Greetings and Happy Holidays Dearest Watchers,

I have been silent for a long while and I wanted to give you guys an update since my hand has allowed it and things have calmed down enough that I can get to a PC.


The Grandfather Update
Last update, 8 months ago, I had mentioned that the doctor’s were going to place my husband’s grandfather on Hospice. Turned out they didn’t…. Until about September. Things are not great. We never know if the next call or text is “it” and thus rush out to his place. My Mother in law has been placed as his primary care giver and signed a contract with Hospice that means that there will always be someone with him. Due to the fact that her work wouldn’t place her on work-leave she lost her job and insurance. Her migraines are killing her on top of the emotional abuse that her dying father puts her through. My husband and I have tried to give her money here and there but we are by no means wealthy. We also try to hang out with her as she’s lonely and needs a sane person to talk to and vent out her hurt and frustrations. This is a painful and uncertain period and all I can do is just keep going.

Helping my mother
My mother has been trying to sell her home but it’s not going great.. Her realtor convinced her to list it super high. In the following months kept pressuring my mother to lower the price more and more, even below the threshold my mother needs to sell the house to pay off all her debts. We’ve been super busy helping her with repairs, including her car. She’s spent a lot of money to fix up and upgrade everything. This is on top of sending what she had left to family overseas since her brother had gotten a stroke and was unable to look after grandma. On top of that my mother has a sticky tenant situation that we may need to go through the eviction process with. My husband has been taking care of that with my mom but he’s been working on it virtually every night after work and all day on his days off. Between my mom and his mom’s needs we’re a bit fatigued but not defeated.

Personal Health
I have been a lot better, in a way. I was given anti-depressants and while I still feel like a broken human being I still feel like I can continue on. My hand has good days and bad days. I’ve had some really bad aches though that have kept me bed-ridden here and there. The new medication they gave me is the next strongest that they can give me before moving onto pain killers. I am doing my best to avoid that but with the stress of everything else, getting super sick AND needing to deal with those stresses with pain, it’s daunting. I am happy that they upped the dosage of my nerve numbing medication though as that has helped a lot.

Moving
On top of everything else…. My land lady has asked us to move by January 15. We were given about 2 months notice at least which helped since it’s just me packing. My husband works and has to do other things for my mother so I do my best. We’re moving into the home my mother is having tenant issues though so I really hope things work out peacefully and quickly. There had been a time when we had to look for other places and holy cow it’s expensive. About $1800 for a 2 bedroom place. Studios were about $1300. We’re lucky that my mother will charge us very very little. Fingers crossed this all works out.


What does all this mean? I am hoping that once the move is made things will settle. I will have more space so I can work on art in a nice environment instead of a cramped converted closet space. I’ll be catching up on my Patreon commissions and then maybe open a comm slot or do an auction. Or adopt! :D Please let me know what sort of art you would like to see from me? ; ; It would really cheer me to feel wanted for art as opposed to…. All the other things going on. Wanted for something fun and light-hearted.

Happy Holidays and I wish you all the best of days.