All right, welcome back to the Unnerved podcast. This is Chris, and I can't even tell you how weird it is to actually be on the mic again. I'm pretty rusty, so bear with me. It's been a while, as you know, since I've been back, so I'm trying to get used to the whole recording setup again. It's definitely weird to come back to, but I wanted to give you guys an update on what is going on and catch you up to speed.
In the last episode that I released, I mentioned that I would be taking a break, and that break obviously took way longer than I expected. So I want to clear some things up and let you know where I've been, what I've been doing, and what to look forward to and the future for the podcast. But before I get into that, I want to send out a special thank you to everyone on Patreon who has continued to support me.
A lot of people have left, understandably, I haven't been putting any content out, so that totally makes sense. But for everyone that's still been supporting me over on Patreon, honestly, thank you so much. You didn't need to. And now that I'll be releasing more, I'm hoping to make it worth it your time. So thanks again for for all your support there.
And I wanted to let you know that I have seen your comments and I really appreciate you guys checking in to see how I'm doing and letting me know that you're looking forward to more episodes. That really does mean a lot to me. So thanks for for waiting patiently. And yeah, I've I've some good news coming up here. So as far as what I've been doing for the past few months, several months, really a little background on my situation. I guess I don't like to get too
personal. I guess on the podcast, 'cause it's not really about me, it's about the people that come on and share their stories. But a little background on my wife and I. We, I guess, live nomadically somewhat, I guess you could say we've lived in a campervan that we converted for several years. We work remotely online, we travel, and that's just kind of the lifestyle that we live.
And we upgraded to a school bus, We sold our van and we've been converting this bus for the past several years. And it got to a point where we needed help realizing that doing it just by ourselves was taking way too long. We realized that we need to hire a builder to help us finish the project. And we were fortunate enough to find someone who wasn't too far away from us. And they were also willing to let me help them help in the building process. So Long story short, that's why
I took a break. The bus took a lot of time along with my regular job and it just was too much to do with the podcast, so that's why I took a break and the bus obviously took longer than expected. So the bus is now finished and we've moved into it. It's our new home on Wheels and it's allowed me to actually have finally more time that I can dedicated to the podcast. So in a nutshell, that's what's been going on and why it's taking so long to come back.
And I wanted to mention also that during the break, my wife and I found out that we're pregnant. So yeah, that's a kind of life altering news that we found out and our first born child is due in July. And I know I said that, yeah, I have more time now, but that also is probably going to change a bit. Having a child is obviously very life altering and just trying to figure out how to navigate those waters and what not. I'm I'm terrified, but equally as excited.
We both are very excited. But yeah, life is going to be crazy and I'm going to try my best even with a child to still do this podcast. I might need a bit of grace here and there on release schedule, but I'm still going to try really hard to release episodes somewhat consistently here for you guys. So bear with me on that. And with all of that out of the way, now to give you guys the update you've been waiting for. Yes, I have been working on
episodes. I've been recording stories, and I've been editing them as I have time. So that's something to look forward to, and I'm excited to share them with you. I think you guys will really enjoy them, and I'll do my best to have a fairly consistent release date. So yeah, we're back, and I'm excited to get back into it. Again. Thank you guys so much for your patience. I'm sorry it's taken this long, but the podcast is going to be back and alive, so something to look forward to there.
And I also mentioned in the last episode that I released that I would have exciting news to share when I came back. So I've been working with an artist, Her name is Taryn, and I will actually put her social media in the description. If you guys want to go check her out, please do give her a follow. She's an amazing artist. And we've been working on an illustration for the podcast, something that really captures what the podcast is about all in
one illustration. So we've been working on this for I think well over a year. So it's, it's something I'm really proud of. She did an amazing job. She did pretty much all the work. She was very patient with me and really helped put what I was imagining on paper. So we are going to actually use that piece of artwork for our first merch drop.
So we're going to have stickers, we're going to have T-shirts, maybe some other items if you guys are interested in actually having some unnerved True Scary Stories merch. It feels so weird saying that, but if you guys want to support the podcast, check that out. And if you actually like the what we have there, that would be awesome. But yeah, I'll put the link to the merch store in the description. We're just going to sell from Etsy for right now. And yeah, go check it out.
Please go check out Taryn and her work. Again, very talented and she definitely deserves it. So with that also as a thank you from me to you for supporting the show and being so patient for more episodes, I want to send you a gift. It's not much, but it's it's something. If you guys want a unnerved True Scary Stories bumper sticker, I'm going to send one to you for free. I will pay for the postage and
everything. I just want to show my appreciation for you guys and I will be running this for one week. I repeat one week only. So the day this is posted, I'm not sure what day I'm releasing it yet, but the day I'm releasing this episode one week after that is as long as this will last. I want you guys to find me on Instagram at Unnerved Podcast. Send me Adm with your address and I will get that sent to you. So yeah, again, just a a thank you gift.
And we're only going to run this for one week for that free bumper sticker. So yeah, just reach out, let me know on Instagram and I will get that to you. And now finally to the burning question that I'm sure all of you are wondering, when is the next story episode? Next Monday. We're finally back with another true scary story. Until then, take care.