I know. It's been a VERY long time since I've logged in here. I've been reading stories as and when I can, but my internet hasn't and still isn't particularly reliable. For about a year there I couldn't get my laptop to go on the internet at all, and my phone screen is just way too small to view this site well.

Speaking of... I can't remember if I'd mentioned that or not, but Behemoth, that's my moniker for my primary desktop whenever I have one operational, has been dead for quite a long time now. And he had all my files for both my series. I still can not afford to get the necessary device to even so much as extract that data. And I certainly can't afford to build a new Behemoth.

So both Chronicles of Atlantia and Open Your Heart are STILL on indefinite hold. I'd love to get back to them, but I'm not redoing all my previous work and hoping my memory is good enough not to get any of it wrong.

The reason I've been without decent internet is because I left my parents house again. A little recap of what's gone on between is in order I think...

In my last blog I was hyperventilating because some guy seemed like he wanted to date me. Well, that didn't work out. I let him know about my history and present circumstances and he wasn't awful about it, but made it clear he wasn't interested anymore.

After that situation ended, another guy who I'd met through local politics took me on a movie date. The date went okay, but I was getting some by then familiar vibes off of him, similar to the ones I'd gotten off the previous character.

Sometime after the first date, someone else, I still don't know who, let him know about you-know-what. His reaction was NOT nice. It took him a really long time to eventually apologize for his behavior, but he was an ass for a very long time. He even attempted to sabotage my relationship with the third guy I went out with early on. Fortunately, this guy was way more accepting and genuinely cares about me and kinda ripped into him a bit.

So now, the third guy. Our first date was a movie date, we went to see Thor 2, and spent some time in the mall. He was a perfect gentlemen, and I wasn't getting any weird vibe from him other than just both of our general tension. We soon had several more dates under us and then I moved in with him about 6 months after our first date. We've now been together almost a year and a half.

So yes. Abi really does have a long-term live-in boyfriend now.

In other events, I'm now also currently a member of the local county Green Party's Central Committee, though I may be forced to resign that position soon. I ran for and was elected to this position last November. So I've now held an elected political office. When we did our own internal election of committee officers, however, I abstained from running for anything, so I'm just a committee member, not a committee officer.

The reason I might have to resign soon is because I'm going to have to move again. When I met Randy, he was already fighting a losing battle with the banks over his house, and sometime last year they served him foreclosure notice... Just very recently we were served final notice of Sheriff's sale, which is scheduled for the 27th of next month. From my searching for an appropriate place to move, I'd narrowed our choices down to just two apartment complexes, and one of them is in Michigan. Moving intra-county wouldn't force me to resign, but leaving not just the county, but the state, and becoming a resident of another state or county would force me to resign. The other option is in the same county, but we'd HAVE to spend coinage on coin operated laundry there, whereas the one in Michigan has an included utility room, we'd just need to purchase a compatible washer and dryer for the provided hookups.

Part of why the limited choices is because we have to be close to both of our work. His isn't as important because he drives, but I have to be close enough to walk or bicycle. I could walk from the one in Michigan, though I'll probably use a bike in dry conditions, and the other I could ride a bike from, even though I'd have to do so even in inclement weather.

I'm not actually working right now, but I will be hopefully quite soon. One of my sisters is trying to open a for-dogs diner just across the border in Michigan from where I am now. It'd just be about a mile from the apartments in Michigan, two miles from the ones here. I probably wouldn't make much. Definitely not at first. But it would have a great deal of room for growth since it'll be a startup that I'll be in from the beginning. Though I do kind of doubt I'll stay with it for the long term. I still want to implement a plan of my own, this opportunity will hopefully just provide me with what I'll need to be able to afford to do more testing. And get my feet back under me before I go off and start pissing money away again after my dreams. I need to try to get some debts paid down to where I CAN try to implement a business plan. With how deeply in debt and how bad my credit is right now, no one'll give a business plan of mine a teeniest chance.

Anyways, since you all now know what I've been up to, and that both of my current titles are still stuck on indefinite hold, here's what I'm thinking about for the immediate future:

I'm thinking about starting a new story. Maybe several. Maybe it'll just be a single serial. I don't know yet for sure. One of the new semi-open universes right now has sparked my muse and I'm planning on contacting the owner of that universe to talk about my idea. I don't know yet if this is even going to go anywhere whatsoever, so don't anyone get your hopes up just yet. ;)