It's with a heavy heart that my fiancee and I decided to give up on our attempts to move out of our current state. Every lead we tried to follow ended in failure and, due to our homeless situation, our savings dwindled to the point where we didn't have enough to cover the costs of a new place to live once we made the move. Two of our friends recently bought a house and offered to let us rent out a room in it until May of next year, and requested that if we couldn't find a place in our chosen state by the end of fall that we stayed until spring to avoid the winter weather on the trip. After a lot of thought and discussion, we just decided to stay here with them until next Spring no matter what and try to accumulate money to try this process again. Our cats are still unable to live with us, as one of our friends is extremely allergic to them, so our cats have to live separated from us for the rest of the year. We are approaching the end of how long they can be cared for by the people currently watching over them and have to look for new fosters. There's a chance we'll have to give one of them up for adoption completely.

All of this is weighing very heavily on me. By staying in this state for the rest of the year I likely can't begin my transition, which was the whole reason I wanted so desperately to move to the west coast in the first place. This is something I've been trying to set in motion for years and to have to push it back yet again damn near breaks my heart. I just want to be able to live as myself and be able to look at my reflection without feeling hatred and to not be misgendered constantly, but my resources are very limited and the state I am currently in has near-nonexistent public health options. So I guess I have to put that on hold yet again.

Anyway. This means that, after months of hardships and moving around and being bogged down in all this, we're in a stable place again and don't have to worry about moving around and stuff for a long while. So commissions should be resuming like, next week. Sorry you've all had to wait so long on them, and will have to wait a bit longer while I pick through the queue, but I appreciate your support and patience. I'll be sending out sketch WIPs as I get them done. If you commissioned me and are interested in changing the character in your commission, message me and let me know.

This is likely the last time I will talk about this situation.