Just checking in to let you know I'm alive, as I've been MIA for a bit, and a few people have asked if I'm doing alright (thank you, my lovelies!).
Life has been beyond overwhelming and exhausting and hard lately. I've spent the past month moving house while also dealing with a tremendous amount of pain and difficult chronic illness nonsense - and then there's the whole thing about my country devolving into a fascist state, and me being disabled and watching the services I rely on fall apart, etc. - and I simply haven't had the energy left over to be active on here. My elderly parents and I have moved into a new house together (only across town from where I've been living since 2019, so thankfully not far), which is a big adjustment for all of us, but especially for me. I'm middle-aged, I left home at 18yo, I've lived alone for over a decade (and with roommates for over a decade before that), and I have been fiercely, stubbornly independent for as long as I have drawn breath. It's been really tough to face the fact that I am no longer well enough to financially support myself or live safely on my own, plus there is so much shame and stigma in Western culture - particularly in the US - surrounding adults moving back in with their parents, regardless of the reasons.
Anyway. It's all just been...A LOT. Moving stuff is starting to slow down somewhat, as we're now (mostly) in the unpacking and getting settled stage - combining two households and three lifetimes' worth of stuff is uhhh...challenging, to put it lightly (you should see our garage, lol yikes) - so I will hopefully have more energy left over for fun (a.k.a. fandom shenanigans and indulging in my hyperfixations) soon. Fun is so desperately needed right now.
I hope you're all holding up okay! I'd love to hear from folks about how you're doing.
