Chapter 8: why I've been so slow

So, I've not been updating this as much as I SHOULD. And I do apologize for that. However I would like you all to know that I JUST started high school two weeks ago. My first year and everything. On top of that, my first grandpa on my mom's side is in physical therapy after being in the hospital for a few weeks, and yesterday my grandpa #2 had to go to the hospital and my grandma (on my mom's side still) has dementia so my mom has to go stay down there for a bit. I also have a reactive dog who I'm working with and he's taking up a bunch of my time.  I also just lost my second Gerbil named Sam on July 13th after having her for years. I'm also just started a 2 week clean streak on sh. It's just been a weird and hard few months but I'm trying to get things out as fast as I can.  I hope you all can understand but again I'm trying to get these out quickly.