An update and a question for you!

Hello everyone! I sit here with my warm ginger tea and my dog pressed against my thigh, bundled in blankets with rain pit-pat-pattering down on the roof, wanting to deliver some positive news. And I think I might have some!

I have been hunting for an apartment since the day after I moved out, and that rabid search might just have paid off. I got news from the real estate agency that if I can pay a deposit on November 1st they will waive the requirement of me having a current full time employment-- this together with the fact that my old employer is willing to write a reference, and the fact that I might have some side income through patreon and various odd jobs-- if I can get the deposit together that way, I will get to move in the same day. !!! I have been crying and laughing hysterically ever since I got the call, and I have so many people fighting for me that I am just weak in the knees. I'm not gonna lie, it has been rough, emotionally, and physically, as the colder months are getting colder and the "house" I live in is without proper heating. It is not that bad, but it does feel a bit miserable, and I am scared of the cold winters we get here in Sweden. I would truly breathe easy if I got this lease; it even has a tiny little patio and a dogpark nearby for Nala! To be clear, I have not been completely approved just yet, but my chances are very, very high, if I can just get it all to work out financially.

Which brings me to my next question. When I left my ex, I left my stationary computer behind (I moved in the middle of the night with just a change of clothes and my laptop), and as you know, my latest version of the ouro demo is on that PC. I have no doubt that I will get that computer back, but right now I don't have anywhere to store it, and I don't want to get into all...that... just yet. I am fully focused on just getting a proper place to live and enough income to put food in the bowl for nana (and me, of course). SO! I would love to unpause patreon, if you are willing to support me? I have a bundle of options of what I could focus on writing until the ouro demo is an option again. To be honest with you, ouro is so difficult to write and edit, emotionally, that I am quite grateful to take a breather from it. I posted a poll below that I'd love for you to answer, and I will restart the patreon again come monday (30th september) to give you some time to unsub if this isn't what you want. If you want to support me, your billing will resume as usual-- same day as when you joined. For those of you who are annual subscribers (kiss on the cheek, mwah!), your memberships extend by the time the patreon was paused.

I want to thank so many of you for your encouraging DM's and long conversations on courage and despair, even the lurking anons on my personal tumblr, who lift my spirits as they have plummeted at the end of many hard days. I have nothing but love for you. Thank you.

PS. If you wish, you could toss me a ko-fi, or simply tell a friend about my writing: everything and anything helps, monetary or not.

Ko-fi.com/louroth

This is entirely optional, of course, and I am so appreciative of your help if you decide to contribute; I don't want to sound too hyperbolic but in all honesty, you might just be saving my hide from a very bleak winter. With the housing situation as it is here, it is hard to find an apartment with reasonable rent in Stockholm, let alone one that allows pets AND is willing to waive a bunch of requirements. But hey, it isn't really news that money solves most problems, no? Let's just hope I can hustle together enough of it to make the deposit-- and I will be doing everything in my power to make it so!!!

Ok, I swear I'll stop rambling now! What would you like to read during this weird, transitional stage? 

lol. Ya'll I'm giggling. I'm so excited to move on to a better period in life, and to start it with writing something more lighthearted and fun. But what do you think I should focus on? Of course I reserve the right of final vote, or to work on multiple options if my energy allows. hehe