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Hi, I am back.
I have been in Zaragoza, Spain for more than a month.
This may be best thing that ever happened to me.
It is still stressful and nerve-wracking getting all this off the ground though, getting settled in and hopefully away from my family's influence and reach as humanly possible.
Truth be told, I may be desperately in need of donations regarding my private insurance (can't get public yet while getting settled in and everything).
I don't want anyone kicking me out while people out there (such as my abusive father, his whole rotten family, my two siblings, etc.) want to drag me back under their influence.
Being away from it all has been freeing in ways that I couldn't quite fathom before, if at all.
But honestly, I may actually need to pull a Hail Mary by the end of next week or October to make it stick.
I dunno how to ask for money here or anywhere; never really had a GoFundMe.
This is not even getting into the process of getting my NIE or doing HRT.
It's a struggle but I will not be dragged back to some dumb suburb in the United States.
I don't know how to quite go about this tbh or how to begin.
I may start a fundraiser thread here tomorrow.
Anyway, good night.
Comrade, I am inspired by your triumph. Well done. And I hope you make the most of your life in wonderful sunny Spain. I am in the process of getting a degree in healthcare so that I can leave the U.S., I graduate in 2027 and will need to work in the field for a few years before I can travel internationally but once I can, I am leaving and never looking back.
Well, I certainly hope I can remain here, it sucks that I can't receive any help in creating the fundraiser
I'm rooting for you. What's the best part of living in Spain? Have you gone to the beaches yet? Is the food incredible?
Honestly?
It looks beautiful. It's not an eyesore like my suburban town in Virginia. Especially at night! The lights and some of the neon signs look great at night. The night sky isn't just a pitch black (as in, no stars or anything); you can see a lot of clouds and sometimes the sky turning an orange-yellowish hue or sometimes purple-ish color off in the distance as your eyes veer towards the cityline.
But also, I will say this: it definitely has a lot more life and the people are more... easygoing? I was told that Italians, at least in certain parts, are more easygoing than Americans and Brits in comparison (when I left the United States, it seemed that people were pissed off at, well, everything during practically every day; Americans being "irritable" and "angry" and getting into shouting matches seemed more of the national character than the sign of the times we live in LMAO 😂🤣).
To be clear, I kinda don't like the whole tourist-y way of American or Canadian travelers on vacation going all "Gee, I sure really loved the people, they were so nice and gracious" but the folks in Spain seem like they have NO drama to them whatsoever (even when something is happening at the moment or even when there is clearly something to be either upset or more serious about).
That is honestly refreshing to me (especially since the country is suddenly going through snap elections that have the potential to really change things). From 2020 to 2026, everybody around me seemed either angry, irritable, pessimistic, unpleasant, "doomerist," and prone to trauma-dumping (quite excessively in the case of one particular family member of mine). It was very... intense. Like, even the humor or general topic of conversation felt "intense," you know what I'm saying?
Oh, to be sure, the public transportation and choices that the system here provides is pretty good.
Also, one thing that I love about this place:
Disabled people... everywhere.
Folks out in the streets with walking disabilities, folks who are blind, folks who are paraplegic, folks who appear to have down syndrome (my apologies, I don't know quite the proper word for what the community call themselves generally and need to attend to other things soon so I defer to that term), etc.
I don't know any place in the United States that has this; I wish it were more common.