<div>It took six months after an emergency evacuation with both cats -- months in filthy motels living out of suitcases, emergency expenses that almost made us houseless, and the destruction of over half my belongings -- and the cats and I have finally secured a safe, "Healthy Homes" inspected apartment with a one-year lease. Securing it took what I saved over the past three months living with both cats in a tiny one-room metal sleepout (no running water) on a farm in the middle of Aotearoa New Zealand. Long covid has all but destroyed the lives of the farm owners, and all plans to expand living quarters are postponed indefinitely: I must move.
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<div>Now the cats and I just need a little help getting across the finish line.
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<div>The cats and I move to Wellington in two weeks, where I'm working on my upcoming book in conjunction with <a href="https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/stout-centre/research-opportunities/residents/current-residents" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies</a> at Victoria University of Wellington. The book is an examination of New Zealand's pandemic response in the first three years of Covid-19, centering the story on societal impacts, community resilience, science, technology, the roles of Māori and Pasifika, the influence of misinformation, and course-changing (sometimes shocking) events in New Zealand that saw little, if any international attention. I can't wait to be near the campus and all the resources Stout is extending to me for this important project.
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<div>I had begun working on the book right before I moved the cats and I from an unsafe apartment into an unexpectedly dangerous living situation. Among the destroyed items included my bed, three bookcases, my dresser, a table and stools, cat furniture, and then because of the movers, I lost a number of personal items.
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<div>The emergency evacuation movers ripped apart my Pride and Trans Pride flags and snapped all the flagpoles (and even the flag sticks), which they threw on top of my belongings -- that they also broke and smashed by throwing my items into boxes without padding. I have yet to find out exactly what I've lost; what's left of my apartment contents is still in transit. I've been told by the shipping company to expect another month of waiting.
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<div>The cats and I are still living out of what could fit into three suitcases. This means the cats and I are moving into a flat with what we've been living out of hotel rooms and furnished rentals with. Meaning, I have some summer clothes and personal items, two towels, some electronics, lots of covid safety gear, and a small mess kit consisting of utensils for one, two bowls, one plate, two mugs and a glass, a small hot water kettle, as well as a tiny toaster oven. I only today realized that not only do I need a mattress to sleep on and a chair to sit in, but that -- now that I'll finally have a kitchen again -- I'll need a pot and strainer if I want to make pasta. But I do not want to ask for more than I need.
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<div>This fundraiser is to rent a van so I can drive the cats and our belongings to Wellington and get just a few bare minimum basics to make the apartment livable for now. The threshold amount of this GoFundMe is for van rental and fuel, a mattress and base to get it off the floor (+delivery fee), bed sheets, a small desk and chair, one extra cat carrier, a cat litter pan, and a few kitchen items. If this fundraiser exceeds its goal, I have a wishlist of items that include a small cat tree, a sitting chair, a side table, and a small monitor. The places I used to estimate my funding goal are Target Furniture NZ, Kmart NZ, RentalCars[dot]com for one-way vans, and The Pet Centre NZ.
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<div>The cats and I are coming out of survival mode and we have been through so much to not just survive a bizarre and terrifying set of circumstances, but to also keep reaching for and fighting to make this book a reality. I believe it will change global conversations about covid and community care, and how we can remake trauma into resilience and hope.
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<div>I hope you'll consider this GoFundMe and all it means. If you don't have the resources, that's okay, too: sharing this page will help us out, too.
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