I’ve been absent for a bit. I suspect some of my readers have been wondering where I have been. Since I last posted, a great deal has changed in my life.
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A home of our own.
22 JunWell, actually, a townhome. But we have an address again. Just Vanessa and I. We pay the rent, utilities, etc. We will furnish it. We finally got our belongings out of storage and back in our possession.
Continue readingTrekking Further South
3 FebMy roommate and I have been couch surfing for several months. We’ve had significant difficulty finding a place in Metro Atlanta area. The market is horrendous in this area, and it likely doesn’t help that I’m openly trans. The current situation is untenable in the long term, and we need to get settled somewhere.
A mutual friend of ours in Daytona Beach reached out and suggested that we join her in Daytona Beach. I know. I can already hear you. Are you kidding? Florida⁉ DeSantis and the GOP? Believe me, I’ve been mulling this over for days. Honestly, it’s not much different than the political situation here in Georgia. We have Marjorie Taylor Greene. She’s worse than DeSantis, in my opinion.
Anyway, it’s the only long term offer we’ve gotten. And when her current lease is up, the three of us plan to get a house together. Think a reboot of The Golden Girls. Wish us luck. We may very well need it. Blessed Be.
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Roommates
22 MarWell, as predicted, the possible third roommate flaked. The good news is that we had a waiting list for space, and we have moved on. A couple have decided to take our remaining room. Looking forward to their arrival the first weekend of April!
Update: My living situation
19 MarFor the past several months, I have made my home in a “shelter” situation. It is a private home, which was managed by a relatively new 501(c)3 in cooperation with the property owner Logan Bruch. There were issues of lack of respect for the privacy of the individuals, autocratic behavior of the staff toward the residents, and just general mistreatment.
Inevitable consequences of loss of income
26 SepWhen last I checked in, I had just heard about my salary being dropped to zero. I was left as a very part-time employee of the company that had employed me for the past 11 years. The loss of my income was felt, severely, by the household of which I have been a member for the last 18 months or so. As a refresher, I moved in with my daughter and her husband back in March of 2013, after that bad breakup.
An Aging Trans Woman 