I keep wondering what it'll take for me to be able to move out again, but every train of thought eventually arrives to "pure luck". Take past year, for example: I order parts for a rig that I could use for work (with help from tge family), mail decides to delay their arrival until months later, the build ends up unusable due to a bad part, I spend months more saving up for a replacement and the moment I get it and start working we get two hurricanes and a months-long blackout.

Meanwhile I can't get a job, there's so many police on strike that crime's risen to the point where I can't exercise, the air is thick with pollution from all the generators in this neighborhood so I keep getting sick, and there's so much noise 24/7 because of said generators (which sound like a lawn mower orchestra) that my stress is at an all-time high.

As far as chances of escape go I'm at the mercy of RNGesus and the dice keep landing on 1's.

Anyway, pardon the toot barrage, but getting these off my chest both helps clear my head and get my thoughts in order.