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6 years ago
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Hello all my followers, and whoever else stumbles upon this update.
The last 7 months of my life have been... Something else. So lets have a little recap, shall we? (This is going to be a brief overview of shit, there's like 10000 details I just cant include or we will be here for literal years.)
In March of this year, after battling horrible depression and being stuck in a miserable dead end job that made my every day life hell, my hubby and I decided we were going to make a change in our lives. Neither of us were happy stuck in dead end jobs, staying stuck under 6 feet of snow for 6 months in Minnesota, or living in a tiny town. It just wasn't working. My depression got to an all time high, and I had several psychotic episodes, leading to me being put on medication.
In the span of less than 24 hours we decided to get out of where we were at and try something new for ourselves. I had family in Colorado and we decided to make the move to a bigger city and make something of our lives. We packed up everything we could squish into our tiny Dodge Neon, tossed a big ol' roof bag on the top, we left just enough room to squeeze the dog in the back seat with all our stuff, and we left. Over night we drove straight from Minnesota to Colorado. Straight through after being at work all day, no sleep, and little food. But we made it.
We stayed with my aunt and uncle for a while, but they were in the process of working on demolishing their house, so we could not stay long. We worked on trying to grind out as much money as we could to get moved out of their place, meanwhile still paying rent for our place in Minnesota as the lease was not yet up. During this time, we also found out I was pregnant. This also meant now I was ceasing my medications and working on myself without them, for the sake of the baby. Sadly, no place in the city was willing to take us, as I had no credit and his was bad from a previous marriage. So, we found a couple privately renting out their basement on Facebook and decided to try it out. This ended up being one of the worst decisions we could have made, and we didn't even know it.
The people we were living with turned out to be nothing like they had claimed to be. Originally they claimed to only be 420 friendly. Soon we would have them offering us shrooms, and stumbling in to them smoking crack. After one incident of something in the fridge starting to smell (Which I am 99% sure we didn't even buy) they decided we would no longer have a fridge. No stove, etc. Soon they ended up invading every inch of our space that we were supposed to have to ourselves. Going through our rooms, hunting for things to complain about. Going in and out of what was supposed to be our private entrance, etc. They kept us up all night being loud, then deciding to have loud (Like unreasonably loud) sex between 2 and 4 am, waking up anyone who was sleeping. They would then be up between 5:30 and 6 to start shouting at one another and eventually this turned into physical scuffles. The house no longer felt safe. We started going there only to shower, as we couldn't even sleep there due to the noise and violence. We slept on the worlds least comfortable bed in existence in our office. It was awful, and me now at this point being 7+ months pregnant was in a lot of agony.
Health wise: I have been a mess. I started out with to weeks of SEVERE morning sickness. And by morning, I mean all day. I was throwing up every drop of anything that went into my body, I couldn't eat or drink. I threw up all day regardless of whether or not I had ingested anything. Throwing up stomach bile, dry heaving all day. Severely sick. I've had issues with my heart rate and breathing. I cant stand for long periods and i can only sit and lay in certain positions and still be able to breathe. Its been rough. also makes sitting and working on art for long periods painful. I am in a lot of pain every day, along with severe heartburn. I wake up 6 or so times every night. I'm basically eternally exhausted.
During this time, job wise, I had been with King Soopers, making an okay amount of money. But then they cut my hours, the Union started taking dues, and I was left with about $200/week which was quite frankly, not paying the bills. They made my schedule absolutely insane to the point it was impossible to get a second job. They caused me a lot of mental and physical stress. I had doctors notes for very minor accommodations they wouldn't even make. They fought me on everything. So I quit. I've been running instacart, as well as the two businesses we have started since being here. All things considered, they are successful and we are happy. However its been 12-16 hour days for months. We are exhausted. We are overworked, but were making it.
All in all, life has been ROUGH. its been a struggle. But were finally coming out of all the rough. Were catching up, my credit is starting to build, and we finally got into our own apartment. I am finally in a position to sleep, to relax, and to prepare. Because we are going to be having a baby in A MONTH!
Like holy macaroni, I cant believe it. There is a crib set up in my room, I have a closet full of diapers and baby clothes. This is REALLY HAPPENING AND ITS SO CLOSE! <3
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Now as far as commissions go, since you're all caught up, I am getting back on working on things as much as I can. and I will soon be down to doing only art, as I cant physically deliver groceries much longer this close to my due date. There are things that have been in my queue a long time, and I know this. I do apologize and I will be working to clean it all out asap. If you're wondering if you're on this list, please DM me! There are admittedly things I have spaced out and forgotten due to my poor memory and busy life. I will be the first to admit that and I will absolutely get it done, just give me a friendly reminder please and bear with me.
If you have DM'd me in the last few days and I have not responded, fear not I will get to you in the next day or so when I am around my iPad. (Left it at the office). I have WIPs for some of you, and finished items for others. But I am absolutely exhausted tonight and as soon as I am done typing this I am going to bed.
I will be working on things as much as I can and trying to keep everyone up to date, as well as putting out a few little things for cash so I can make sure rent is paid. But no more big commissions will be taken until I am a little more caught up. Hope everyone understands!
I hope everyone has been well. I will be uploading a lot in the next few days to update you guys with what I have been doing as my FA has been dead in the water, but I have been getting some things done. Bear with me! Have a lovely evening <3
The last 7 months of my life have been... Something else. So lets have a little recap, shall we? (This is going to be a brief overview of shit, there's like 10000 details I just cant include or we will be here for literal years.)
In March of this year, after battling horrible depression and being stuck in a miserable dead end job that made my every day life hell, my hubby and I decided we were going to make a change in our lives. Neither of us were happy stuck in dead end jobs, staying stuck under 6 feet of snow for 6 months in Minnesota, or living in a tiny town. It just wasn't working. My depression got to an all time high, and I had several psychotic episodes, leading to me being put on medication.
In the span of less than 24 hours we decided to get out of where we were at and try something new for ourselves. I had family in Colorado and we decided to make the move to a bigger city and make something of our lives. We packed up everything we could squish into our tiny Dodge Neon, tossed a big ol' roof bag on the top, we left just enough room to squeeze the dog in the back seat with all our stuff, and we left. Over night we drove straight from Minnesota to Colorado. Straight through after being at work all day, no sleep, and little food. But we made it.
We stayed with my aunt and uncle for a while, but they were in the process of working on demolishing their house, so we could not stay long. We worked on trying to grind out as much money as we could to get moved out of their place, meanwhile still paying rent for our place in Minnesota as the lease was not yet up. During this time, we also found out I was pregnant. This also meant now I was ceasing my medications and working on myself without them, for the sake of the baby. Sadly, no place in the city was willing to take us, as I had no credit and his was bad from a previous marriage. So, we found a couple privately renting out their basement on Facebook and decided to try it out. This ended up being one of the worst decisions we could have made, and we didn't even know it.
The people we were living with turned out to be nothing like they had claimed to be. Originally they claimed to only be 420 friendly. Soon we would have them offering us shrooms, and stumbling in to them smoking crack. After one incident of something in the fridge starting to smell (Which I am 99% sure we didn't even buy) they decided we would no longer have a fridge. No stove, etc. Soon they ended up invading every inch of our space that we were supposed to have to ourselves. Going through our rooms, hunting for things to complain about. Going in and out of what was supposed to be our private entrance, etc. They kept us up all night being loud, then deciding to have loud (Like unreasonably loud) sex between 2 and 4 am, waking up anyone who was sleeping. They would then be up between 5:30 and 6 to start shouting at one another and eventually this turned into physical scuffles. The house no longer felt safe. We started going there only to shower, as we couldn't even sleep there due to the noise and violence. We slept on the worlds least comfortable bed in existence in our office. It was awful, and me now at this point being 7+ months pregnant was in a lot of agony.
Health wise: I have been a mess. I started out with to weeks of SEVERE morning sickness. And by morning, I mean all day. I was throwing up every drop of anything that went into my body, I couldn't eat or drink. I threw up all day regardless of whether or not I had ingested anything. Throwing up stomach bile, dry heaving all day. Severely sick. I've had issues with my heart rate and breathing. I cant stand for long periods and i can only sit and lay in certain positions and still be able to breathe. Its been rough. also makes sitting and working on art for long periods painful. I am in a lot of pain every day, along with severe heartburn. I wake up 6 or so times every night. I'm basically eternally exhausted.
During this time, job wise, I had been with King Soopers, making an okay amount of money. But then they cut my hours, the Union started taking dues, and I was left with about $200/week which was quite frankly, not paying the bills. They made my schedule absolutely insane to the point it was impossible to get a second job. They caused me a lot of mental and physical stress. I had doctors notes for very minor accommodations they wouldn't even make. They fought me on everything. So I quit. I've been running instacart, as well as the two businesses we have started since being here. All things considered, they are successful and we are happy. However its been 12-16 hour days for months. We are exhausted. We are overworked, but were making it.
All in all, life has been ROUGH. its been a struggle. But were finally coming out of all the rough. Were catching up, my credit is starting to build, and we finally got into our own apartment. I am finally in a position to sleep, to relax, and to prepare. Because we are going to be having a baby in A MONTH!
Like holy macaroni, I cant believe it. There is a crib set up in my room, I have a closet full of diapers and baby clothes. This is REALLY HAPPENING AND ITS SO CLOSE! <3
_____________________________________
Now as far as commissions go, since you're all caught up, I am getting back on working on things as much as I can. and I will soon be down to doing only art, as I cant physically deliver groceries much longer this close to my due date. There are things that have been in my queue a long time, and I know this. I do apologize and I will be working to clean it all out asap. If you're wondering if you're on this list, please DM me! There are admittedly things I have spaced out and forgotten due to my poor memory and busy life. I will be the first to admit that and I will absolutely get it done, just give me a friendly reminder please and bear with me.
If you have DM'd me in the last few days and I have not responded, fear not I will get to you in the next day or so when I am around my iPad. (Left it at the office). I have WIPs for some of you, and finished items for others. But I am absolutely exhausted tonight and as soon as I am done typing this I am going to bed.
I will be working on things as much as I can and trying to keep everyone up to date, as well as putting out a few little things for cash so I can make sure rent is paid. But no more big commissions will be taken until I am a little more caught up. Hope everyone understands!
I hope everyone has been well. I will be uploading a lot in the next few days to update you guys with what I have been doing as my FA has been dead in the water, but I have been getting some things done. Bear with me! Have a lovely evening <3
Poochie
~poochmix
Hot damn, man, I'm glad you've come through after all this. It's really great to see you posting every now and again, just to see that you're still kicking.
