Hi, I’m still alive, I swear.
A lot has happened since I last posted on this blog, and I’m not sure if I’m “back” per se, but I thought I’d at least check in, maybe look around for a minute or two. I can’t remember what all I have shared, so here’s just a quick summary of my life thus far.
I’ve been to a few shows since the start of the pandemic - Ghost with Mastodon and Spiritbox, and Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Baroness, and Suicide Silence being the two shows in particular I’ve attended. Generally, I’ve kept a low profile as I’m an agoraphobe and would like to not catch the literal plague of our times.
Which I did in fact catch. It sucked a lot. I was scared for a few days, but I managed to pull through it without needing to go to the hospital (it got pretty close though). After my grandfather dying from covid complications, getting it was kind of a terrifying situation for me given my own health problems.
We had also just adopted a third dog, a German shepherd mix of indeterminate origin that had been found on the street. We found out that she had been abused and abandoned by her prior owner, so now she’s our dog. She’s specifically MY dog, actually, and I’ve got my work cut out with her, as she is unfortunately overweight and I have to get her enough exercise to hopefully cut that weight down to a more healthy number.
Which became difficult during the two weeks I was sick, and I still have some lingering effects MONTHS later - for instance my breathing capacity, which was never great to begin with on account of life long asthma, has been cut down even further. I can barely walk at a brisk pace now without nearly keeling over.
After I recovered from covid in the sense that I was no longer testing positive, it felt like life was throwing nothing but curve balls my and my husband’s way. For reasons I cannot go into legally, my husband lost his job, and we were very uncertain what we would do. I’m at the tail end of my Master’s degree and cannot leave Florida until I’ve got my diploma, considering I LITERALLY have 2 classes left.
After much debate, we decided that it was time to leave Florida anyway. We’ve been wanting to leave for a long time as neither of us have been happy here as life long Floridians, and it’s only getting harder for the people born and raised in this state to live here.
But, moving at this time means separating on a six month basis. It has not been easy. We drove to our new home state together to get a feel for it and get my husband settled into the house he’s renting, and then I flew back to Florida. I cried on the plane.
Currently, I’m working on finishing my degree still and trying to keep myself busy. I was alone with most of our animals (we have 3 dogs and 2 cats between us, one of which is currently with my husband) for recent holidays and it was genuinely miserable.
We’ll see if I’m here for a more permanent basis or if I’ll fuck off back to being on hiatus from Tumblr. Time will tell.
Also the new Septicflesh and Zeal & Ardor albums fuck hard and I love them a lot. Y’all should give them a listen if you have not.
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