A beer sounds nice! I could use one soon. Especially after all this craziness with all these contests, lol. When this is all done I look forward to a nice break, but then I look forward to doing it all again! I think season 2 is going to be even more exciting and fun in some ways!

Thanks for the positive review of my short story, glad to hear you appreciated it! :) And yeah haha, I tend to be pessimistic in a way where I often think I'm going to lose and then end up winning, I think you do similar! It can be healthy in the right proportions.. "Constructive pessimism" hope for the best, BUT.. Prepare for the worst. I think that's a really powerful saying that sort of encapsulates the idea well.. Hope you win, but.. Prepare for it as if you're going to lose.. And then I think you'll prolly have much better odds of winning. :) But.. That's just me! Some others thing 100% positivist or drill instructor type of negativity. To each their own.