So FAU was pretty awesome, thanks to everybody that hung out with me and made it a good time. Sorry if I was a little cranky or out of it at any time, new work schedule has unsurprisingly been kicking my bristly tail. Gave the UPS job a try for a little over a month and decided the schedule just isn't working out for me. The job itself is okay, exhausting but I kind of like the workout.. but having to get up between 3 and 4am every morning has thrown me way out of whack and hurt my social life to boot. It's something I could continue if I had to, but I have the luxury of still having my comic shop job and art to fall back on. I'm leaving on good terms, though, so I can also go back to UPS if money becomes a serious issue. Hoping that maybe I can ramp up commissions enough to start paying for my own health insurance (and looking into what kind of programs are available in my state to help out, too - I already have a wonderful state plan that covers my Planned Parenthood visits, so there might be more stuff out there to help if I need my wisdom teeth out anytime soon).

Until now I've been doing all my commissions purely through the shop I work at, since we sell a lot of wargaming miniatures and I have a case full of my work on display with business cards, I've always had models in my queue to paint. However, now that I'm going to have some more time (and sleep! YES!) on my hooves, I'm considering taking some online commishes to keep me busy and keep my monetary situation cozy. I know not a whole lot of people who follow me are too familiar with miniature wargaming and the pieces I do (or that most of my models are only a couple inches tall, they photograph really weird), but for those of you who are at least vaguely familiar, I would love to hear some feedback on what I should focus on. I have a few ways to branch out - I could take army and character commissions where people would send me models and I would paint them however they wish, OR I could paint models that I buy how I like and then sell them, OR I could spend more time sculpting heads and tails and other parts to modify pre-existing kits (like my fox Space Marine parts) and work on casting them. Of course nothing is stopping me from doing all three, and I probably will depending on time, but I'm curious what people seem to be interested in. So if you have the time and have read this far, please leave me a comment and thanks a bunch!