March Life Update

March 31, 2026

Tags: Journal

No monthly summary this month. I barely got to keep track of what I was up to, though what little I did note down will probably be ported over to April. Instead I'll be doing a more serious life update type thing. I don't normally like talking about my own life here, especially "venting" about it for a number of reasons, but given that these are life-changing events that will impact the site as well (in one way or another) I figured it best to record it here.

First of all: I am moving! This has been planned for a while and has been fully expected. What was not expected was for my move-out date to change twice. The first time, it went from mid-May to early April (like, "April 4" kind of early) due to ~shenanigans~. That's all you need to know lol. Then from early April to mid April. So that's fun. The date shouldn't change again, though, especially as I know have three people involved in helping me move.

Second: I have a job lined up for me in the city I am moving to! Yay! They have been understanding about the move being pushed back to mid-April, so that's something, but over all the company gives me red flags. Friends think it's a bad job too. But it is a job that will pay the bills while I hunt for a better one. Just glad that I've got something for the time being. This is huge, as hopefully I'll be able to get some shiny goodies for the site I've been wanting now.

So I have been packing up to move. Most of my stuff is in boxes, my room looks empty, and poor Fish's (my cat, for the uninitiated) favorite toy is packed away as well so she doesn't loose it before moving day. It just feels so strange. And then while dealing with the physical exaustion of packing, and the mental exaustion that is landlords, we got the worst news possible.

I currently live in my grandmother's house, alongside my older brother. Instead of paying rent, we would help clean the house, I would cook meals, and we helped clean her. She was bedbound, so you can imagine the messes were not fun to clean.Part way through March, we had to call an ambulence for her. Of course, we couldn't just mourn. This is my grandma we're talking about; she's not very... organized. We were practically tearing the house apart looking for her will and other important documents. And then I was being heckled by the landlord and oh god I need more boxes and. Yeah. Fun month.

All the while, I've been pecking away at a website experiment. At this point, I have not yet commited to it, but... well, let's just say that some changes to 11ty have made me want to sniff other tools, at the very least. (side note, but I just now saw that they're sponsered by some bitcoin casino now and.... ewwwwww)

On the plus side again, KDE keeps making me smile. My desktop is now all froggy themed :) so that's something.

I don't know how to end a blog post like this off. If you're still reading, go make yourself some tea. You should be doing that instead.