delayed update
Hi, it's been a while.
I had to briefly go to Japan for a funeral-y thing. It was fine. I wasn't super close to the decedent so it wasn't particularly emotionally fraught for me, but it was nice to catch up with my cousins. One of them and her mother (i.e. my aunt) said my voice sounds nice now. I'm glad they are supportive of my transition. Nobody else really said anything. Apparently my youngest cousin listens to Kendrick now?? I'm going to make him a playlist of some current hits and 90s classics. Definitely making sure he gets a lot of women and LGBT rappers.
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Shrimpwise, things have been good. The three babies are visible now. I'm still trying to escape retail, but quit in November due to some Crime that the assistant manager was getting up to. I wasn't a part of it, but the regional manager fired our store manager whom we loved. So now I work at a different store in a different area of retail. I actually know stuff about stationery, so it's nice to actually have opinions about the stuff I'm trying to get people to buy. It's not like I earn commission, so I don't really care that much either way. The people at the new store are very nice, but I am definitely on the older side of non-management employees (despite being still young).
I'm also contending with the possibility of moving abroad, which is both exciting but, as my therapist pointed out, a bit escapist since it won't be happening yet.
We really need to clean our apartment and ideally move somewhere, but I haven't found anywhere cheaper that fits our needs. It makes sense that people need roommates, but neither me nor my boyfriend want one unless it's someone we already know. It would be nice to find a place with a balcony or a yard -- some kind of outdoor access. But given our budget, that seems like it'll be difficult.