Thank you! It's been very hard work trying to get this promotion and I'm glad my efforts are finally paying off!

Don't get me wrong! I love Undertale and Deltarune! I'm excited to finally continue the adventure! But when those chapters are released next Wednesday, this site is going to be absolutely FLOODED with discussions about it.

With that said, the negativity around current events has had me kinda bummed. It's hard to be positive in a world full of so much strife. Feels like I can't even speak my mind without fearing that someone will slam me for just trying to find things to enjoy and be happy about. It's so frustrating...

I'm not going to, but... damn, is it hard to resist the temptation to crawl back into that protective shell again. It doesn't help that I have been having doubts since last week about my own integrity, something that I will go into at a later point once I have more free time and feel more... stable.

I have a history of being exploited for my kindness. It's why I became a friendless shut-in up until I met my fiancée who convinced me to open up again. And now I am once again going through the motions of wanting to seclude myself once more and lock my heart away out of safety for my mental sanity.

I will say this much: Sometimes the people you think would never do awful, immoral things are not only capable of it, but can potentially do so much worse if they wish. Never just assume that someone is harmless from how they appear on the surface. Make sure to be vigilant of what people say and do.

To make matters worse, my fiancée has been sick and has had to keep her distance from me to avoid passing her illness on to me. So we're basically starved of affection during a time of great emotional turmoil. We're unable to support each other as much as we'd like to when we need it more than ever.

I hate feeling angry. It makes me feel like utter garbage after the feelings pass, like a bitter aftertaste. I take no pleasure from these horrid feelings, even if it's justified. And I unfortunately can't go into details of the matter because it's very personal, and I've had more than enough drama.

From what I understand, it will last until the end of March. The reason it's been so intense lately is that, unfortunately, one of my coworkers went on family leave, so we all had to work harder to make up for that. It's definitely been hard, but the pay will be worth it at least. We really need it.

Speaking of #AGDQ2025, I still can't get over how my donation during #AGDQ2024 was read out loud! But of course, it was only read because someone's game crashed during the run... How fitting for me. lol I'm still very happy it got read though! clips.twitch.tv/AffluentClev...

So now I'm relaxing in bed to recover from the surgery with my wonderful fiancée taking care of me. At least I've got #AGDQ to keep me entertained in the meantime as I watch it with my other friends online. Gotta say, this year's has been especially awesome, so many wonderful runs and performances.

This includes having to have surgery performed on the back of my neck. A large cyst had formed on it and got infected in November, and having the infection drained was super unpleasant. So because of that painful experience as well as the really awful placement of it, I had the entire cyst excised.