We have a mortgage! The bank finally quit stalling us around and being ridiculous. A lot of professional chasing and assertiveness on the part of Tarkara is largely responsible I think, she's been awesome. It's taken over a month when we were told it'd be a few days, and we kept getting different answers from them, so generally it's been a month of stress and frustration and high blood pressure as we've waited helplessly to find out what would become of our life plans.

But things are finally moving. There's still stuff to work through and some uncertainties to face, but the end of the tunnel has a bright light now. We're going to have a house! And it's a very, very beautiful and exciting one.

Since my emotional crisis is now passing me by, I don't imagine I'll need to lean quite so heavily on Dark Doran to vent my frustrations, but I can safely say that he's here to stay. It's been a very helpful and cathartic thing exploring that aspect of myself through art, and he's a fascinating and valued (if a little bit scary) part of me who's going to be sticking around. You haven't seen the last of him. It's important to explore oneself. Besides which, I get the sense he's acquired a small fan base. ;) On that note I really do have to thank all of you, dear watchers and favers and commenters and whatnot, for the warm wishes and kind words about both my art and my life situations. You're all fantastic and make it an absolute delight to be part of this community. <3