A Dull Moment; August 14 2024

Adulthood is such a roller coaster. One day you’re doing okay financially – not great, just okay – and you’ve got a fresh new dysphoria-covering tattoo, your kid is home and happy, your medications are well managed enough…

And then the next day, you’ve been told the house you’re renting has been sold and the buyers want it empty. We’ve been offered a good deal to move out, but we’re in limbo, waiting to find out if the deal’s gone through. Nonetheless, I’ve started looking into new places.

I just want to settle. I want stability, for myself and for my kid. I need that.

A lot of my future plans hinge on things that only may happen. There’s a good chance, but no guarantee. I need to make things work in the interim and that’s going to be hard. My fear is that I’ll have to uproot my kid multiple times, and she’s had so much instability in her short life that I really worry about the impact it’s having on her.

Wish me luck.

On the bright side, I do have that shiny new tattoo all done, and I’ve included a picture! Warning: there are nipples below!

I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. It’s utterly gorgeous. My artist did a phenomenal job – shout out to Jony Somoza at Adrenaline in Toronto!

So, yeah. As they say… never a dull moment.