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!~ 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!

Hiya everyone! Bridget here with a personal blog post, something I don't do that often, given it's more about IRL happenings and I try to keep much of that separate from the project development if possible. ^^"

I think the last time I did one of these it was nearly a year ago? 

At the time, my parents and I moved across country from the Midwest to Florida as my parents decided years ago that they'd retire down here full-time. I was split between staying back in the Midwest with my Brother and friends, some other family up north or coming here.

I ended up doing the later, knowing my Dad would be working most of the week for another 2 years down here in Florida. Which meant, my Mom would've been on her own for a while without really knowing anyone in the area and so I went with them to spend more time with my parents while getting the tail end of my college done last year and sorting out other stuff.

There's been plenty of ups and downs with living in this area of Florida on the gulf coast side, a ton of the population around the area on average is something like.. 65+ ^^" Which means, it's very rare when I come across anyone out in public that's within my age group 20-30. I don't mind the older folks, but it's also just more of a passive passing of them in the community and not really having too much connection outside of that. :S

The weather has also been a huge adjustment, dealing with our first Florida summer last year and up until around maybe mid-November? That's when the heat began to die out and make a difference! 

Not only that, but we made it through our first hurricane season without anything major affecting the gulf side thankfully. I think the big one from last year that really affected a ton of people, was the one that hit Jamaica? That one just sounded extremely scary with how the formations and everything was slowing down directly over the island, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're still recovering from damages.

There's been plenty of upsides to Florida though! We're not too far from the beach, and there's never a dull moment around the area since you go 15 miles south and there's another town, not even 5 miles west and there's stuff to do, 5 miles east? Eyup, another town! North? About 30-40 miles, but yet more areas all within less than a hour distance. 

Overall, about a year into living here and it seems like we have a good idea of what to expect.

But, let's dive into the main topic of this post! Recently, my Dad decided on getting me my own place not too far away from their place. Soon as 2026 hit, he broke the news to me that he found a place and it wasn't super expensive, but clearly it has some mini projects for me to take on. ^^"

January was a big limbo period, where we went back and forth with the park community we live within, that needed background checks done on me and the process for that took the entire month.. <.< Not because of me personally and my history, but rather the process was handled through email with some 3rd party app.

It seemed like it took my information the first time, only for the park office to contact me and ask if I've sent stuff off. So, there was a long back and forth of trying to get everything provided to them, have it actually go through with the background check, cleared, and finally getting the deed to the place, etc. :S

The start of February was when I could officially begin moving in, but it's a good thing I held off on moving a ton of stuff over at first and I'll get to that..

First thing I did in the first week of being able to move stuff over, was install new locks on the doors to the lanai. Since, those doors are the only ways into the home section of the place and with multiple dogs who aren't too great around other dogs, or they bark upon hearing other dogs or more so, if they see them..

Yeahhh, that's a big consideration where I wanted to replace the hook and latch locks with deadbolts, but that was also a process for a first-timer DIY'er! ^^" I've helped my Brother install locks on wood doors and frames in the past, but not aluminum.. So, I had to research what kind of tools work the best and get masks to prevent breathing in anything while making cuts, safety goggles, etc.

It took multiple days, mainly because the dremel tool I had didn't last very long on it's full charge battery, not to mention the door itself was awkward to get the lock in and have the clearance to move just right when using it.

During this process, I'd use the downtime to pitch some of the old stuff that the previous owner left behind that wasn't worth keeping. A lot of 60s/70s decor within the living room/kitchen space especially. (Maybe not full blown time capsule looking, but the place easily has that visiting your grandparent's home kind of feel if they've never updated their home for many decades.) 

At some point, I kept feeling what I thought were ants getting onto my legs after a couple days into getting the locks installed. Fast-forward a bit, and I quickly realized it was actually fleas! >.<

The first day or two I noticed it, the situation wasn't that bad? But within the 2nd or 3rd day, the infestation really took over and even with my Mom and I getting some flea and tick fog bombers for the place, it worked on anything else hidden away in the place, except for the fleas.. ;_;

Sooo.. Mini interjection story-time.

The previous owner of the place is actually a elderly lady we'll refer to as "Granny". Now, Granny doesn't live here in Florida anymore and she's been trying to sell the place for a while, with the help of one of her neighbor friends we'll refer to as "Canadian Guy" since he's in his 40-50's and from Canada. 

Canadian guy lives two or three places over from my new place, he was the one who had the deed and mainly the person I was dealing with to purchase the place and however he handles things for Granny. <.<

Now, prior to my Dad purchasing the place for me at the start of January. A lady in her early 40's was living in my new place, watching over the place for Canadian guy and more so.. Kinda just living there as her own place, including smoking inside the place when it isn't her place. (The Canadian guy didn't seem to like that information, but that was the least of my worries to get rid of some light smoker smell in the living room that no longer exists now.)

We'll refer to this lady in her early 40's as "Dog Lady" since she has a medium-large dog who stayed with her in the new place for at least two months? Probably more than that while the place was on the market, etc. Dog lady's parents, a elderly couple that aren't too important in this story live directly next door as my neighbors and after I moved into the new place, Dog lady moved back in next door with her parents again.

(Supposedly short-term before she wants to move to another state and do some sort of van life, mini RV thing from what she told me during January when we first stepped foot in the place to look around prior to the purchase.)

Now, Dog lady is important to all of this story, because her dog was staying in the place for at least all of January and probably December too before moving out. When I first stepped foot into the place to begin doing stuff, I had noticed a few odds and ends left behind, pretty typical stuff that's sometimes left behind.

Stuff like insect sprays, paints, a shed full of garden and yard related sprays. You get the picture, but there was a unused flea and tick can bomb in the lanai area sitting on one of the two sofa chairs when I first came into the place to begin work on stuff.

I didn't think much of it, same with other insect spray cans and stuff like that. But of course, once the flea infestation stuff started up pretty soon after I stepped foot in there and got the locks installed, pitched some stuff, etc.. 

I mean, the timing of it happening and the can being left behind, it kinda looks as if Dog lady purposely knew that her dog might've had fleas, tried dealing with it the best she could prior to moving out? But I'm also kind of assuming, just piecing together the idea she lived there with her dog and the unused can made a bit more sense once I noticed the fleas starting up. 

My Mom and I get the impression she had to have known her dog had fleas for it to be as bad of a infestation as it was.. But, again when I first stepped foot in there, it wasn't until 2-3 days after when I really began to notice "ants" getting onto my legs too often and realized it was a flea here or there, which quickly evolved into stepping foot within the lanai itself for 5 seconds and I'd instantly have 5+ of them on my legs. :S

I brought this up to Canadian guy when picking up the deed from him, and given the awkward situation of him letting Dog lady stay in the place and the original owner Granny. It's one of these situations where his hands are untied, since technically the original owner is out of state and has nothing to do with what's going on? But he said he'd contact Granny and see if she'd help cover the costs to get the place sprayed and rid of fleas. 

(Which Granny didn't feel the need to do, and of course Canadian guy is more of a middle-man and felt no need to do anything himself. Not to mention Dog lady denies that her dog has any fleas, which just makes the entire thing more puzzling.. Because, my animals at my parents place didn't have anything, otherwise their place would've been badly infested like my new place easily.)

Heck, just to be safe. I even went out and got frontline flea prevention for all my animals who haven't stepped one paw into the new place yet. So, maybe the timing of the fleas was just really perfect and Dog lady really doesn't know a thing about it? But who knows...

All I know is that, we ended up stuck with the bill of $350usd to have a pest control guy come out, spray both the inside and outside of the new place this past Wednesday finally. The period of discovery of the fleas and trying to use those fog bombs and those failing, leading up to the professional's spraying, I didn't even bother going back to my new place to step foot in there, knowing I didn't want to risk bringing anything back to my parents. >.<

Just having to unlock the front lanai door for the professional this past week was bad enough, standing right outside the front door for 5 seconds to unlock it for him to enter. I had easily 8-10+ fleas bounce onto my legs without stepping foot into the lanai, inside it was much worse.

Thankfully, since the guy sprayed the place, I went in there 24 hours after to begin the vacuuming process that's a daily thing until March 13th now. 3 times of doing that so far since the spraying, and I haven't seen any sign of life for fleas bouncing around. Granted, I also have opted to wear tights, yoga pants, long jeans, anything to cover my legs after the last time of feeling gross with all of them bouncing and crawling on my legs. 

So, we're hoping the spray alone did the job from the looks of it! But, it's still ideal to vacuum like crazy on everything in there. Once March 13th hits, the guy will come back out and inspect the place to decide if a follow-up spraying (Included in the original costs) is needed, or if it's safe to fully begin moving everything over.

Even if it seems fine after that, I'll hold off on bringing the pets over to really make sure there isn't anything that shows up while I'm tackling some mini projects still and unpacking. <.<

It's been a very busy month to say the least! ^^" Granted, there's also been downtime where I couldn't do anything at the new place, so I've been taking advantage of that time to keep project development moving along. But, it kind of explains my delayed posts this month. Not that they're super delayed, but some posts were intended a day or two days earlier than they came, and over on Twitter with Miki's Monday Q&A stuff from over 2 weeks, nearly 3 weeks ago.

That stuff hasn't been caught up-to-date yet either! :S I plan on getting stuff sorted out this weekend for that, but I wanted to share a personal blog style post to give everyone some insight into stuff behind the development for me personally.

If all goes well, by mid-March I'll be able to start living at my new place and little by little, fixing it up, making it feel fitting to my liking! ^^ It'll also allow me the extra privacy that I haven't had for a good year now at my parent's place, where I don't have to worry as much about my diaper wearing or hide it as much. 

I still wear 24/7 even while living with my parents, but throughout that time, I've had a few cases where I'd wet myself. But, disposing of diapers isn't too bad around here, as there's a few public restroom spots throughout the park and it's easy to dispose of them there without raising any unwanted attention. The trash in those areas is handled pretty much daily or bi-daily too, so it isn't as if anything is sitting for a long period of time.

A little more context though, I'll be able to enjoy wearing my abdl brand diapers once again! I've pretty much settled on the Goodnites pull-up brands for my 24/7 needs, with a booster to help. But, that's mainly because for day to day activities, it's just easier to be more discreet about it and add the humidity here, it makes life a little simpler and cozy. XD

That, and abdl brands are just too noisy and thicker to be more discreet! In the privacy of my own place though? Easily not something I'll have to worry about soon enough! ^^

To end my blog post, my bestfriend from the Midwest is visiting for two weeks during March and so, the timing of when she's down here is going to be pretty decent with the pest control guy doing his inspection. So, I plan on bringing up the idea of my friend being roommates with me and splitting the monthly costs, but it'll be a process naturally, since her family is all up north and she has high-functioning autism, including some other needs that might make the idea rough on her.

So, I'm trying to approach it the right way and just lightly mention that during her visit with me, she can pretend we're roommates. She'd have her own bedroom in the new place, granted it's in the lanai area. (It's split so, half of the lanai has a partition wall for the guest bedroom.) But I think that'd be a good time to test it out, and she's wanted to be roommates with me since we were younger, growing up back home in the Midwest. <.<

It'll just be mainly the factor of how she'd cope with ties to family and trying to assure her that if she decides on giving it a go, it isn't as if she's stuck in the situation. Even if she has a change of heart quickly after settling in, I'd help her get back home and ensure her belongings get there safely too, etc.

Even if she's okay, I think it'd be wise to help her put a little bit of her monthly funds aside in savings and that way, each year she can still go back home to visit family for a extended period of time during the holidays, which I know is big for her family and a trip back there with both of us at some point each year, since my Brother and his gf still live up there and my grandparents, etc.

That's more than enough rambling from me though!~ Let me know if you personally enjoy these more personal blog posts from time to time? Heading into March, we've got some exciting stuff to share for the female protagonist in our newsletter set for the 7th! Hope everyone's looking forward to what we've been busy with lately on development! <3