Planning, planning, planning...
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What has the Kyou System been up to lately?
In a word, tasks.
Chief among them have been the preparations and planning to relocate to Mexico, including:
- Replacing my old and busted phone with some new hotness that supports both eSIM and GrapheneOS, then copying my data over
- Making arrangements (e.g. flights, lodging, etc) to travel and stay in one state to renew my residency card
- Reaching out to my immigration facilitator[1] to prepare the necessary documentation for the residency renewal
- Making arrangements to move subsequently to a different state for my long-term lease
- Researching the steps I'll need to take to begin building a credit history in Mexico
- Strengthening my Spanish by getting comprehensible input whenever I can
Indeed, I've found that, more than anything, the process of moving to another country is extremely fucking tedious, doubly so when you're doing it alone. The financials and the psychological barriers are very difficult obstacles, to be sure—not to mention learning a second language—but there's something uniquely mind-numbing and isolating about having to piece together and decide upon every stage of the logistics all by yourself...
But wait, there's more! I've also had to swing by the local state office to replace my driver's license, update my insurance, and switch around my car registration after moving states recently, in the off-chance that conditions improve in the States and allow me to return safely. Just earlier today, I went out to get an eye exam done, as my current glasses are over five years old now and the blurriness at a distance is starting to become a nuisance. And to top it off, I'll need to do laundry this weekend.
It's a good thing this rock rolled back down the hill: Now I have something to do!
At the same time, it's certainly not been all bad~ Since the last update, I took a road trip to meet up with my delightful friends deaddeaddeath, KillJill, Fisher, kazehai, Pilot, and a couple others! Although I did not end up having an opportunity to teach or play backgammon with anyone as promised, I had a very nice time all the same, heheheh~
Shout out to Jill for finding the letter Y here, which somehow evaded me at length.
Jill made bracelets for everyone! Can you guess which one of these is mine? Heheheh~
Pilot made these adorable acrylic keychain doodads~ Most unfortunately, the Kyou-chan she made for me (shown here in the bottom right) promptly fell off of my keychain at some point without my noticing, and I've yet to find it...
One last thing: I'll be working with my friends Guts and Rom on a submission for the Daydrinking Jam! One of my short stories, as it turns out, is an ideal candidate for the types of VNs this jam is looking for, and I'd already been planning on working with my friends to adapt it to a VN even before this jam was announced, so here we are, heheh.
[1] If you're looking to relocate to Mexico, I highly recommend you use the immigration services of Saul Garcia! He's been highly professional, quick to reply, and very friendly throughout all of the time I've worked with him; and with his help, the appointment I had with the immigration office in Mexico to get my residency card went smooth as silk~