Heyo! Just posting here on Tumblr to let you all know I’m not dead. Mostly just been re-adjusting to post/during Covid society and getting back into a work flow.
The wife @altamaranempire has been on the (thankfully) tail end of a big depressive period, so being super publicly active online hasn’t been my primary concern (don’t worry - nothing physically happened - just actual raw depression being disruptive to functioning). Feel free to hit me up on Discord, through here, etc - but Discord is the most guaranteed way to reach me. Dealing with this hasn’t been great for my mental health either, so sorry if I haven’t been quick to respond or super present. Trust me, it’s me, not you. (<3)
Now that I’m trying to be more active again and get some commissions in, I’ve had to deal with the sticky matter of adjusting my commission pricing and policies. The cost of living where I am has gone up a *lot*, and so has the average renting price. An apartment building that’s basically rotting from the walls out costs ~$200 more than when I first moved in 6 years ago. There are definitely a lot of severe issues with living here, but we can’t really find a cheaper place at the moment or one that’s equivalently priced but actually gets taken good care of. It’s turned into an awkward balance of trying to get the landlord to be a decent human being and waiting things out until we can peg down a good, safe, small house to buy. That’s all we really want.
So ect etc yadda yadda the minimum wage has increased here and the cost of living has outstripped that rapidly, so expect pricing changes - I’m sorry. It’s been a big factor in being stressed out on my end on top of the wife mentally fizzling for a few months. Basically there’s a lot to sort through business wise, and my spoons have been a lot lower recently due to that and all the background noise. It’s improving now, at least.
- Anyways, thanks for reading if you’ve read this far. I really appreciate it, and I don’t take the patience of people who have stuck it through with me for granted.
SMALL NOTE: Please don’t try to contact Jesseth/AltamaranEmpire through me while she’s still struggling to get online communication going again on her end. I love her dearly and we’re obvs around each other constantly, but I’m not her and she’s not me. I may be better at swallowing down social anxiety than she is, but I’m still trying to cope with things on my end too. I don’t want to be an obligate secretary for people trying to get in touch with her. Thanks for understanding. ;u;
