Hey again. Nobody here.
Despite the upbeat tone in my previous post, I actually tried REALLY HARD not to hold out hope for Volks' YoSD Tsukasa... especially after participating in the Dolpa 33 Lottery for YoSD Tsukasa Konoe, and totally flunking out. Even when some winners withdrew their applications, thus opening a first-come-first-serve window to purchase the smiley bugger at the end of June - I completely failed to notice. I was too busy wallowing, and was too let down to keep checking the company site for news. I really shouldn't have expected anything. I never win anything via lottery anyway.
The only times I seem to come up successful in some way or another is through hard work, persistence, and sheer (pigheaded) stubbornness.
Hence the reason I somehow found my chance by religiously stalking the secondhand market - visiting Y!J shrines and praying to eBay gods - before biting down hard on the (proverbial) bullet when I found something promising.
And now I wait.
Thackery will be thrilled. He will be. Shun will be a pest, and probably hide the new kid's shoes. As always. Rui will roll her eyes when I'm not looking. She wonders why I keep bringing home boys. And Aysel has yet to express how she feels. About anything. I should hug her more.
As for Rowan - he is still jet lagged from being dragged around the planet with me. So he probably will not notice another kid in the house until well after the newbie is well acquainted with everyone else. I wonder if he's pouting about something again, as I haven't seen Komame around recently. Granted, Taiwan is smaller than Japan, so here's to hoping Komame hasn't staggered off again in pursuit of another farfetched dream.
Next time then, Somebody!
Sincerely,
Nobody
