Heya, everyone! It's me, Blinkblinkblink. Well, that's my username. As you are all aware by now, Furaffinity now has the option to give us a Display Name. I've been Blinkblinkblink for a very long time now; for over a decade, it seems. Man am I old! Well as of now, I decided to have my Display Name as "The Blinking One" because I think it gives me a more unique name hehe

Well apart from that, I've been doing ok, but life always seems to want to make me busy. Busy at work, and now busy with a puppy.

To explain:

Last September 2024, my dog, Arya, became ill. Thanks to so many kind people, I was able to give her the treatment she needed. It was a scary time, but I managed to get her back to health. But it was also a busy time, having to do work as well as treating my dog.

I thought that things would go well afterwards, but it something very unexpected occurred. My house was under renovation last October 2024 and it was only on March 2025 were the renovations completed. During the renovations, a stray dog snuck into my home and impregnated Arya. I don't know when, but since dogs give birth in 2 months, I suspect that she got pregnant late October or early September 2024, as she gave birth in late December 2024.

It was only in the morning that I found out that she gave birth. She gave birth to 4 babies, but only 1 survived. I had to go to the vet and they extracted a dead puppy that was stuck in her uterus. That cost me about $200 equivalent in my country.

I didn't want anyone who donated for Arya's medicine to donate to me further if they wanted to, so I asked for help in private to some of my friends (thank you so much for your help, btw ) I just felt that the previous donors have already done me a kindess, and I felt like I would have taken advantage of them if I asked for more donations.

The surviving puppy is a Rottweiler-Street Dog mix. He's male and he has brown fur. I didn't plan on getting any more puppies, but after some consideration, I decided to keep him mostly because he's Arya's puppy, and I love my baby dearly. So I have kept him since.

His name is Sharpe, btw, and he's now 5 months old ^^ He is such a pain in the ass, because the worst part about owning a puppy is how destructive they can be. He has dug holes, bit and tore apart some of my tools and he keeps messing with my plants. Despite this, I love him and I'll do what I can to raise him properly.

Well apart from that, I've been slowly returning to commissioning, but I have to lessen my spending of commissioned artwork. Apart from keeping a roof over my head, paying my bills and buying food, I now have a new baby to take care of hehe

Anyway, I hope you are having a good 2025 so far!