Hello former Sophisticated Pair readers and welcome to my newest endeavor! Originally, I intended for the website to be completely redone with new published content by, at the absolute latest, the middle of July. I was on pace to meet my deadline and was excited to share this journey with everyone. Of course, life seldom affords you the convenience of following your plans.

My beloved Jack Russel terrorist Einstein developed urinary tract issues, and when we weren’t being peed on or washing the linens, we were jumping up frequently, including throughout the night, to let him outside. The sleep deprivation was real, lemme tell ya. The vet informed us the most common causes were either a UTI or a bladder stone and recommended we treat for a UTI first. If he didn’t improve or worsened, we could bring him in for a catheter flush. This was not supposed to be a big deal.

Unfortunately, he did get worse, and we had to schedule an emergency appointment because his bladder was so full he would lie down in the grass from sheer exhaustion. It was not a stone. It was a tumor. The vet told us the kindest thing we could do for him was to put him to sleep immediately, and it broke my damn heart. My darling, brilliant Einstein passed away June 29th.

Many of you may remember him as a guard dog for the shop who had no sense of boundaries and found perverted joy in slinking through the gray curtains to spy on half-naked customers. He was a handsome boy who loved to pose for the camera and was utterly convinced he was people.

What you may not know is that Einstein and his brother Lord Rayden found me six months after my mom died and ten months after my grandmother. They were two of the most important people in my life, and losing them cast a long shadow over the years. Einy and Ray Ray made me laugh again. They helped me to find joy, and over time, even a way to heal. They gave me their hearts to fill the holes in my own, and without him, those wounds are empty and raw. He made me feel loved, and I hope he knows I feel the same.

Enthusiasm for everything withered, and it took me a while to find the energy and desire for most things. We also had a death in the family, and then I came down with ze plague. I’m not sure if it was breakthrough COVID, or if it was bronchitis run amok. Whatever it was, it sapped me for over two weeks, and I’m still rather tired. That said, I started working on everything yesterday and wanted to update people on the progress:

• First, the site is by no means complete. I need to add all of the articles from our Bra Naked Truth series back to the website, but they also need to be edited and retooled. I’m not sure if I’ll post the old content and then edit later, or if I’ll recreate the posts fresh before posting (probably the latter on account of my perfectionist inclinations). Likewise, my bra size calculator will also be added as well as a new “About” page with a contact form.
• I deleted A LOT of old content because I want the site to be more fresh and reflective of the new direction moving forward, and in addition to the general nature of the interwebs, there are quite a few broken links. I *think* I have fixed the bulk of those for articles going back to 2017. Whether I opt to fix the rest depends on if I can resist the pull of my completionist nature.
• Furthermore, I have fixed the excerpts to be more reflective of the new format, but again, only as far back as 2017. See above for whether that gets fixed for the remainder of the posts.
• I’m still finalizing the aesthetics, and I haven’t created a new Facebook or Instagram page. I’m not going to be as rigorous with social media initially because this is a personal project and experiment rather than one associated with a business. Facebook and Instagram is where I had more positive experiences, but I may add Twitter later.
• Finally, I’ll be posting an official introductory post explaining why I’ve come back, what I’ve been doing, where the name originated, and how I envision going forward when the site is ready. This post is to update subscribers because I was forced to republish several blogs yesterday which were not previously backed up. Going forward, all posts will be new content while the pages will be a combination of new content and retooled existing articles.

I am looking forward to hearing from all of you again and discussing life during quarantine, how that’s impacted you, and generally sharing more about myself personally. Stay safe everyone!