So I might be ending this semi hiatus thing soon. I think I've finally began settling into my new environment and I'm trying to work through my art blocks and mental blocks created by my mental illnesses. I've got a good, steady job as a cook, and I'm going to be cross-trained as a server and a driver in the near future, which makes me hope that within a year I'll have a promotion to a manager. That will make my future move to California to be with my partner permanently much easier.

I'm working on getting my license/permit, and I have a car waiting for me and getting fixed in the city with one of my uncles. Our house back in Missouri is finally being sold, which means we'l be moving to a permanent residence soon-ish, and maybe I'll even be able to move out on my own.

I feel very...blessed, I suppose I could say. I don't like using that term because I'm not religious, but I can't find another way to describe it. I feel very lucky, everything is starting to look better and brighter, and I have many people who at least act like they're trying to care and be part of my life after shunning my immediate family for decades.

I really hope that this lasts, and hopefully I'll be able to start drawing regularly.