[About the Honey Dragon Activities]
Honey Dragon will take a break from presenting new works and participating in events for a while.
The reason is the onset of dementia in my mother.
My mother had been feeling weak for some time, but she was solid and stubbornly insisted on living alone, so I have spent the last few years visiting her every two weeks or so to see how she was doing. (My house is about 4 hours away from my mother's house by train.)
Recently, however, my mother's dementia began to set in and she could no longer be left alone.
I suggested that I could live with my mother, but my mother and I had never been very compatible since I was a child, Recently if we are together for more than three days, we often end up fighting.
So... when my mother is not in her right mind, she yells at me as soon as she sees me, so my sister told me, "I don't want you to come over because it makes everyone tired and makes my mother's condition worse."
Because of these circumstances, my mother lives with my little sister's home.
However, when she is in her right mind, my mother loves my nephew (my mother's first grandchild) very much, but when she is not in her right mind, she starts treating him as a bad person and recognizing him as an enemy. She seems to have mistaken him for someone else.
My nephew is still in middle school. We have to think about having my mother enter an institution in the near future because we cannot leave things as they are considering my nephew.
She is my mother, even though we were not that close to begin with, and even if my little sister tells me not to come, I can't not get involved at all.
There are many things we can do without seeing my mother. I'm also actively involved in the cost aspects, finding medical facilities and institutions, and so on.
But I also live alone, so I have to work for a living, and I have my hands full with work and family matters... And so it goes, my time for personal activities has unfortunately disappeared...
Even if I have time after coming home from work and before going to bed, I cannot concentrate on creating under stressful circumstances. And I don't even think I can make a good product under these circumstances...
As for events, If just discount and setup existing products, I can do the work, but most events require new or original gifts, It is difficult to participate....
Of course, since I have just started making original mesh clothing for dinkies, I have no intention of closing Honey Dragon. Think of it as a slightly longer break.
What is very disappointing is that I'm making my clients wait even longer than they are now for some of the projects we are currently being asked to work on. (Makeup, eyelashes, etc. for Sphynx)
I'm truly sorry for the further delay in responding to your request, but I will work on it on a priority basis when I return, I would be grateful if you could give me a more your time.
I hope to be able to settle down before next year's Fantasy Faire application is opened. (I'd like to participate in FF so...)
I'm going to be out of action for a little while. for a little while. little...
I say take a break, but even if it's not as frequent as before, I will not completely stop logging in, I may be at some events as a visitor to relieve stress.
I myself am fine, so don't worry :D
August 24, 2024 from Rοsé ღ ロゼ
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【Honey Dragonの活動について】
Honey Dragonは新作の発表とイベントへの参加をしばらくお休みします。
理由は母の認知症発症です。
私の母は前々から弱ってきている感じはあったもののしっかりしていて、頑なに一人暮らしにこだわっていたので、ここ数年は2週間に1回ほど様子を見に行くような形で過ごしてきました。（電車で4時間くらいの距離）
しかし、最近とうとう母の認知症が本格的になり、1人にしておけなくなりました。
私が一緒に暮らすことも提案したのですが、私と母は元々あまり相性が良くなく、3日以上一緒にいると喧嘩をするような仲でしたので、正気でないときは顔を見るなり暴言を浴びせられる始末で、妹から「周りが疲れてしまうし悪化するから来ないで欲しい」と言われてしまいました。
そういう事情もあり母は妹家族の家で一緒に暮らしています。
ところが、正気のときは大変可愛がっている甥（母にとっての初孫）を正気でないときは誰かと勘違いするのか悪人扱いして敵認定してしまうようになってしまいました。
甥はまだ中学生です。甥のことを考えるとそのままにはしておけないため、近い未来に母には施設に入ってもらうことも考えなくてはなりません。
元々仲がそれほど良くなかった母とはいえ私の母ですし、妹から来るなと言われても、全く関わらないことは出来ません。
母に会わなくても出来ることはたくさんあります。費用的な面もそうですし、医療機関や施設を探したりなども、積極的に行っています。
とはいえ私も一人暮らしなので生活のためには働かなくてはならないですし、仕事と家族のことで手一杯で、私の個人的な活動の時間は残念ながら消えてしまいました。
たとえ仕事から帰って寝るまでに時間が有ったとしても、ストレスフルな状況では集中して制作することは出来ません。この状況下で無理に作っても良いものが作れるとも思えません。。
イベントについても、ただ割引して既存製品を設置するだけなら出来ますが、大抵のイベントは新作やオリジナルのギフトが必要なため、参加が難しくなりました。
もちろん、せっかくオリジナルのディンキー向けメッシュ服が作れるようになったばかりなので、閉店することはありません。
ただ、非常に残念なのは、今現在いくつかリクエストを頂いている案件（Sphynxに関するメイクやまつげなど）につきまして、ただでさえお待ちいただいているのに、更に先になってしまったことです。
こちらにつきましては、更にお待たせして大変申し訳ございませんが、戻りましたら優先的に作業いたしますので、今しばらくお時間をいただければ幸いです。
来年のFantasy Faireのapplication公開前までには落ち着けると良いなと思っています。（FFには参加したいので…）
ほんのしばらくの間の活動休止です。しばらく…んー少しの間…ちょっと…？
また、今までみたいに頻繁ではないにしても完全にログインしなくなる訳ではないので、ストレス解消するためにVisitorとしてイベントに居ることもあるかもしれません。
私自身は元気なので心配しないでくださいね。
2024年8月24日 from Rοsé ღ ロゼ
To make room for new releases, a selection of older items will be moved from the in-world main store to Marketplace in August.
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