Hey lot!
It's been a crazy year, and I have to say, it has sucked butt. I mean that. This year was the worst that I have gone through yet, from the mental bombardment from my family, the several medical diagnosis' that my family has gotten, it's just been rough.

ROUGH MEDICAL WARNING
I am not going to keep it from peeps though, my fam has had it rough. At the beginning of December my little sis was diagnosed with a clotting factor, making her chances for a heart attack and stroke higher. Then they found a hole in her heart and told her she would need open heart surgery, then they looked closer and noticed it was small enough that it shouldn't be causing the issues she is having. Then, three days before Christmas I got the best gift of all, A cancer diagnosis. Don't worry, I'll be fine. It's thyroid cancer, some of the best cancer you can have. Very curable and very survivable. I am slated to have surgery in the next couple of weeks and very likely a few rounds of radiation therapy. Don't think my doc will do chemo for me, so I can keep the hair I have been growing out for almost a year now.
ROUGH MEDICAL WARNING DONE

Throughout all of this, I did ask my landlord if I could have a therapy cat, an ESA, for the sake of coping with everything. Sadly, I was told no, just logistically, it wasn't very possible and they would really prefer not, so I am not going to fight the people in charge of if I can keep my contract or not.

I am looking for a job, though, a junior Software Engineering position/ internship (If you know anywhere looking for a remote capable place lmk). Since I am needing to take the year off of school I should have some more time to do some commissions too(not that I have gotten any yet anyways). My plan is to do some fun art and work some more on my tarot cards until I am able to get some commissions in. I may even start streaming in the afternoons for me, depending on what winds up happening for me with my job hunt and such.

So yeah, cancer, surgery and new opportunities ahead of me. I am trying to keep a positive outlook on things and I think it has been helping. If you have any questions on things or updates on me as I go through things, just ask. I don't want to scare people with what I'm going through and I am just trying to keep myself calm as well. Support is always nice but I understand if peeps can't. I'll update generally again around the end of February or beginning of March, as I should be recovered by then.
For now, I leave with my motivational call that I stole from someone who has been an absolute legend to me, I AM PIKMIN HEAR ME MOO!!!

Finally, winter break has hit! I have a break from the stress that is school!! I’ll have three weeks. Commissions are still open if anyone wanted to hit me up for one but I’m not going to push it. This past couple of weeks was…… hell is not an accurate term but it’s the best that English has. It was hell multiplied by ten. I swear. But my classes are passed and I’m off to my next semester. Cross stitching continues and my life can be less hell, I hope.

Hey guys, I know that I have been pretty awol this summer. That wasn't the plan at all. I had planned to do so much more this summer but instead, I had to deal with a very stressful summer filled with work, an online summer class and dealing with my family, who haven't been the most understanding of my situation. I did get a small cross stitch done and I am proud of that at least, but it wasn't the art I was planning on doing. It was the only stress relieving thing I had though. You don't think it, but starting a brand new art piece can be one of the most daunting things when you are mentally stressed out.


So Derp, what does this change? Honestly not much, sadly. With school starting up I can't dedicate a ton of time to my art anymore. I think last semester was the most I was able to dedicate to art and do school along side it for the next two years. I am going into my bachelors program this year and I really need all of the time I can get, according to a classmate of mine one year ahead of me.
I will still take commissions, if anyone wants, but the TAT (turn around time) will be going up from 2-5 day to 1-4 weeks. I may have a knack for software engineering but I still want to ensure I am able to do what I am capable of for the classes I will be in. If you want to still commission me, please understand that I do put my classes first, as this will soon be my lively hood and I want to learn what I can before it becomes a problem. Otherwise, maybe a submission every other month or so. I just hope that I am able to enjoy my classes. :)


With that, Enjoy the rest of your day/night or whatever you want. Take care, and until next time, Derp out!

Wow, that was fast! Less than a day! In honor of that, I have decided to pull two names for the raffle. Those winners are  fockoff and  PhoenixStar_07! The winners will be contacted and their art displayed sometime in the next week or two as I will be going out of town for about a week soon. Thank you guys for the follows and I may be doing another soon at another nearby milestone! So keep on your toes for the next one.

Hey guys!! I’m a little new do FA but I want to be more. So I am doing a raffle when I get 10 followers here on FA. I’ll do more milestones raffles on my discord as well. So feel free to join that for even more chance to win some free art!!