(🐍Update post) I've been gone a while, haven't I?
Yeah, so, I haven't posted anything on here since November last year. No, Mariah Carey did not murder me. To say a lot has happened since is... an understatement, both personally and globally.
I'm here! I'm alive. I'm good, even. I just haven't been writing updates to Sapkaer or this blog because I have spent much of my free time working on MazeWorld. As of yesterday last night, we finally reached version 7, meaning I have officially completed the update roadmap for this tabletop RPG, and almost on time for its 14th anniversary, too! Honestly, the fact I hit v7 only 8 days after February 10th (the anniversary date) is a small miracle.
So from here on out, first of all I will rest and take it easy, my health has been declining a bit this past month. A combination of skipping going out, personal troubles, global events, and a general need to focus on the game and on my actual day job have contributed to my sleep schedule going to hell. I have gained weight, lost sleep, and I still have hardships to deal with, but this is a big and momentous milestone, a W so big I have to write about it, so I will take it, damn it.
More specifically, I will probably get back to writing BT-R, finally start publishing the first few chapters on Sapkaer and AO3, and resume Sapkaer website updates; there is still much cohost content I haven't yet backed up on there.
In the longer-term, I want to take it a little easier and be kinder to myself. It hasn't been easy, especially these past few weeks.
Regarding the hardships I mentioned earlier, I have privately shared what's happening to me at friends already, but the long and short of it is that members of my extended family are using the law to try and evict us from our home, and we are currently looking at solutions to stop that from happening. I cannot do much on my own and every solution we have at our disposal is lengthy and expensive.
I have already asked for help to cover paying for a lawyer and plan for little budget shenanigans to deal with this situation, like money to cover car trips/gasoline, administrative expenses, and whatnot. I can't, and I won't, in good conscience, ask for more financial help to deal with this matter, nor do I want to disclose the exact number that would make this go away (it's five figures, that's all I feel comfortable saying).
It's been an emotional rollercoaster. Between the fatigue, the sleep deprivation, the lows of family matters, the highs of finishing a lifelong project.
But I'll be okay. I have to be okay. And I really missed writing these update posts, they make me feel a little more at ease. This is part of what I miss cohost for. It was easy as breathing to simply let go and type. It's not exactly as easy to do that here, but I'll be honest, it's mostly a me problem. I've made the decision to focus on one project, and it paid off.
Still. I'll keep on keeping on. Eggbug wouldn't want me to give up, so I won't.