Hey guys, here's an update about all that's been happening lately.
Do note that this is a rather lengthy post.

I had finally saved enough for the laptop and my friend sent it over last week. Funnily enough, it arrived a day later than the estimate (thanks to how slow the postal service can be over here) and that day ended up being my birthday, which was yesterday. I ended up going for another model that was cheaper than the one I previously mentioned, since the specs and size turned out to be better suited for me (and my friend was the one who suggested it as well). It's been running pretty well so far, save for an issue with the taskbar, but that'll probably be fixed in an update.

I thought I was feeling much better these past few days, in regards to my health and emotions, but that was pretty short-lived. My family's back to badgering me about not having a job, despite being unable to get one and really trying to focus on delivering what I owe in commissions and Patreon art. Not only that, but my stepdad (who most people I know can agree that he's an utter idiot) refuses to take the time to learn how to use his own devices and constantly hounds me for help every single day, despite having explained how to use them for well over a year... (as if my mom disturbing me at random times of the day and every single night for the same thing when she could simply use her cellphone for it wasn't enough)

Ever since my stepdad started using a tablet about a year and a half ago, everyone in this house knows that he looks up unsavory content (and I'll leave it at that, cuz honestly, not everyone needs to know what it is...), watching it via stream, recording it with a camcorder (filming the device externally might I add) and constantly replaying it in his personal corner of the living room at a volume that anyone passing by there or the kitchen can hear it. Unfortunately, I'm not one of those people who can block out or ignore sounds and my room happens to be next to the living room, so if the whole house is rather quiet, it's still possible to hear it due to the walls being so thin. Every time that he asks for help it always involves said content, which he's already learned how to browse online and download videos, so I'm not sure how he can't even remember how to do the most basic of things, such as browsing your saved files, folders, and deleting stuff (he also plays the "Because I can't see well." card, despite his tablet screen being big enough for the average person to read properly).

When he asks for help, he usually ends up playing said content in front of me like it's nothing and I really DON'T need nor want to see that kind of stuff. Yesterday, during the afternoon, I was trying to clear some more space in my bedroom and I decided to give him back one of the consoles he lent me to test when he bought it last month (a used xbox 360; both the console and controller itself were in bad shape, but still worked) and apparently he forgot that he bought it in that condition and started throwing a fit about it. I also gave him back his PS2 today (which was the only other console I was testing with my own cables and controller, since his was too busted up to actually play anything with it) and with that cocky attitude of his, he told me the following:

Him: "Let's make a deal. You record my porn on dvds on your laptop and I'll give you the.... the, what's it called?"
Me: "A PS2."
Him: "Yeah, that. You do that for me and I'll give it to you as a present, BUT, you can no longer complain to me."

No one in their right mind would take a deal like that and I clearly declined several times, as he tried to make the offer sound enticing and failed. Afterward, he just threw a childish fit behind my back and got my mom to ask me the same thing. I told her the same answer I gave him, only to have her barge in later and tell me the follow:

Her: "You'd better record that for him if you wanna use the laundry machine cuz I don't have money to buy a new one!"

I assume the laundry machine probably broke down again ealier and when she asked him to fix it he most likely threw the same fit and/or threatened her that he'd only fix it again if I agree to his ridiculous demands. With all the daily stress I've had to put up with at this rate, I'll probably end up getting sick again. The same friend who helped me get the new laptop has agreed to let me stay over at his parents house while we save up for an apartment in the future, but I need to wait for him to clean up the room I'll be using and check ticket prices for flights. So for now, all earnings will go toward helping me get that ticket (assuming what I had saved up from last year for this kind of thing isn't enough) and also to help me ship some things over. Here's hoping these plans don't fall through, like what happened with the ones I made with someone else last year.

In the meantime, I'll try to catch up with the rest of my work (commissions and Patreon) as best as I can. If you'd like to help, please consider subscribing and spreading the news to your friends! Any help you can provide would be appreciated and thanks for being patient and supporting me. If anything new comes up, I'll be sure to let you guys know.