Apologies for the lack of content/communication for the past week and a half. I’ve kinda been in somewhat of a dark place lately. I’m trying to pack up and move into an apartment, on top of interviewing for a new job, on top of major periodontal surgery the same week, *on top of* starting the next semester of classes at my part time job at the college. The roads have been ridiculously icy after the winter storm last weekend (I live out in the country), I have to drive 40 miles to and from work (and I *cannot* be late…damn point system), I leave the house when it’s dark at 6am, I get home when it’s dark at 9pm, and I haven’t been eating too well since my weekly meals never got delivered. On top of that, I go home to a house that has a filthy kitchen with dishes piling up (which are my brother’s - I’m literally never home), mice skittering around in the mudroom, and no food in the fridge that hasn’t sat in there for a month. I have no time whatsoever to draw, practice music, or even really hold a straight conversation for very long, and it’s seriously got me feeling very, very down. Oh, and only just now has it been over -18 degrees C (or above zero F), so that’s great.

Really didn’t want to put all that venting on anyone in a message - I’m pretty sure everyone else has got their own problems, and someone else has it way, way worse than I do. I dunno, I could be just exaggerating. But this week kinda sucked, and I really just wanna skate by my birthday without anything else piling on.