Hey Donut Holes,

It's been a while since I talked life stuff.

It's been busy. Busy couple months.

I started group therapy and a bunch of other health related stuff. It was long overdue.
I guess enough stressors fomented in my life and my existing coping mechanisms were lacking.
So I reached out, managed to get a bunch of services for practically no cost thanks to being perpetually impoverished.

And now I have a primary care physician who tells me I can't eat tacos. A therapist who keeps asking to see my stories. And a group of people from different walks going through the same struggles as me. I even made friends with someone there and have hung out with them repeatedly this past week. It is, in short, a breath of fresh air.

On the income side of things, I'm still gigging. What with the doctors and the structure filling my life, it's a little easier to take on my gig work. I feel more motivated and less anxious about things. There's still stress, but its not as dominant. I'm still struggling to totally cease my cannabis consumption but is markedly less than it was in january and february. I feel healthier, and less like I need a crutch or chemical to feel stabilized.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still a hot mess. I'm still struggling, but for the first time in what feels like months, there is a small hope that the future will be brighter.


Story stuff! Lots happening in the story world. I've gotten 3 years journalled on a fun Mount and Blade inspired narrative. I might start uploading some of those over here. I expect reception to be mixed at best. Tales of Zenathia's upcoming finale "Paws Well That Ends Well" is coming along nicely. We've entered pt 3 territory, so I'll be starting the face edits on pt 2 for upload. Tales of Serenia is progressing slowly, with a lot more focus on cleaning the first 3 chapters than actually pushing more of the novel. No progress on any Tales of Solei. I needed to take a break from Penny and crew to think where I want to take that series. There's some cross-story ideas fomenting.

And finally, to those with an eye for Ari. The Ari's Pursuit series will be entirely rewritten to account for the narrative changes to Tales of Zenathia. It wears my heart thin to have to rewrite my first self-contained mini-series. I was quite proud of it. But it won't make sense what with the changes to the main storyline, so I'll swallow frustration and get at this summer. I think that's about everything I have on the story front.

New art of Zaza coming down the line from Tori-san. There is also Tochi artwork in the planning stages, something nice to cap off her contributions in Tales of Zenathia.

I think that's it. Stay safe, everyone, and thanks for stopping by!