Hi floofs, it has been quite a while since I've posted here. I hope everyone is doing alright! As some of you who frequently talk to me on Telegram may know, I lost my mother irl on March the 10th of this year. Since that time, it has been rough going day to day. I had a close relationship with her, as well as my pops, who is doing rough right now. Last year, she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Originally, they believed it to be only one lung, her left one. Successful surgery removed her affected lung, and she was able to live. However, she never really fully recovered from it. Going on a hunch from her previous experience, further testing revealed her other lung was also affected, which went previously undetected prior. She got sicker and sicker, until the inevitable happened. I ended up taking a break from ALL forms of social media and work for the latter part of two months to take care and spend time with her during her final days.
To further shift gears, my area where I live got rocked by hurricane Ian last autumn, with many neighborhoods and businesses destroyed. My condo suffered very minor damage, however a longtime friend of mine, Lucas, ended up drowning in his apartment not far from where I live. Subsequently, I was able to attend his funeral in Pennsylvania, where he was from. His family is wonderful, and welcomed me to the service.
How am I doing? Well, about as well as one can do after the past year I've had. I did secure a promotion to a supervisory role amongst some longtime coworkers and friends. I am happy as a button to finally move up the ladder to a management position in the field I've enjoyed for the past sixteen and a half years. Things are going well, but every so often, the losses come back to haunt with a vengeance. It is ultimately a choice to dwell on it and wallow in sorrow, or take it and use it for motivation. My mother nor Lucas would want me to lay down and give up. That philosophy is what's keeping me going. It has done wonders in the wake of my hate crime attack in September 2021, and subsequent losses of the following years.
I think that about wraps things up as far as updates go, and I don't want to ramble on too much. Any longer, and I'd be the gay Pikachu-equivalent of Morgan Freeman. Haha
Stay safe, everybody.
~ Error Chu ~
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