Going to be absent off and on for a bit...

[Erik Gauthier]

Sorry guys. I know I just got here and all, and I'm not wanting to go anywhere, promise. There have been a few things online and off that have me highly stressed.

I have a tooth that very suddenly started to crumble and the pain's been pretty much unbelievable. Add to that the normal winter ills that I /always/ seem to get and I'm just not having a very fun time right now.

I'm sorta around on AIM and skype, though I've not been talkative at /all/ because of the pain. Feel free to message me if you like though, and I promise I'll get back to you as soon as I am able.

[anastasia]

Hang in there. Wainting patiently to enjoy some stories with your Erik. As always, sending prayers your way. Always here (or on skype) to chat if ever you need to.


~Lady B

[Erik Lenoir]

So sorry you're not feeling well. Look forward to talking to your Erik when you get back. He sounds awesome!

[Erik Gauthier]

Thanks!

Still in a fair bit of pain, but next Tuesday I'll get in for another appointment. They'll take care of the worst of the issues, which should take care of most of my current issues. Once that's done I should be much more active and talkative. xD

I can't wait to rp with you guys. ^^

[ladybarbossa]

Can't wait either.

~Lady B

[Erik Gauthier]

Hey guys! I've got a bit of an update. Some of it's good news, though some is bad.

The original ills and tooth that were causing me so many issues are taken care of/passed - but there are more teeth troubles that I couldn't feel due to the one majorly painful one. They're being taken care of over the next couple months as I can get appointments, so it'll be slow - but they are still being taken care of.

I've also hit a rather nasty patch of illness again. I got the flu, got over it, had allergies hit majorly bad and seem to have a mix of that and an actual cold right now.

I just lost my grandma [it was a surprise since I'd known she was ill, but not that bad] and we didn't find out til after she was gone. None of my immediate family [mom, sister, dad] including myself got to say goodbye. In fact, things turned really ugly really fast because she's got a small estate and they're... not being pleasant about it. I'm not sure what's going to happen, but between losing my grandma and then losing the rest of that side of the family I've been reeling. :/

I'm going to try to get active again soon - in the meantime, if anyone would like to talk I have been on AIM and Skype though I tend to be invisible. Just leave me a message and if I'm there I'll respond asap. If I'm afk I'll get back to you asap when I get back. =) I also have an app on my ipod for texting if anyone would like to message me that way from time to time. It doesn't do calls, but I don't mind texting. =)

[Erik Gauthier]

Hi guys!

I'm half here. I've a new AIM - the old one was having some issues, so if you want to add me there it's princewrathion. I've not really been on skype much lately due to people wanting to do calls and my mouth being swollen enough that I've had no desire to even be bugged about it. More on that further down.

On to the updates - I've had a hell of a time lately. I got to the bottom of the whole family drama. I am disgusted by the behavior of my mother. I had only heard their side of things and while I'm normally a logical and sensible person, if you work me up and make me angry I don't reason things through or hear both sides. This was starting to be one of those cases.

My uncle sent contact information for me to get in touch and get my portion of the estate settled. He also invited both myself and my fiance up for a visit, and I thought that this would be a good opportunity to see their side of things and try to get to the bottom of this whole fiasco. I'd had time to think at this point, and something just wasn't right with what my mother had said about my uncle and the overall behavior.

I'm glad I went. Here's the thing - I'm the black sheep of the family. I'm part of the LGBT community [I'm not comfortable disclosing exactly how I identify in a public place like this but I'm happy to discuss things elsewhere if you'd like to know] and I've never had support from my parents or anyone here in Utah, really. But my uncle is supportive. He's also part of the community and he was just amazing. My portion of the estate is all settled and there was no hassle.

The whole fighting over the estate BS my mom told me was a total lie. He's doing exactly what he was instructed to do in the will, and he's been more than generous with everyone about what's remaining in the house. The things that were packed up before my mom and dad could get to the house were things named in the will that they had no business with. That's certainly not the impression I was given when I spoke to mom though.

Anyway, my uncle has been amazing. He gave me the title to the car he has here since it was just going to get sold anyway. We now have one less bill to worry about, and that's taken a huge stress out of our lives. He's also invited us back up to go through the house to see if there's anything we can use - so the whole BS about them not letting anyone in was just another lie. My mom didn't want me near them and had told me that they'd indicated I wasn't welcome. She and dad told them I wasn't interested in contacting them and that she and dad would be my contact with them. Needless to say, I'm beyond angry with mom now.

We had a bit of a confrontation today. She came by to drop off a stand mixer since she got a kitchen aid one from Grandma's house, and I told her I'd been to see my uncle. I don't believe in lying, and she'd have found out sooner or later anyway. She immediately focused on my personal life and how 'bad' it was that I had such teeth issues when they'd paid so much money on braces and 'making them nice' when I was younger. This guilt trip lasted another moment before my fiance jumped in and helped fend her off - and that was that.

It was awful. I've had to go BACK in for the same tooth I mentioned in my first post. It's requiring a root canal now, and had actually become worse - I had to go to the ER with an abscessed tooth last week and I've been on pain meds ever since. I can't get the full root canal done until June 6, but that's not /too/ far off. All in all it's been a drama filled few weeks and I'm about ready to be done. We've had 3 deaths, plus all this family drama, and the tooth problems on top of that have just left me drained.

Anyway - anyone who wants to add that aim is welcome to. Just tell me who you are. I'm really kinda fuzzy and zoned out on the pain meds and the odd sleeping schedule right now so I'm not exactly focused or at my best right now, but you're welcome to chat with me or do plot ideas there. I've had a hard time remembering PMs lately, but I promise I'll get back to everyone soon. <3

Love you all and hopefully I'll be back and fully active asap. June 6th is when the root canal is scheduled for and after that it's just a few more visits of regular dental things, after which I'll be back to normal and pain free. =)

[Erik Gauthier]

The root canal is done, finally! And I just got the first two teeth aside from that taken care of. Unfortunately they're estimating at least 3 more visits instead of a single one because the meds really messed my teeth up and there's more than expected to deal with now. D:

I will be more active shortly though as the BIG ones that were paining me are taken care of. There's been a bit of trouble with someone I was hosting not following US law and I'm having to take steps to return posts to individuals and make sure they're of age before they get some of them back [he didn't age verify, so I'm having to now] so that's taking me a lot longer than I'd like. I'm hoping to have that all out of my hair this weekend though.

Finally, it's gotten fairly hot here and I don't handle warm weather well at all, so I'm a bit lethargic from the heat - sleeping a lot more too. It wouldn't be a problem, but our apartments have lazy staff who won't fix anything unless you start filing official complaints and they've only halfway fixed our AC. I'll be purchasing one of those portable in room ones for us in July, but until then I'll be a bit out of it still.

Thank you for being patient and understanding everyone. <3