03/03/2021
A head’s up, this is a long post! To summarize everything quickly for those who don’t want the long read, I have decided to take a step back from my position at Mutiny for awhile. Long story below ————>
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For those who have come to see me at the studio recently I may have already mentioned the troubles my son and I have had with housing since COVID started.
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Unfortunately, before things blew up last March we had made plans to take the next steps towards building our skoolie(school bus converted into a mobile home) since Myles had started school and I had returned to work at Little Sister’s Tattoo I decided to find cheaper housing that would allow me to save money faster. Then everything hit the fan. The studio closed, we expedited our move-in with a friend only to find out both of us were losing the house we were going to share. Things were just a whirlwind of anxiety and fear after that to try and find a safe housing situation that was affordable with my limited income. After a year of temporary housing solutions involving FOUR moves we finally have an affordable and safe apartment all for ourselves. 🥰
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Great news, right?? It is! But it doesn’t take away from the mental and emotional toll this past year has left on the both of us. Myles only recently turned five years old, and last week he came to me very seriously telling me he had something to tell me. He went on to explain he didn’t feel well. I asked him if he felt sick, he responded ‘no’. I asked if he felt sad, again he responded ‘no’. I asked him to tell me what it felt like and he came up to me and proceeded to squeeze my chest in different areas. He told me he wakes up feeling like that. That he feels both happy and sad at the same time. Living with a lifetime of anxiety, I know the feeling he is describing 😢. I also know that he has been having nightmares, and he is much more emotional and sad then he normally is.
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So, in summary, I am going to be taking some time to build some healthy connections in our new community and pull up resources and simply have some one on one time with my little guy to help him settle into our new lives! ❤️