My mother and I have been living in makeshift housing made out of a tool shed since September 2025 (with my dad in a separate one). We've basically had no running water, a lack of insulation, and hand me down appliances from my sister, and a port-a-potty. We FINALLY have a little update on our housing situation which means we may be getting a house soon! Of course that doesn't mean we can live in it...

See, we've been in the process of getting a modular home since we sold our old house. The problem? There's a lot more to it than my mom thought at first and we didn't exactly have a way to get everything done. There's so much to placing one of these houses in our area including: specific roof pitch height, 20 ft deck on the front, sqft requirements, and of course the perc test to place the sewage system properly. These requirements have pretty much blown out our budget so we've been surviving with a garage heater all winter.

Anyways, we have the perc test done, which gives us the ok to put a septic tank in. We have the plans for the house, a budget model that is cheaper to customize with the roofing and area requirements than buying a much bigger place. With those house plans we need to survey the area to figure out exactly what we need to landscape to bring the house in. And even when we get the house in we can't get a certificate of occupancy without setting up the sewage, water, power, etc. which all cost money for meters and tanks. But the great news is that we actually have a plan moving forward!

Luckily, we were able to rent two sheds which means I didn't have to live/sleep in the same space as my father. If you've kept up with my other updates you know we don't have the best relationship due to his abuse and treatment of myself and my mom. Since we live next to my sister it's also been a comfort that I'm not completely alone out here. Still, his "tantrums" and treatment of eveyone around him makes it exausting especially since I'm autistic and get overwhelmed with loud noises and arguing.

In other news:

Riley, Gen, and I have started a playthrough of Borderlands 2 together! It's one of my favorite games and we've started playing once a week. Next game will be The Pre Sequel which Riley knows very well. The Community Patches for both games are well worth it. I even attempted patching Borderlands 3 Which now can actually run on my computer without the bullshit VFX and Denuvo. Don't get me wrong, it's still poorly optimized and should run a lot better than it does (even having issues on high end pcs) but I'm just glad I can see my girl Ellie. Of course I don't plan on getting Borderlands 4 due to these issues (and with Gearbox and Pitchford themselves) but I am glad to see my girl Ellie getting spotlight in the new DLC.

Another thing Riley and I have been doing is watching through Invincible Season 4. I absolutely LOVE the series and have been happy to see more character development than the comics. Sorry, I'm not a big fan of the comic! No shade to the creators, it's just not my thing. I'm going to be sad when this seasons over and I have to wait for further episodes, but I suppose we could replace our weekly watch with One Piece Live Action Season 2.