I'm alive and well.

The trip was brutal, but I survived, somehow. The only good bit of news is that my living conditions (the house I am in) is excellent, after all that spending.

 I lost some data due to HDD damage, and I have recovered almost everything major from back-ups of the backups on G-drive (thankfully). However, a lot of scenes from The SHRiNK have been lost, forever. That simply means I need to recreate them from game images (extra time and work).

I have spent over 2000 euros rebuilding the PC and it looks like a massive downgrade when compared to my previous one, but what matters is what is inside. 3900X now, 128GB I brought with me and of course the A6000 I kept safe throughout the entire trip.

For those of you who did not know, my PC was lost in transit and it will take a good 90 days in total until they decide to pay up for the loss (I was smart enough to insure it) I will resume work as soon as possible. I just recently got my internet installed, at last... The PC is in order, but the drives (letters) are all over the place. In other words, I need to organize them in the same order I had them so I can get back to work without the need to reinstall everything (DAZ, Octane, etc.)

I also need to wait for the ID of the country I now call home, in order to verify my identity and reactivate my Octane and a bunch of other efin things. However, things here, move slow AF! With a bit of palm grease, I was able to cut the wait time from 30 days down to two weeks.

In other words, this is not my worst-case scenario, but it is very close to the nightmare I had prepared myself for (worst case, losing everything I brought).

I have spent almost all of my savings just trying to turn this place into a livable home. Spent on mattress, bed, painting the house, door handles... Yes, that's right, the house came without even the fin door handles. A new monitor (4K) couldn't afford a second one this time, so I am stuck with a single monitor. It is 4K but this will no doubt make my job a little harder.

I was used to rendering on one screen, coding/writing on the other, or preparing the next scenes. I just couldn't afford it for the time being. The prices here are absolutely insane. A POS 4K HP 27" cost me 480 euro.

Bottom line. I am going to get back to work as soon as I can. However, if things do not improve for me economically through this, in the next 2-3 updates... I'm going to just get myself a job over here and return to doing this part-time. Over here, there is no I can't pay you this month or give me a loan. Pay, or GTFO.

So, let's hope I can return things to where they should be in order for me to continue working without worrying too much.

I have missed work, and I have missed you guys. I really can't wait to resume working and regain a piece of what used to be my daily routine, once again. It's fin chaos over here, on a daily basis.