#car update

Hey everyone! I wanted to finally share a proper update now that things have finally settled enough to breathe again.

We officially have a working and safe vehicle again—yay! 🎉 The car came back from the shop on Monday and is running well. It’s such a relief to have it repaired and back home, and just in time for the upcoming school year.

The final cost ended up just above our updated Ko-fi goal (about $1500), as it turned out to be more than just the brakes. The back wheel bearings also needed replacing. Thankfully, my other brother-in-law was able to take the car to his hometown and work with a mechanic friend who helped get the repairs done at a much more affordable price. Even more generously, he covered the full cost upfront so we could make interest-free payments to him over time.

Thanks to the donations I’ve received through Ko-fi, I’ve already been able to pay him a good chunk, which has taken an enormous weight off our shoulders. Seriously, to everyone who’s donated, shared, or encouraged us—thank you. 💕

It’s still something we’re paying off, but now we can do it at our own pace, without stress hanging over us. That alone is a huge relief.

💌 What This Means Moving Forward

I’ve updated the Ko-fi goal description to reflect that we’re now paying things off gradually.

Thank-You Sketch Gifts will stay open until the goal is fully met.

I’ll be making the sketch post easier to find on both Ko-fi and my website.

These Sketch Gifts follow a Pay-What-You-Want (PWYW) model:

The more you give, the more time and detail I’ll put into your sketch—whether that’s clean lines, color, shading, or even a fun surprise. But no matter what you’re able to give, you’ll still receive a heartfelt thank-you sketch. 💖

Car dealership said there was not a single dealership in the country that had the part I needed, so wanted to charge me $362 USD for a part to be ordered from Japan, which would take about 12 weeks to get here plus another hundred or so for labor. So approx about 450-500 in repair

However I am. Very lucky. To have a person who works with automobiles and he was able to find the part for around 200, plus charging me labor of 50 and the part would come in about a week from now. So I paid the whopping $250 and crossing fingers that it's the only thing wrong with the car

I still haven't been able to get to the post office to drop off envalopes and packages for patreons and pins lmao. They're here and they're packed! I just literally can't drive them to the PO, and they won't come do pick up either. I was able to send off a handful when my mother let me borrow her car for the price to taking her 30 minutes to work at 6am and picking her up at 5 and so forth but I can't do that anymore because of commute time and she uses her car for work, and there's no one I can rely on for a ride for just a drop off during PO open hours

So uhhh a little bit panicked because I want these out before September ends but it's fine it's cool. If I didn't live in the area I live in now I would simply walk the box an hour or two to the office and then walk home. No buses no sidewalks and too rural for uber. Smh.

Please please please! 

If you can’t donate, reblog? Share it on your other social media? We are so close, and all in only a week! I am still doing art for ANY donation, either to my Ko-Fi or directly to my Pay-Pal at [email protected] . If this hasn’t been a MIRACULOUS act of kindness from ya’ll, I don’t know what is, and I have no idea how to thank you for all the support and kindness you have shown me and my family!

But seriously.... ya’ll are my heroes! 

Thank you for all your guys’ prayers. I was recently informed that there’s nothing that can be done about getting me a new car unless I have a co-signer and that’s something I do not have.

I’m going to honest with you and say that I am upset, but God knew. Prayers that God will give me peace on this situation would be great.

OMG Ya’ll seriously rock!

For anyone who hasn’t seen (although I know I have been blowing up ya’ll dashes, sorry) this past Saturday my car wheezed it’s last, fiery breath. Literally. ...there was fire. And in less than a week, with the support of my friends and followers, as well as some random, kind strangers, we have reached 51% of our goal!!!! (This includes the $400 we would normally pay in rent, our landlord is letting us slide by this month so we can put it towards a new car!!)

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!  We still need roughly $1246.00 in order to get the Ford 500 that we have our eye on, so I’m asking for your continued support! Reblogs, sharing on other social media sites, or even a small donation would go so far! Also, if you donate, I will sketch a character of your choice like the ones’s below:

देहरादून। ऑडी इंडिया(Audi India) ने देहरादून उत्तराखंड में अपनी उपस्थिति को और सशक्त बनाते हुए दो नई सुविधाओं का उद्घाटन किया। कंपनी ने यहां एक नया ऑडी अप्रूव्ड: प्लस प्री-ओन्ड कार शोरूम और एक आधुनिक सर्विस वर्कशॉप शुरू की है। ये दोनों केंद्र एडवेंचर ऑटो कार इंडिया लिमिटेड के सहयोग से स्थापित किए गए हैं, जो ऑडी दिल्ली वेस्ट और ऑडी कोलकाता का संचालन भी करती है। ऑडी अप्रूव्ड: प्लस शोरूम खसरा नंबर…