I'm trying to piece together the shrapnel still.

I never even had time to order my Myrkyr collar, that's how bad things got. All that lovely store cred, just sitting there. Driving me slowly insane. I need to get on that ASAP.

Anyway, I figure I'll throw a very much toned-down version of all the things that happened just so people hopefully understand why I keep disappearing. And I hope that my friends will understand; I genuinely want to be around. Its all about feasibility. When I can be around, at the furmeets or online, I will be. You don't have to ask. Trust me.

For starters, my grandma on my mom's side passed away. It wasn't totally unexpected; all things considered. So we just got done with the funeral and all the super fun stuff that goes along with these kinds of things. We're going to be okay, but it sucked.

On top of that, it seems the issue has shattered certain parental unit's grasp on reality and they have forgotten what it means to live with a person who can't nom gluten without being amazingly sick for days on end as a result. Basically, imagine the worst hangover you have ever had. Now imagine the worst time you ever got the stomach flu. Now imagine those two times had an unholy lovebaby and you had to suffer it's wrath.

It's bad. And living here it is almost impossible to avoid. Some days, I just don't eat. I can't trust the foodstuffs here. It's kind of nightmarish. And to top it off, said parties get offended when I wont eat their cooking. Too bad, I want to be healthy and that trumps not hurting people's feelings.

I'm trying madly to move ahead and break free from living here altogether. You know, live like... An adult? Problem is, it needs to be on my OWN terms, and it needs to be in an entirely gluten free situation. Reef and I are working on it. I'm confident that we'll figure something out. However, certain aforementioned parties have become amazingly clingy within the last few months and have made the attempt to function like an adult a living h***.

Those same aforementioned parties also are suddenly not so OK with the fact that I am male. Which is weird, because they were totally fine with it earlier. Those of you who know me in person probably get what I'm alluding to here. Suddenly, for whatever reason, said party seems uncomfortable with the fact that I am still with Reef despite that, he is also.... MALE. Apparently having a son in a gay relationship is suddenly not OK with them, regardless of what they claimed earlier. *growls* I don't understand people.

Basically, this is just a sampling of the crap I'm putting up with right now. It's not even the worst of it, but it should be enough to explain to anyone who gets cross with me for not being around why I'm not around. I really don't have time between not starving and trying to make arrangements to move out. The good news is, my brother is working with us on the issue and we'll likely all move out together with my two little dogs,

...Oh by the way, I forgot to mention that years ago, I helped my Grandma adopt a pappillon puppy. He was her faithful little buddy for years and years. It was sort of an unspoken understanding we had that, if anything were to happen to her, I'd take care of the little guy. So, on a bittersweet note, he's my little buddy now. Training is sort of a pain, since she babied the crap out of him. But I have high hopes for the little dude, so yeah. Wish me luck with my new dog. I know its easier on Balto having a friend to chase with, though it was a little sad to see the pup run around looking for Luke... And not finding him. The three of them used to play together when the Pappillon visited, so... Meh. Gorammit, Luke. Everyone STILL misses you.

As I have time, I'll post here, talk to people, go to meets, etc. Please, please be patient with me. Do not ask me to text you or call you. If I can, I will, it's that simple. Just try to remember that I want to be around. I want to hang out with my friends. I want to start taking commission work and saving up for my freedom so I can be around more often. I'll try to make the meets- like the one tomorrow for example.

But you gotta be patient with me. Things are shaky right now.

Though, if it makes people feel a little better, when I get my life in order?

You guys won't be able to get rid of me. Just you wait ^_^