The past few weeks have been really busy in my personal life. The only time I really have to focus on my artwork is during my weekend, which is Monday and Tuesday thanks to my work schedule. I was sick the week before last, and last Monday I spent 6 hours on the phone with my ex, The ex. So in spite of having the desire to draw (sorry OCHO_babies I promise it's on the way), I've just been unable to focus on it. Buying Pokemon White didn't help either D:

My ex and I had spent four years trying to get our relationship to work. We'd get together, and for a while it was cool. Then, for no reason I could think of, he'd stop talking to me. Then, after months, he'd come back. I would ask him what happened, and he'd never give me a reason that wasn't some lame attempt to gloss over the situation (that I totally fell for anyway). But finally, last Monday, I got a reason. We wanted to move in together, and maybe grow "old and stinky" together, as he put it. But what he didn't tell me until Monday is that he wanted to keep our relationship secret from his parents, and he didn't want to tell me that he was doing that. Living in a small town in Kentucky, he felt our love would embarrass his family or that the people that have always been there for him would abandon him if they knew. He wouldn't share this with me because he was afraid I would be mad at him. This struggle ended up with his parents winning out, even though if he had told me, I wouldn't have pushed the issue and let him tell his parents in his own time. To the many gay furries out there, it is far better to be with someone who has had their coming out story, because you can't have a good relationship with someone who isn't honest with who they are to the people they love. I've been stuck on him for a long time, but with this revelation, I feel I'm finally free to love again without comparing the new to the old. Now I just have to find a guy that wants more than sex...

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest, and I promise more art is on the way soon.