In a week and a half, we'll have been here for 3 months. Adjusting has been great, largely without incident, but as I've settled in, certain stressors and responsibilities have started weighing me down again. Particularly, my Figura commissions. In 2024, I took commissions to create and edit custom Minecraft player models using the Figura mod. I did about 7 or 8 commissions, a few of which were private. The actual process of making each one was pretty engaging, even fun, and I made a decent amount of money. But then, my wrist problems got severe enough I had to close... and then all of 2025 happened, so I stayed closed. Then, once we arrived, I just... never opened up comms again. I never felt ready. I'll share why below. But I still have people adding me on Discord, asking for comms! Despite the fact it says I'm closed on the landing page, I've had something like a dozen more potential clients DM me to ask about comms. I'm flattered. I appreciate the attention, and I'm very happy to

This post comes after this post, concerning my cool new friends Mocha and August. I met them through a sticker with a furry on it in a parking lot, and the butterfly effect led me to these two partners who travel together a lot, and, like me, they're mature and wise. We found we get along really well, and as the two started inviting me to various meetups, I came every single time. With their encouragement, I tested the limits of my bubble, and went outside my comfort zone, and found it's not so bad, especially with friends like them. I genuinely felt like I could tell them anything, and I've even let August drive our car! That's an awesome level of trust to have, especially in new friends. And because of them, I learned a lot, some about our physical health, some about my bias toward negativity, some about travel, and some about the way I cultivate relationships. So, after the life-changing road trip in the previous post, I had a few more visits with them. Specifically, we hung out aro