Greetings and salutations, everyone. I don't want to get your hopes up as in to say all my problems suddenly vanished, but things are improving somewhat. Mom is feeling well enough to take a shower by herself (and she is doing a lot now since by the billionth time, Brazil is going through a heat wave) and even "stole" some of my routine, such as watering the plants. You know how sick people can be: once they feel better, they start acting out, affirming the territory they feel they lost. But, just knowing the horrible belly pains that made her so miserable days ago seem to be gone (as long as I can trust her to tell me to truth and not surgarcoat it because, goddamn, Mom, I'm 31!) makes me so relieved, happy even. I just hope that with this the drive I showed while handling the extra responsibilites will be redirected to achieve my artistic goals, make some money and overall, be productive, a better person than I was yesterday. Some of the dark aspects are still there, but one of my