Figured I'd give a little update for those of you who might care.
April 30 my boyfriend was in a motorcycle accident and was lucky to get out of it alive. He broke his shoulder in the wreck and had to have surgery on it, and I played caretaker for a few months. Since July I've had ongoing hives that will not let up. I finally saw an allergist last month, and she did some bloodwork to rule out certain diseases that have hives as a symptom, but in the end she determined that they were stress hives, which checks out after having dealt with the aforementioned life threatening experience I witnessed.
My boyfriend is doing much better, and I'm very grateful for that. Throughout this year I've had a hard time being creative, especially with all of that. I'm finally getting better, and I'm making art a little more often these days. I'm hoping that 2024 will be gentler to us, and that it'll be a great year for creative growth. I'm going to try to get a head start throughout these next two months. :3