It's been a while and I've got a lot to share, so let's get right into things. Starting with the project status and what's going on there, then into the blog post as that'll add more context behind everything, but that'll be longer than this. ^^"

Obviously the project has hit a brick wall and we've been working on development when possible, but I think being honest, we've bit off more than we can chew, when it comes to what amount of work was needed to overhaul and setup the common route (Episodes 1-5). 

I've mentioned it in the past, but we've got a 25+ page document that covers just the game's main story/lore history alone, that we've been adapting into the game in a better paced manner. We've always had these plans since early on, but we realize the pacing of events linked to the main story are too far and in-between. The path we were on, we'd be looking at the near mid-route episodes before the main story fully kicked into gear.. 

We've been adapting this better throughout Episodes 1-5, so that about the midway point of the game as routes begin, the first climax of the story hits, followed by the second portion of the story unfolding towards the ending. 

The pacing plays out much smoother, to where by the end of Episode 1, the events players walk away with is the core foundation of the mystery behind Pembroke Academy, we're not given all the answers right away, but it sets the stage for the mystery and unveiling more than rumors of a pink werewolf that roams the grounds at night..

In short, we've been hammering out a lot to do with the overarching story and laying out better methods to keep track of the new gameplay choices and paths players can lean into. Some of that gets pretty complex by Episode 5, so we've found a better method of keeping track of the variables and laying the groundwork set our path forward. 

We've been juggling around some ideas for how to handle new game content moving forward, and once we have Episode 1 out in full for supporters, we'll be leaning towards dropping smaller bite-sized game update/downloads continuing into Episode 2. (Expect at least 2-3 written scenes per update)

Our hope with doing it this way, is that it's more realistic with my personal schedule to keep content flowing consistently, without running into these periods of roadblocks slowing development down to a halt.

Regarding the next game's public and supporter download/updates. We've had some setbacks in the past 2 weeks, so we're a bit behind where I thought we would be and I'll get into why those setbacks happened in the blog further below. (Out of my control)

We're realistically looking at these updates for the game to be ready in November, but we'd like to get some early demos out before then and share how everything's coming along ahead, a bit more step by step during our process if possible. To make up for the brick wall in our path the past few months, we're going to provide Episode 1 in a manner that'd accelerated into phases.

Phase 1 - Demos leading up to the release, offered to active supporters for 5 days exclusively, followed by the previous demo being provided to the public / non-active supporters.

Phase 2 - Release of Episode 1 in full, offered to active supporters for 7 days exclusively, alongside the public having access to the first 3 scenes. After the 7 days of exclusiveness, the public will gain access to the next 2 scenes for free.

Phase 3 - Over the course of 2 weeks that follows, the public will have full access to Episode 1. (Roughly 3 weeks after it's first given to active supporters) At this time, we'd be offering demos for the content in Episode 2 for active supporters, keeping the balance between supporters and public access. 

We'd like to offer longtime supporters with bonuses as we head into 2027, but for now we hope the phases above sound fair enough as we get back into the race, and off our butts on the sideline. ^^"

We'll be doing two posts per week on Subscribestar & Twitter moving forward again, although plans for Miki's Monday's Q&A are still on hold, as we're figuring out a better method to handle those. 

Apologies for the lack of posts and general news for a while, sometimes life tests you and it spirals out of control. Which leads us into the blog post. 
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Where do I even begin? I should start by explaining that the park I, and my parents live in (Separate places) is a half RV park and mostly mobile homes with a enclosed lanai attached. It's not a bad park with the community, but the company that bought the park out in recent years is known throughout the US for other RV parks and lawsuits, etc.

In the past, management would get on our case at my parent's place for the tiniest thing. One too many outdoor chairs around your outdoor table? That's a complaint, old shed that's been there untouched for the past 20 years and is suddenly a problem? Yeah, that sort of stuff.. 

It's technically their job, but there's a lot of selective favoritism floating around the park, where the official rules state, "No more than 2 sheds per unit." and yet, when they demand that my parents have to tear one of their two sheds down and they claim its being applied to everyone else in the park, and still months later, it still looks like only my parent's lost a extra shed..

Yeah, it smells like bullshit, and they've done this before with other things and sadly they've been targeting me lately. A few months back, the park left a letter at my door with 7 days to cure certain issues they saw with my lot, some were fair enough and others just felt like we were looking at two completely different units.. Because I couldn't find the magically hidden overgrowth of weeds around my unit.. ^^"

This has been a on-going battle, and I've been trying to gather anything to possibly get a investigation started on the park if there really is favoritism at play and unfair treatment going around, there's people and laws in place against that and I don't have high hopes with how corrupt things are.. But its worth a shot, even more if we're at risk of being kicked out with no backup plan until late next year.

The last time I had a letter was 2-3 months ago, and I did what was asked of us at that point, took photos and kept the letter aside with other stuff. Then nearly two weeks ago, they left another letter at my door, similar demands as last time that need cured on the lot within 7 days, or risk eviction notice of 30 days..

My main worry now, is that in the letter it states if they send a letter out again from now until a year from now for similar issues. They can simply skip the curing process, and just hand us a eviction notice to sell our place in 30 days (impossible) or pay thousands to get it moved to land that also doesn't exist, so they're really saying.. Lose your place, any investment, etc.

The lady in charge of management in the park is the core issue and I honestly suspect with them tearing out a ton of mobile home units in the past few months, along with overhearing two ladies discussing plans to get more ripped out by next Spring.. I fully believe the company that bought the park is looking to convert it fully into an RV only park.

It's the only thing that makes logical sense and aligns with everything else going on, they're selectively picking on people with these letters and once they have enough history on them for literately anything the lady deems out of place.. They can jump instantly to eviction notice, after the place doesn't sell in 30 days, the park claims the rights and soon after that, they tear the place apart and fill the lot with gravel so it's converted for RV's just like that.

We've seen it happen with a Brother and Sister duo in the park, their two places they had were torn down despite being really well maintained and not what you'd expect when you hear "mobile home" because there's some really fancy work put into a lot of these.. 

With the recent letter, I told my roommate I was done with this BS and if they're going to toss a letter at us every 3 months on the dot for overly picky stuff, simply to kick people out of the park and convert things into an RV park.. Then, I'm not giving her a reason to ever reasonably give me a letter while we're still here in the park for another year at most. Keep her off our back's entirely..

Weeds need cleared? Plants and excess pottery/plants hanging around outside? Say no more! All of it's been cut down to the root and all the greenery is gone. 2-3 outdoor decor items are "clutter"? No problem! We've bought those indoors, there's no yard decor, no greenery, it's very clean cut and boring looking. Paint touch-ups? I inspected our place multiple times and we must be on two different planes of existence, because outside of a very subtle tiny spot I saw that was chipping paint, mostly blocked by a tree in the way.. There's nothing even remotely needed to be painted.

The list goes on, and I basically want absolutely zero reason for a letter to appear on my door again while we're still in the park for a year. If they pester us with another letter in 3 months from now, and it has anything to do with what's listed in the previous ones and there's nothing that really needs done.. (Or they skip the next letter, straight into a eviction one) Then, I have photo proof of how my place looked in the past year, previous letters and demands, etc.

Ideally, I just want to be left alone and I think that's the motto for many people, especially when your "home" doesn't feel like home anymore. It's really sad to see how in such a short period of time, this park went from easygoing and everyone helping each other out to feeling more uptight, private and shut-off from each other. (Granted its the off-season, with the active season now starting in the coming weeks.)

Still, many people who have lived here for decades are trying to sell their places now, rent them out, get anything out of their investments and leave before it all crumbles. The sad part is how many places were up for sale nearly 2 years ago when we first moved in, many of those are still on the market unsold and the number of new listings in the park just keeps rising..

I'd be more shocked if we're still in this park a year from now today, because the rate of things going on here just seems full pedal to the metal for them and their plans.. 

Our plan right now is up in the air a bit, but we're possibly looking to at least put my place up for rent while trying to sell it. (Move back in with my parents awkwardly) Then, later do the same for their place if possible, put a down payment on a house nearby. (Ideally no HOA agreements) And you'd think the park suffers from HOA issues based on what I've mentioned, but as far as I'm aware.. We're not in a HOA zone, it's just management being sneaky and everything.

If all goes to rough plan, my parents plan on getting a house and putting my name down on it with them, since ideally that'd be their real retirement home and later I'd have ownership to decide what to do at that point in life. They're looking for a 3 bedroom, so if my roommate wants to stay here long-term or even visit for a month here and there, she can still have her own room, etc. 

That's the main issues in the past months, where the park has been relentless and trying to juggle helping my parents, getting day to day things done, chores, etc. Often, I'm lucky when I get more than 2 hours at my computer to sit down, settle on the sofa before bed, and so on. >.< 

There was also electrical issues with the place a while back, about a month or so ago.. Not as important, but just more costs sunk into this place that's on rocky waters as it is.. Basically the short of my electrical issues is that randomly one night, power went out in the lanai and turning lights on caused them to blow instantly, the ceiling fan speeding at double the speed, etc. (Was a open neutral issue)

The guy who came to fix the issue had to replace a very old J box that was no longer the original guts and its a surprise the thing hasn't combusted.. $750 down the drain to get that J box replaced entirely with a solution that should last a year or so, ideally with one inspection next year to be safe.. But the original J box didn't even have outdoor rated outlets for the main power traveling into the home.. Like, I'm not a expert with electrical work.. But even I'm aware that outdoor rated outlets exist for a reason. (Especially in a high humid and wet climate)

Honestly a investigation on the park would probably do everyone some good, because I'm afraid of what other oddities the park allows to exist. (Their maintenance workers normally do light repairs on things, or old timers with skills.) Just never know if there's another 2-3 decade old J box situation just laying around in the park or worse issues that I'd imagine falls on the park's duties to maintain.

(Even more when past lawsuits in other park grounds the company owns were for similar issues and fines, etc.)

I could go on and on, but it's just been stressful lately with juggling a lot of things at once, and simply not enough time in a day to realistically get everything done. I'd like to stay hopeful it'd be quiet in the park for me and my parents after this, but I'm sure they'll find other ways to pester people. I'm curious how the snowbirds react, or if the park even attempts to go after any of them in the coming months, or if they bend the rules during the active season. (Including bending the rules against burn ban periods, security guy being told by upper management not to pester some snowbirds who had a active fire going during burn bans..)

Just really insanity lately and I can only hope for some peace from it all for a while, I'd much rather get lost in my writing and project work than what's going on in the park, etc. :S

Hiya everyone!~ Sorry it's been a bit quiet here lately, we've been extremely busy trying to get everything ready to presented for our newsletter soon. 

The newsletter will cover a range of screenshot previews for the upcoming content, new features and systems added to the game in action, highlighting exactly how much work has been going into Episode 1's content to give a better idea of what to expect for the rest of the game.

Once again, we'd like to remind everyone that the improvements and additions to earlier content doesn't mean we're scrapping existing content or starting over, limiting fans/supporters in any way. This isn't a reboot or starting fresh, etc.

We are doing improvements to existing content to better the pacing and of course the addition of new gameplay systems and features included, adjusting those to fit with existing moments and in-between them.

It has taken us far more time than we would've liked personally to have Episode 1 ready, but there was a lot of foundation building needed for these new systems and gameplay, not so much the time it takes to get it into the engine and functioning.. But rather, we have to lay out exactly how the timeline of events take place. 

That's typical for the story content & writing, ensuring there's no major plot holes or the pacing ruins the experience. There's a story/lore document we've been refining and improving for over 5 years, that alone has taken time to dig through everything, cross-reference and make sure nothing clashes or doesn't work, etc. Once players get their hands on Episode 1, it'll begin to open up the story majorly as we have the outline of how the pacing improvements and additions there pan out.

It'll make a lot more sense, trust the process! 

Basically, there's a lot of moving gears in setting up these new systems, not all of them obviously.. Like new player choices isn't suddenly a new concept or anything crazy at it's core.. ^^" 

But we are leaning more into meaningful choices that are paced out, and trying to ensure these choices either impact CG content, possibly unlocking new future written scene/moments, or changing the direction of how events play out during a given scene itself.

There's a early choice shortly after the protag and their buddies come across a teacher (Tara), where there's a lot of processing taking place with the sudden news of diapers being a thing, let alone the other rules, and their shock leads into a player moment that splits into 3 paths that differ from each other.

One choice leans a bit more into erotic focus early on, totally changing up how the scene proceeds and plays out, while the other two feel similar in how those play out vs that choice, but one choice leans a bit more into the oddity of it all, a bit more mystery vibe. While the other choice leans more into comedy, etc.

On paper it sounds easy "Well, I'm going with the erotic path choice!" XD but we're keeping that in mind, trying to ensure whenever player choices appear, it isn't going to default to one really fun or rewarding choice, while the other two feel lack luster. That'll really shine as Episode 1 gets into the 2nd half and how the game tracks things into Episode 2 forward, really starting to open the doors a bit more and play more into the protagonist (player) making choices based on what seems best, or possibly how you'd react in that moment, etc.

The phone interface system is another thing, where in theory it isn't like it takes us months to get that one system into Ren'py and working. It's more so, figuring out how the system will hold up throughout the entirety of the game, basically everything being worked on can be seen as the foundation of these new systems and gameplay added, where once we have these sorted. (Which we do now!)

Episodes 2 and beyond shouldn't take us more than 30-35 days ideally to deliver new game content. Can things still popup out of the blue from one day to the next? Sure! But, in the event we find that we're not going to make a given release date window for new content.. We're looking at ensuring we get any level of content in your hands regardless.

We're trying to find that balance between quality content vs rushing to get everything ready and out all at once, having to slow down and return to already released content to fix it fully, delaying new content development because we pushed content out when it wasn't in a 95% finalized state. :S

So, our solution moving forward is that if Episode 2 in full isn't ready and we know it won't happen realistically within that 30-35 day window.. We'll do smaller release chucks of content to keep things steady. What we mean by that is, say September comes along and halfway through the month, we realize only the first 2-3 scenes are fully ready by then and the rest of the episode is easily going to need 20+ more days to get it all sorted out entirely..

We'll make a game build that contains those first 2-3 scenes to provide a steady flow of content for players. 

(The only issue there that we see, is if it happens regularly, some people might not want to download new builds bi-weekly or so. Ideally this is more of a last effort if we really can't hit that 30-35 day window.)

We don't want this news post to be too long, but we needed to break the silence and let everyone know that new content is underway still! Our newsletter will be shared around on Twitter and openly when it's ready, all the previews and highlights, etc. 

I don't want to toss a exact or estimated time window for when to expect the newsletter, much like we're feeling awkward about listing dates for releases of new content.. <.< But, the chances of seeing the newsletter by next week with some other goodies that same day is fairly high. 
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We'll probably mention this last tidbit in our newsletter as a highlight as well, but simply put. Our game development that's on-going/active has reached a point, where there just isn't nearly as much stuff to share with new posts. We still have art previews, mainly for CG art needed all the way until the game is fully finished. 

But I think we've come to realize that we're just simply at a far enough point with game development that the only kind of posts we can make will be news/game related talks for the project itself (like this post and newsletters) along with some similar stuff like a voting poll for the month, a few things like that..

But when it comes to more exciting visual related posts, honestly... We have all the game's BG art completed, the sprite art needs are wrapping up in the next few months (most of those are heavily story spoilers, so it's hard to share those yet without huge questions for us). Which kinda leaves us in a spot where for visual previews of stuff to expect from month to month for posts, it'll most likely be CG art previews & game screenshot/video previews. 

Sometimes we'll have an odd post for chibi related art asset previews or similar smaller tasks, but overall what we're getting at with these mentions is firstly addressing the lack of posts lately. <.<

The other thing is that quite simply, we're probably looking at a more relaxed posting schedule. I'd like to get back into tossing out at least two posts on Subscribestar each week, expecting 7-8 posts in a month, quality posts.. But, we just wanted to address what the expectations for regular posts and exclusive content for supporters will be like moving forward.

(I think this point of development naturally hits anyone, where at first, a brand new project will have tons of stuff to share and show off as it's getting a lot of visual stuff done. But as those assets are taken care of one by one, it shifts into a more auto-pilot mode. For example: Our main team after Lisa finishes sprite work will consist of myself (writing/editing/lead director/etc) Our programmer, CG artists (two of them), and our composer/sfx person mainly. Once in a rare while our chibi artist, but even those needs are dwindling as we have the assets needed mostly.)

In short, it's nothing to fear about the project as a whole.. ^^" We're actively developing new content and we'll showcase that here shortly, moving forward again with regular releases. But.. We just wanted to address our post schedule and expectations, explaining why that's slowing down a bit.

With that, I think this post has gone on long enough for a "mini news" post. :S But hopefully everyone's been doing okay lately!~ It's been extremely busy this summer, both the project and personal stuff going on, but it seems to be settling down too. <3

[Next post will come for supporters by Wednesday/Thursday, featuring CG art previews for some upcoming additions for Episode 1 and Episode 2! Double feature!~ Post after that should be next week early on for the newsletter, then trying to keep with a Sun/Mon post + Wed/Thurs post weekly.]

Hiya everyone!~ This is going to be more of a personal mini blog/news update post, but we'll begin first with MA project mentions, since we're not quite ready for the next newsletter yet.

Okay! So, first thing on the list~ We're still chipping away on the next updates for both public and supporters. There's good reason for why it's taken a bit longer into this month, but I've been trying my best to keep up with the team and ensure we're getting the content ready asap!

I'd really like to kick it into overdrive mode this weekend into next week, so that we can get even a decent sized demo for what's ready and get the ball rolling again.

As of right now, we're thinking the demos will be out by the 27-28th at the latest. We'll most likely have our newsletter for June out early/mid next week to showcase sneak peeks and previews of what we've been working on as well!

We're sorry it's taking a while longer.. But we're hopeful the new gameplay features added, plus the female protagonist differences will easily make up for it as we move into the other episodes of the game, including her into them, and expanding upon the new features naturally as the game progresses.

I'd like to personally avoid any delays or issues like this again, and so we're considering the option of releasing smaller pieces of content every 2-3 weeks. Even if that means, there's 1-2 new written scenes added to the public and supporter updates to the game for a little while. It'll let us build up a buffer of content to release a little here and there if there is situations that delay things.

(Some delays are out of my hands technically, if say the programmer runs into a issue with their hardware. I can't physically fix that when they're half way across the globe. ^^" At least with a solid chuck of buffer content ready, we should be able to use those as safety nets for these periods when it's a bit rough. That way, we're still delivering content regularly, just maybe a little light on the content for a little while before we can get into the groove.)

With MA stuff out of the way first, since many are here for that naturally. The next stuff is more blog and personal stuff, so you're free to check out from here if that isn't your thing. <3


Still with me? Okay~ So, I've been extremely busy here the past 2 weeks. Even more so in the past week.. For some context: My parents and I live in a park community, and a few months back my Dad got me my own place within the park so we're not too far away. (The place was around $5,000) It is technically a mobile home park model with a enclosed lanai attached.)

There's been a number of home improvement projects I've been taking on with the place, mostly on my own.. Although my Mom and Dad has helped when possible. I'm in the process of prepping the place for my best friend who's coming down for a month in July to test if she wants to be my roommate long-term or what not. So, I've been getting the place updated and fixed since her last visit a few months ago, back in Spring.

The biggest battle recently with Florida's summer that decided to begin super early this year.. Is trying to keep the place cool and comfortable during the peak hours of the day, typically by 10-11am you can notice the humidity and warmth inside the place building and increasing as it hits noon, lasting sometimes until 7-8pm before it begins to feel good again.

So, recently I've installed a AC unit in the wall of the lanai where my bedroom is and it helps, but even with 2 AC unit's in a 28x10 feet lanai. There's barely any insulation or sound proofing. The walls go.. PVC siding -> foam board -> PVC exterior skirt siding. That's it! *melts in humidity*

I've been slowly working on getting the materials to build a finished wall to replace the existing ones in the lanai, starting with 2x6's to create the wall's frame/studs and get the electrical boxes attached. Then, I'm going with rock wool sound proof insulation, even though it's a bit more costly..

It's technically waterproof vs other options, and for a flood prone zone during hurricanes. Anything that won't become moldy or destroyed instantly.. the better! But, the big reason I'm going with that insulation is to cut outside noise down by 50% or greater. As of right now, my neighbor could easily hear me speaking at normal volume in my lanai, or just in general hear movements and any noise I or my dog's make. (They're about 10 feet or less away from my lanai.)

So, I really want to cut the noise as best as possible to have more privacy and ease of mind.

It's all a on-going process as I slowly get the money set aside to tackle these material costs, but I was able to recently get the money together to get the 2x6's needed to do my bedroom in the lanai, so.. I'm hoping to do my bedroom first entirely for around.. $400-500 to cover the 10x8ft space's walls.

That won't entirely fix everything, because the rest of the lanai will allow cool air to escape and noise will bleed out that way, since I don't have a door between my bedroom and the entertainment room (rest of the lanai). ^^" But the rest of the lanai will easily be about $700-800.

So, I'm tackling it little by little, but Florida summer makes it feel pretty rough right now. :S

The rest of the place has 1 window AC unit in the main bedroom (now guest bedroom for my friend) and I've been using a box fan to suck and blow that cool air down the small hallway into the kitchen/living room space. Although, it really doesn't do a lot.. ^^"

I really need to see about getting this split unit installed in the living room, but I also have to be careful about power usage. The place can go up to 50amp's of service for the entire place and while I was at my parent's place last year, we tried running 3 AC units in their lanai around this time last year, which worked for a little while..

Then.. My Mom went to plug the golf cart into the outlet outside and it knocked power out for the lanai, and that's a whole other story.. <.< But, the short of it is.. You have to be really careful here with off loading everything, turn stuff off if it's not being used, etc.

(We've already looked into upgrading the 50 amp service. A electrician at the time said he could upgrade the service panel for my parent's place, but it'd be nearly $2,000 to do. ;_; Not only that, but the park won't let them do that, because it's their service panel and rules, etc.)

Which leads me into some more recent issues actually that's kept me extremely busy in the past 2 weeks...

Earlier this month, my parent's needed help moving the last things they had in storage to cut down on monthly costs. So, that was a solid two days of getting stuff from point A to B, unloading and finding spots to put everything, mostly it all went into their lanai space for now.

Then, I noticed a letter on my parent's front door.. A notice from the park's front office, that said my parent's have 7 days to remove one of their two sheds, stacks of pavers, and a number of things from the back porch area or they'd be evicted if these things weren't tackled in this cure period.

Naturally this happened right before the weekend, so the main lady at the front who runs things wasn't in until the following Tuesday.. So, we couldn't really get any confirmation on what they meant, because.. everyone in the park has 2+ sheds for one thing, other people have pavers stacked neatly up against their house and it isn't a problem? So, there's that too..

With no other choice and my Dad working 6 days out of the week.. It comes down to me to help my Mom with these tasks. So, to save some time.. In the past week or so, my day's have roughly been more or less like the following...

Wake up -> take the dogs out to potty -> take a shower/general hygiene, dressed etc -> make something small to eat -> head over to my parent's to do 6-8 hours of tasks. (with breaks, since you can stand outside in the shade for 5 minutes and already foam sweat all over your arms, forehead, etc without physically doing anything.) *melts just thinking about it*

For example, I think it took me all day to move about 200+ pavers that I kinda understand what the park meant, since they weren't up against the house or hidden out of sight. But, just moving these neat stacks about 8-10 feet by hand, 2 pavers at a time plus the heat.. I probably ended up taking about 6-8 mini breaks in-between to go inside and drink like crazy, sit in front of the AC and cool down for about 5 minutes before going right back out there and moving stuff again. 

(I wasn't going to have my Mom go out there and help, because she recently got sick from the heat and physically, she can't do all that bending, lifting, etc.)

So, after moving the pavers neatly against the side of their place, hidden out of sight better. I tackled their back porch with her help, and here's the awkward part.. Anytime we have stuff that's a bit bigger or awkward to toss in the dumpster up front for regular trash.. The park won't let you dump big stuff in that dumpster, instead.. They suggest having a worker from the park pick it up for a fee to get rid of it. >.< (Talking $30-60 to get rid of something, and beyond if there's more items.)

The other option is load up the back of the car with what we can, take it to the dump and still be charged a good amount to dump stuff there. <.< So, it really makes getting rid of some stuff harder, and I can understand now why some elderly folks in the park just stash stuff in their shed, lanai, or hide it elsewhere if they can't get rid of it. (That or if it's decent enough, they can put it out by the road and someone in the community might take it off your hands for free = the best outcome.)

After back to back day's like this for about a week, my back is starting to really feel it and I've only now starting to take it a little more easier.. >.< Even then, I still have some tasks with helping my parents out with their eviction notice/warning.

When we called the front office the day that the main lady was in. My Mom went over the letter with her, trying to figure out and reason with them.. because getting rid of a heavy aluminum shed that's empty without a fork lift or truck in 7 days or less after receiving the letter is a pretty big request..

Not to mention, their park rules make zero sense.. Everyone has 2+ sheds, despite their rule/s that claim, only 1 shed allowed. Which after asking the office before the main lady was in.. they were trying to say no sheds are allowed? Okay.. well, tell that to every single person who has 2+ sheds actively right now? Did they get notices recently too? All of them? That's where things don't make sense, and it feels like they're singling certain people out for some reason..

I asked around, since it's the off-season, the park is maybe 50 places out of 300 or more that's still here year-round? But everyone I knew to ask who lives here, only one said they knew their neighbor was given a notice to paint their shed.. But not remove it, adding more confusion to their "rules" they enforce or rather.. lack of enforcement until they feel like doing it, and only selective enforcement. (I'm aware there's laws here to protect against being singled out like that, etc.)

Okay.. So, the shed needs removed still and the only "upside" to this mess, is that the lady said someone who works for the park can come by and get the empty shed out of there for no fee. (Which is the most shocking, because they charge for anything when given the chance!)

It still makes no sense they have to get rid of their one shed, when it sounds like it isn't being enforced to others and so we're keeping an eye on that as the active season kicks up in Oct/Nov into next year before people begin leaving again to see if other people's sheds begin to disappear.. or if it's not being enforced, and maybe build a case against the park if my parents are being singled out.

Secondly, the pavers are a bit up in the air.. because she didn't say if they can stay where they're at or not. She just told my Mom pavers can't be put into the ground without the park's permission, despite many other people in the park already having grand driveways with fancy pavers and one case, where someone's lot/yard is 80% pavers.. They have a full blown mini community setup with multiple tables and chairs out front of their place for get togethers.. ^^" 

So, that's another oddity, and I know a few places where they have pavers stacked next to their place, a little out of sight and nothing is done about them? So, we're keeping an eye on that too in the coming months.

For now, the pavers need to be stashed away under my parent's place. (remove the pvc skirting and slide them under the home) and I told her, I could take some and replace the old ones already in the ground at my place's back garden since the old pavers are cracked and needs updated in general. 

The back porch is technically fine now? But.. they did say the washing machine that my Grandparent's left behind, even though it's hooked up and could be used right now if wanted.. That needs to be moved into the lanai, or rid of it.. or add a enclosure closet kind of deal on the back porch to hide the washer. 

(Another thing other people have outside their places too. Not to mention, the shed and washer have been there for 5+ years? The shed's been there since 20+ years while my Grandparent's owned the place and it wasn't an issue until now? Just seems a bit fishy..)

It'd be one thing if the enforcement is happening across the board, no special treatment or making up new rules as they go along, that weren't in the original contracts signed.. There's cracks in the management in this park, not so much a problem with the people living here and I don't want to screw anyone else over by pointing the finger at them.. But if you're going to claim to apply these rules and then earlier this year, when I talked to one of the security guys in passing..

He told me during the active season, he's told by upper management to let certain rules slide to not upset the tourists/snow birds who stay here for 4-6 months. Including.. When there's a burn ban, they're told to let it slide here or there when all it takes it one mistake and a bigger issue is on their hands for letting things slide.. 

So, when I hear things like that are allowed to slide by and unfair treatment, rules applied selectively, made up rules that counter-dict themselves from what they say 2 months ago vs now, etc. It just really feels like there's a lot of cracks forming and now I can see why many people who have been here for many years are getting out of here.. It's making a lot of sense now.

The only saving grace in any of this.. is that the notice my parent's received was given a extended week to get the shed cleared out and figure out where things in there are now going to be stored without more issues.. (It's almost as if you're not allowed to have anything outside, because even our gazebo that was there prior to moving in.. soon as the active season ended in 2025 shortly after we moved in, the park told us the gazebo needed taken down and removed, plus chairs, etc.)

Meanwhile.. other places have gazebo's or similar up all year round, even during hurricane season when it can become a hazard with the high winds. It just doesn't make a lick of any logical sense to me..

So, lately I've been extremely busy with this mess that the park is doing and sadly my Mom can only do so much physically, so it lands on my lap to help or watch as they're evicted.. Or if we have a legit legal case of being singled out, then of course bringing up proof and written documents of everything presented, dates, etc. We could use that to avoid any eviction issues, since they'd prefer to stay out of court and settle the issue before it becomes a larger one.

Thankfully after today's help with clearing out the shed, I should be able to fully get back into my regular schedule, where I do my daily tasks, taking my dogs out, etc. Sinking 6+ hours of writing and project work in during the weekdays, and get back to some level of normalcy again. <3

It's just been a lot on my plate here recently, and being so physically and mentally tired, that by the time I settle down at my computer in the past 2 weeks. I've more or less briefly checked a few sites for half a hour before I'm too exhausted and end up passing out, only to repeat things the next day, and the next day, etc. ;_;

Sorry my blog portion here is really long.. But I know some of you really enjoy these more personal blog mentions, and I hope many will understand. 

More posts are coming regularly once more for Subscribestar and Twitter~ I'd like to do 2 posts per week on Subscribe star on average, more if we have more to show or do. Twitter will be shooting for 2 posts per week as well, but geared a bit more towards what we can share publicly. (Keeping the latest previews and stuff exclusive for supporters for 2 months for art before we slowly tease a little bit of that publicly, linking to the full preview posts, etc.)

Next post will get caught up on some CG art previews this weekend, followed by a newsletter/demo stuff next week/weekend ideally!