Well, some friends that it turns out I've known for quite a while but knew nothing of outside of the fandom lived in this area and were friends with my "replacement father" I had been moving to, and luckily the two of them were able to give me a couch to sleep on until I can afford an apartment, instead of living in a shelter!

I still don't have 99% of my things, meaning I can't even edit my videos, but I was luckily brought to a model shop by my replacement father figure and I got some snap-together models of Dragonite, Lugia, and Charizard. I'll be uploading pictures of them soon!

The video I had been planning is a bit too hefty for this 2014 high-grade business laptop to edit, but whenever I'm able to either get a new upgraded laptop (my main plan for the time being whenever I get a job and an apartment since getting my things up North isn't going to be cheap at all) or get my desktop, I'll work on it. Until then, I'm not going to really be doing much art, but I may share photos I take, like I normally do.

I can already say that Michigan is WAY more accepting towards me as a trans woman than West Virginia was. Instead of looks of disgust and nobody talking to me, I get "Hello" and "Good morning" and people actually are happy to call me Katie instead of my deadname.

I had a borderline full-on breakdown yesterday until my friends helped me, I was dead certain I'd be sleeping on the streets. I don't know how so many people do it, I couldn't handle it. One thing's for sure, if I ever can, I'm hoping to make a program to help homeless people out more. I know there are a lot, but they're all so restrictive over things, like, one shelter I had talked to, the only one that seemed to be open in any way told me that the only way to get in was if you had only one bag, and none of them even allow anyone to have or store safety tools like pepper spray.

I'm infinitely glad I got help, and I'm infinitely saddened that people have to deal with this stuff for so long in their lives. I knew I wanted to be able to set up a program to help people in the future somehow, but I think I have all the more reason to do it again. I just want to keep people from having to deal with it. I haven't slept on the streets before except the one time my parents made me sleep outside as a punishment for not cleaning my room, but be it my mental problems or the stress I should have been feeling, I don't EVER want to see anyone being forced to do that sort of terrifying thing again.

Maybe I'll just volunteer at the local Salvation Army or something, or maybe someday I'll find a business venture that works really well and help the homeless off the streets. No clue. Only time can tell.

Thank you all for your love and support recently, it's been helping me keep moving. I'm notoriously fragile emotionally thanks to the course of my life so far, and it's helped me keep a string of hope in my heart. You're all great, and I love you all, as always. Thank you all, friends, you all make the world better in your own special way!