Life Update (Patreon)

Life is very crazy right now, and we might be moving to another state in like a couple of months. So I'm hesitant to start a painting. My husband has been trying to get a new job since August as his contract ends in April. And just the whole job search jumping through hoops has us both stressed. Plus the whole court case with him trying to adopt my daughter legally and get her name changed and gender marker is stressful because of all the waiting involved. Then on top of all of that I have been having nightly cPTSD nightmares, some leaving me emotionally disturbed the whole next day. I wish I could be more productive art wise. I'm hoping once things settle with the job and court case I'll feel that creative spark more regularly once again. But for now I'm just trying to make it through each day while taking care of my body and doing what I need to for my family.

At the very least I have been cooking more lately! I got so many cookbooks for Christmas/Yule, and that inspired me to cook. I found a ton of tips and recipes where I can get shelf stable products and make more easily without a lot of fuss chopping veggies up and such. I'm hoping to make larger batches of foods to freeze for my family to have readily available for when I am not up to cooking or just for variety. Which I can only do because a lovely soul left a FREEZER in the vestibule of our building (people always leave stuff there for others to just take, we've done it as well!). And it's a half sized chest freezer that fits so well in our apartment and I'm very grateful and thrilled for the extra space for food. Now I can stock up with sales and not have to pick and choose as much due to space.

I hope you're both doing well, and I so appreciate you being here and supporting me even though I'm not as productive as other artists. ❤️