I don't like writing personal stuff on these things but I thought I'd let people know why I haven't been very active this month, as some people have been asking.
While Inktober took a lot out of me, I was only planning on taking a short (read "week long") break before getting back to my art. Unfortunately, I came down with a rather nasty sinus infection which completely drained me of energy (so much so that I had to take a few days off my day job and go to the clinic). I was just getting over it this weekend - only to get a bit of food poisoning last night (another day off work - but I'm feeling somewhat better, now).
My suddenly dodgy health aside, my husband contacted me this morning (he's been at his mother's the past two weeks) to let me know that they had "the hospice talk" this morning. So, I'm probably going to be a bit unavailable for a few more weeks.
Um... I'm sorry for burdening any of you with this information. I hope you're all doing well.
Edit: about 9 hours after I posted this, my mother-in-law passed away.