Hey again! Sorry for being so inactive these past couples of weeks. In my last journal, I mentioned my dad getting terribly sick with a virus and how I was busy holding the family fort down while he was in the hospital. He's home now and is recovering! He's still weak from all the work they did on him so he can't eat too much or walk a lot. He's doing a lot better now though and I'm sure by the start of March he'll be much better. Since he's recovering, I'm still busy at home helping my mom with her store and doing other chores meaning I'm still going to be on a hiatus.

If you're curious about my dad's virus, it was some sort of bacterial infection that started in his stomach and spread to other parts of his body (liver and a little in his colon). He has a staple or something patching a part of his stomach lining from the last time he got really ill so that might have caught some bacteria. It moved to his liver and created some pustules on it. The doctors drained them (about a full water bottle's worth) of some black liquid which was infected blood and did it again a week later (I think this time in his colon). After all of that, they started giving him antibacterial meds to which he is still taking. Another thing they found in his stomach was a large tumor but apparently it's not a huge concern. We thought it was cancer but that didn't feel right since it's only NOW that it's showing and nothing like that was there the last time he was sick which wasn't that long ago. The doctors made it seem like it was another part of the infection and he has an appointment to get another scan of it at the end of the month. If the medicine they gave doesn't make it go away, they'll have to remove it with surgery most likely. As of now, he's pretty happy and just relaxing at home.

In terms of art, I'll just be finishing whatever commissions I have left in my queue and maybe posting some sketches or old art if I have time. This really sucks since February is my favourite month for doing art because I get to do Valentine's Day commissions! I even had an idea for some fun Valentine's Day Card YCHs but I don't have the time now to work on them. I also wanted to do more Dating Sim YCHs but I guess I can wait a little longer to open those up. Hopefully, by the end of the month, I'll be ready to open commissions again. I mentioned a while ago I was going to visit my fiance since he was in a sad state and he'll be moving into his new house soon (that's right, he finally found a place) but my plans got changed due to my dad getting sick. I rescheduled the trip to be on the 28th so if everything is okay at home, I might be able to go. And since he works most of the week, I'll be able to associate more time into making art in the time we don't have together. It's exciting, by the time I see him, he should be in a new clean house! ^_^