrendous case of tonsillitis within days of our belated honeymoon (we’re leaving Tuesday for a romantic non-weekend weekend in Edinburgh).
Suffice to say, this winter isn’t going exactly how I had planned. Normally I don’t let this shit get me down (everything for a reason!), but I feel guilty for not being able to run the Holy Supper Challenge as tightly as I wanted. (How huge was it supposed to be? Subdomain, webring-y huge.) I feel like I failed you guys by not being able to be around to support you, and I feel even worse that I wasn’t able to fanatically promote the challenge to expose your stories, blogs and anecdotes to the widest audience possible. I appreciate that maybe the Universe didn’t want me playing Mother effin’ Hen to all your suppers, but this shit? Is ridiculous.
Due to being unwell for two months, and Graveyard Dirt being busted (my hosting company got hacked on Christmas Day; I can’t login, add, delete or amend anything - I’ve got a new host lined up, but I’ve been too sick to perform the move) I’ve decided to extend the Midwinter Magic deadline to February 1st. So if you haven’t Holy Supper-ed, you still have a chance to qualify for the giveaway! All I need is dumb supper proof, whether it’s a photo, a blog entry or a private email sent to me by Imbolc. I think within 10 days I should be healthy enough to uproot Graveyard Dirt, get it running again and bring closure to this penicillin-fueled winter challenge.