Well everyone, we made it! We're New Yorkers now. I don't even really know where to begin. We arrived on March 4th at 1am, and here I am writing this over a month later. So much has happened and so much has changed. I guess I'll start with a short summary. Our bestie, KD, took us on a road trip across the US so we could move in with Uncle Cr4y, our online friend turned new roommate. We've been sheltered in a house in texas all our life, living very unhappy with biological family, but now we managed to escape. The road trip took 2 days. We first went east, from texas to Atlanta, Georgia, and rested. Then we went north to New York. The road trip was wonderful if only because KD was with me. She's an excellent driver and a dear friend. After we arrived, KD stayed for a week. We visited the Nintendo NYC store and Central Park, and had a lovely time chilling at home - gosh, it feels good to call it that - and when KD stepped out the door to her uber, I stayed behind. It felt so weird, know

Our shoulder surgery is tomorrow (Oct 7th). It'll be our seventh surgery this year, and at least twelfth total. Unlike the others this year, I'm not looking forward to this one. Yes, it's important and necessary, but I've been led to believe the recovery will be harsher than the wrists and elbows. Even though we have a ways to go, our wrists and arms are currently doing a lot better than 1-2 months ago - and this surgery will set us back immediately, since we'll be in a cast again. I just learned our arrival time will be 5:30 AM, which is actually perfect, because our sleep is nocturnal right now. I also want to share what's been going on medically for the past month, because it's been a wild ride. OT OT went pretty okay, same as usual. There was a few highs and lows. I learned our grip strength has measurably improved since we started coming! That gave me some hope, even though our neck procedure left our arms and wrists in worse shape than before for a while. I was slowly but surely