Have a wonderful holiday all you lovely beans out there! 💜 Enjoy whatever it is you plan to do and with those you're with ^w^

Heyo! I've finally gotten my butt on over to Bluesky. I'll slowly start posting some stuff over there in the near future. For anyone that wants to follow, here you go:

https://bsky.app/profile/coffeemunk.bsky.social

I'm still behind on posting backlog art here on FA too, but work is being a bigger pain than even my big butt can handle >.> But I'm getting through it no worries 💜
Love y'all~

So... as many may have noticed, I haven't been online, posting art, writing, or really even conversing with anyone for the past month or so. Never was my intention for any of that to happen, but it did, and I was kinda helpless from letting the past 7 weeks from panning out as they did. I'm not one to favor unloading matters of my personal life on others, but for the sake of context (and assurance that I'm ok), I'll explain my absence a little.
I had abdominal surgery back in early February, for one. And it was my first actual surgery I've ever had to undergo and I was not prepared for the substantial amount of recovery time that ensued afterwards. Surgery went well, and the problem was taken care of, but oof... the ability to do simple things like sitting, laying down, bending in any way, and to just...be comfortable all became painful. The realization of things I selfishly took for granted hit me like a truck. Retraining myself to calm my impatience and stubbornness of having self autonomy threatened was a hard pill to swallow, and as much as I don't want to admit it, left me feeling depressed more so than I had felt in a long time. As much as I wanted to turn to writing and connecting with you all online, the opposite decided to happen, no matter how much I tried to fight it. And when I had thought that I was coming out of everything finally, I got sick last week. And I can't help but just feel like it's a slap in the face to make me feel worse.

But hey, I'm not here to remain on a low and sad note, I'm here to say I'm here, and trying. I'm finally getting over being sick, and I feel like that chapter is finally coming to a close.
Thank you for those of you that have reached out to me, checked in, and provided support for me during all this---it means more than you can imagine <3

^w^ Consider it Munk finally coming out of hibernation and being ready to embrace Spring with everything they have!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all you lovely fluffy beans out there! Enjoy all the time you have, whether it's surrounded by family and friends or just another typical day for you.
^^
Thanks for making 2023 a memorable and amazing year in all kinds of ways for me~ :3
Love you all <3

~Munk 💜

What would you do to help get me out?
Gimme your answers!

Love all you goobers out there! ^w^
The number doesn't really matter to me, but it's super humbling to see I make a tiny yet meaningful dent in this little corner of the internet :3

This week's been rough! >< But with my birthday being today, I wanted to say how happy I am despite all that. All the friends I have and have made this year, the artists I have met, and to all the watchers out there--- just want to say thank you to each and every one of you 💜
Love you all ~ 💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜

I dunno, just feel like throwing that question out there! Any questions you feel like asking? Can be anything! (Preferably not anything too personal, but yeah!)

Ask away :3

Hey all ^^
It's been over a year since my last journal and now with what's been going on in my life, it seems an update on things seemed appropriate.

For those that weren't aware, the past couple months have been hard for me. My grandpa's cancer had spread and become inoperable, and left him with the sad realization that hospice care was the only path forward. I had the honor and privilege to have known him my whole life and be there with family when he passed 2 weeks ago. His funeral and burial this past weekend left me an emotional wreck. But among all this, it's been a blessing to know he's no longer suffering and can finally rest.

And to make things that were already making me physically and emotionally exhausted worse, I just found out yesterday after flying home, that I now have covid as well. Smh... And it's left me bed-ridden since.

I'm pushing through, don't worry ^^
You all have been helping in your own way to help guide me and support me through all this and I greatly appreciate it.
Love you guys 💜

~Munk

Hey everyone!
Just wanted to say thank you to all the people who've come along and taken an interest in my work and commissioned art. (You're the best! <3)
All your watches, comments, and faves are all awesome to see, and I'm glad to be back in the swing of things with a larger presence here than I was a year ago (and earlier XP).

If anyone feels up to it, I'd be interested to hear what brought you to my page, and if you've got any questions you'd like to ask me. I don't bite! X3

Your Friendly Hyper Chipmunk,
~Munk

Second journal ever on here, whew! ^^;

With all the hubbub with deviantArt's site changing and the fact that Eclipse is making artists/watchers/lurkers and the like all over make a mass exodus of frustration out of the place, I'm realizing that it'll impact my presence there. And if I'm being honest. my writing has developed over the past five or so years to the point where I almost primarily only (want to) write furry-based stories. And the grand majority of my watcher/reader base I have over there haven't been too receptive of such kinds of writing. (For those of you who do enjoy such stories over in dA, THANK YOU! :3 I'd give you all the hugs if I could). But in any case, I'm feeling more and more drawn to the idea of sticking to what I enjoy writing and seeing about making FA my primary location for my work from here on out.
I'll still post over on dA from time to time, but with the stories I'll be more inclined to write about, I don't see that happening very much. But who knows. *shrug*

Alrighty then. See ya around!

Surprised it took me so long to decide to make one, but I finally did it!
It may take some time for me to get this profile to get some life, but its a start for now.

You can also find me on DeviantArt (my primary location, same name)