In short, I'm selling my house, moving in with a friend, and dealing with my dad's cancer. I thought to give a summary of most things I'm going through and my plans to resolve most of my ongoing obstacles and issues.

The beginning of 2024 was a new start though because I began working at a campus barista job under school hours on top of managing a condominium co-owned with my busy younger sister. I've admittedly relapsed into playing multiplayer games with my online mutuals and close friends during the middle of 2024. I know that isn't what a lot of my watchers wanted to hear, but the truth is that I have been neglectful of my art due to severe burnout.

December of 2024 is the most chaotic time of my life balancing my work, vacations and visitations. Back in November my formally-estranged father was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer. My dad wanted to reconcile with my older sister who is temporarily staying in Japan. I agreed to join him on his trip and bought my flight tickets so I could visit my sister and best friend in Tokyo however due to his health declining rapidly he could not travel overseas. At the very least most of my expenses were covered by my family so it was manageable.

Midwest Furfest 2024 was a bit of a lonely trip this time around since my usual friend group opted to abstain that time around. I figured that would be a decent time to see if I can find a nice lady to sleep with. The murrsuit meetup event at MFF taught me that my conversational skills are fine enough but rather the odds of hooking up with an AFAB woman were very low as a straight man (the girls were either curious with their partners, curious on their own or are sapphic looking to hook up with other girls). Still, this did boost my confidence as a conversationalist, but yeah looks like I'm going to be a virgin for a little while longer. I'm holding out hope I'll find a girl that would give me a chance!

After returning from Illinois, I had only the morning to clean up the house and convince my house photographer to take the pictures before I flew out to the Haneda Airport by midnight. I've enjoyed my time in Japan for the most part including visiting every Nintendo Store in Japan, joining my best friend at the Monster Hunter Hunter's Bar, and visiting a secretive game developer cafe with my older sister. I did not like getting stuck in unexpected Osaka lodgings (also don't ever miss your prepaid bus in Japan). Then after returning back to US I visited my family in California to check up on my dad which he has only received chemo therapy recently. Now that 2024 is over, I will resume work at my barista job in the middle of January to rebuild my financial savings.

So for 2025 my current plans are as follows: once I sell my house and move in with a close friend of mine, I plan on finding a new and manageable part-time job that will be closer to my new place and give me more time to relax just like before. That way I'll have time to recuperate AND restart my art passion. I would be interested in reopening commissions again but will be simplifying my process, but I won't be able to open until all of my ongoing commissions are completed. As for my love life, I think I will start attending furry meetup groups or hang around video game themed attractions.

So there you have it. That's the journal. Happy New Year of 2025.