First off, made it back to the sates! WOO! but not really because I was only in this country for less than an hour before getting the flu and pink eye, and an ear infection from the constant up and down of 3 plane rides in 22 hours. WELCOME TO AMERICA! HAVE SOME GERMS! >:C


Second, could any one give me some tips or link me to some tutorials on how to use Sai? I’ve never really worked with it before, and the one time I did was YEARS ago. This dinky little laptop of ours can’t run Photoshop, and I wont get my desktop back until mid to late January. :C

Now that all is said and mostly done, it looks like we have a little under two weeks left in Japan! I'm excited and sad all at the same time. :C Japan has been wonderful the last 4.5 years, and there is a lot I'm going to miss. I would love to come back here in the future, and I really hope I get the chance. So much has happened to us here, I'll probably cry when I leave.
However, I'm also super excited to be back in the states where it's easier and cheaper to visit family and friends. New town, new house, new life! It's kind of refreshing in a sense.

Finally got a copy of Pokemon X! If you play, gimmie your friend code! Mine is 0018-0534-7069 C:

I'm sure the moment I say something, they are going to change their minds, so I probably shouldn't but oh well. We got new orders already... to the exact same place we where going before! So once again, we are going to Texas! YAY!
And there is more good news, all our paperwork we did before will still apply, so they can basically pick up in the process where we left off. If they process our paperwork fast enough we could leave late this month, but I'm thinking, we wont leave until next month. I've heard that with this gov. shut down, a lot of peoples orders are being put on hold, including people on Island. Even more good news. Some friends here got orders to the same place and will be leaving close to the time we are. They have one child my daughters age, so it will be nice not only know people where we are going, but my daughter will already have a friend! C:
Cross your fingers that this time the move sticks!!! LOL!

While I absolutely love Japan, I'm not gonna lie. I'm really bummed that we aren't going to Texas anymore. I hate when other people drag their feet on something and it completely ruins everything for you. Like, no, it's okay, it's only my ENTIRE FAMILY AND THEIR LIVES you're messing up. But no, please, continue to fuck up my future. >:C

Anyway, yeah. We're in Japan for a few more months and now have no idea where we are going again. We could end up getting the same assignment we were booted from, or some where completely new. We'll just have to wait and see.

My daughters med clearance came back and the new base has approved us! So we are again moving to Texas, potentially within the next week! EEP! Gotta get stuff together!!!!!

I really don't get people sometimes.


That is all.

But IDK what. Someone request something, or whatever.

So once we get back to the states I'm going to finally be setting up my 3 gallon aquaponics tank. The thing is though, I have no idea what kind of fish to put in it! I know there is that "one inch of fish per gallon" rule, that seems really questionable for larger fish, but could I apply it to smaller fish? (example three 1 inch fish would be okay) I could always go with a beta, but I've owned several of those over my lifetime, and while I like them, I'd like to do something new. So I guess my question is, what other relatively small fresh water fish would be fun to raise and do well in a tank that size?

Looking like I may be sticking around Okinawa for another month or so. Due to my daughters speech therapy, there is a bunch of extra paperwork to do and process to get her medical clearance. *Sigh* I was so ready to go too! I hate the waiting game. T3T

Lifes been pretty crazy getting ready for our move to Texas, and I'm probably not going to be here much in the coming weeks. (not that I've been terribly active lately any way) So don't be offended if you don't hear from me. I'll be back when I can and update ya'll when I get the chance. C:

So we got our new orders just now. Guess what lucky family gets to move from Okinawa to Texas in 2 weeks? This should be interesting...

I'd like to make some extra money to help with our upcoming move, but don't want to do anything too involved in case there is no time. (We are still uncertain as to exactly when and were we are moving, we'll know what the military tells us)

So I'd like to just say I'm open for Sketch commissions. Prices are per character.
$7 uncolored:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10242491/

$10 flat color:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9267380/

Send me a note or shoot me an e-mail Zhentee[at]gmail.com with what you want and I'll send you an invoice.

Thanks for reading!

Please note: I do NOT offer anything pornographic. I might be willing to draw nude characters, but please e-mail or note me about that, and I will let you know. Censured nudity, (unable to see naughty bits because they are covered by an arm, leg, or fur in the case of anthros) is okay.

Hubs and I were under the impression that we were supposed to be here until November, but my husband found out the other day they are looking for a new base for us now and we have to leave as early as July, which is *looks at calendar* Oh look at that, NEXT MONTH! SURPRISE OVERSEAS MOVE! :C Good news is, without Clover, the process of importing the dogs to whatever country we get sent to is a LOT easier. Biskits is always up to date on shots, and his crate already meets airline standards. All I've got to do is get a health certificate and we are good to fly. We are hoping they tell us soon where we are going so we can get everything together, in the mean time I have to de-clutter the house some and figure out what we can live without so we don't go over our weight limit.

As for my surgery I've been meaning to post for like the last week that I'm finally back in action. Kind of. Things keep popping up (like moving!) and I haven't had as much time to art. But back to the teeth. After 2 weeks, my whole Rx of percocet and a whole lot more ibuprofen, things finally started getting manageable. I am SO GLAD I never have to do that again. Dry sockets stink!

IDK when you'll see more art. I guess it will be a surprise!

I hope I never have to deal with this shit again. There’s the pain and irritation of stitches, scheduled drugs and the need to eat but just can’t bring yourself to bite anything. Mostly though I just miss my kid. :C

At first she was scared of me and ran away crying every time she saw my super swollen face! Now she’s starting to miss me and that’s even more painful. She’ll drag her toys into the hallway and play outside my bedroom. Sometimes I’ll hear her knock on the door or reach for the handle trying to open it. I’m only out of bed to go to the bathroom or eat, and she always sits by the recliner crying and trying to crawl onto my lap. She’s even followed me back and snuck into the bedroom, a few times, and is on the bed trying to snuggle before I realize what’s going on. She’s a toddler though and has ADHD to the extreme and is only there for about 30 second before she is trying to play with everything. But the moment daddy comes in to take her back to the living room she kicks and cry and I’m seriously gonna die of a broken heart! T^T

HEAL FASTER BODY!!!!

First off: I'll be out of commission for about a week. Getting my wisdom teeth removed in the morning and totally taking advantage of the time my husband took off work to take care of the kid to just relax and do nothing.

Second: We found Clover a new home. I know some of you remember the trouble we were having with her and despite our best efforts, things escalated and she ended up biting Saoirse's hand over a chicken nugget. I was right there and saw the whole thing but couldn't do anything fast enough to stop it. Clover went for the nugget, and grabbed just the nugget to start with, but when Saoirse fought back she went for a better hold on the nugget and got her hand instead. It was obvious she meant to only go for the nugget and she luckily didn't break skin, but it obviously upset my daughter and myself, and I just can't keep a dog who would be so aggressive about a chicken nugget. Accident or not, it could have turned out so much worse! Clover has happily been in a new home for a little over a week now, where there are only older children who fight over who she gets to sleep with, and a stay at home mom/wife who can give her the care she needs around vaccine time because of her allergy. She also has a new best friend, another dachshund her age. I'm really glad she's found the perfect home but now ours feels a little empty. Biskits has been a little depressed this last week. I'm going to start taking him to the dog park I found near by to hopefully help him feel a bit better. I don't know if we are going to get another dog or not. We should be moving back to the states in November, and an overseas move is hard enough with a toddler and one animal, another just might be too taxing. We'll see how things go.

Other than that it's been the usual. Been doing some random web banner design, and other similar commissions. And lots of sketching, but not finishing much. IDK. I have the urge to draw but not really the time or ideas. It's strange.

Pretty much just that. Not a whole lot going on. Mostly sketching, and doing life stuff. Just wanted to check in an get that old journal off the front page. Maybe there will be some art soon? I don't really know. *shrug*

I need to get back into the swing of things since I haven’t been able to draw lately and I want to try out some new techniques, but just don't know what to draw. Does any one have any requests? Trades would be awesome too, but I don't discriminate, if you have an awesome character that inspires me that's what I'm gonna go with.
Just post a reference of whatever and let me know if you can trade too or not. It's up to you. Characters, pets, random fan art, I don't even care! XD

I could really use some advice here. (this is going to be long, sorry) Today my husband suggested re-homing our Dachshund. Neither of us are people who will easily make that suggestion, as far as we are concerned dogs should be a lifetime commitment, but we are having some big issues with her, and most of them center around her and Saoirse. Clover is a typical gluttonous Dachshund, and has always been good at sniping food from the table, but it was only after you had finished eating and most of the time were well away from the food. It's always been easy to keep her from doing it, just don't leave the plate where she could get to it. With a toddler though, that's not easy. Ever since Saoirse started eating solids, Clover has become more and more ballzy about taking food from her. It's gotten to the point where she has actually taken food from Saorise's hands! She's never nipped/bitten Saorise doing it, she always grabs what's sticking out away from her fingers, but I feel that’s pretty much the next step she could take.
Saoirse has also gotten more handsy with the dogs. Clover has always been able to stay one level ahead of Saoirse's reach. (Example: Baby on the floor, dog on couch, baby stands up, dog moves to back of couch.) But now that Saoirse can climb, Clover has no where to retreat to. As I said before, she has never nipped at/bitten the baby but I'm afraid it's coming, and dread it happening. Otherwise, Clover is a fantastic dog! She's sweet, snugly, sleeps under the blankets, is crate trained.
I've always said I was on the grounds that if the dog and the child seriously can't get along and it was aggressive behavior, that would be my only reason to re-home. Lately I feel like all we are doing is yelling at her for bad behavior. Saoirse is starting to pick up on that too, and I've seen her yell at and swat at Clover a few times because she sees us doing it and I do NOT want her to think that is okay behavior! Our older dog Biskits is starting to pick up some of her bad habits too and is trying to take food off the table and today tried to take food from me that I was trying to give to Saoirse, and I don't want that either.
My biggest issue with re-homing her though (other than me missing her terribly) is her special need. She is allergic to vaccinations, her face swells up like a balloon! She has to get each shot separately, and has to be fed benadryl every 4 hours for 2-3 days after her shot. I'm afraid no one is going to want her because of this, or that they wont do the shots the way they are needed. (get them all at once, leaver her home with out super vision after her shots, etc.) and it's going to end up hurting her. Thinking about it stresses me out so bad, and I just don't know what to do! I feel like it's a losing situation either way. We'll have had her for 4 years this May, and she has been the best dog up until Saoirse hit toddler-hood.

https://www.weasyl.com/profile/zeemonster
All the cool kids were doing it!

XD seriously though, haven't had a chance to do anything with it yet, but I'll upload things I like and follow people there and stuff.

Happy new year all! It's officially 2013 here in Okinawa, and so far the year is looking good if a little sleepy. I'm surprised to find my 14 month old managed to stay up until 12:40am, crazy kid apparently didn't want to miss the party!
I know it's still a while until new years in the states where most of you are, so stay safe!

Anyone have any new years resolutions? I haven't even thought about mine yet.

Some times I feel that having people I know IRL looking at my work/knowing where I post my work online has stunted my artistic growth.

There are so many things I'd like to try and get feedback on, but I'm afraid of what my family and some of my friends might think. I don't know why but their opinions matter a lot to me, and I'm afraid that what I draw will make them form opinions about who I am as a person. I've always been the same person, no matter what I choose to draw. I feel like people want everything I do to be kid friendly and very G rated, and that I have to be a good little girl who only draws rainbows and butteries and cute little puppies.

I think it was a mistake to let people know about my work being online. I wish I could keep all my work in once place but I feel people expect a certain kind of work from me and that's all I can post to the places those people know about. My art is so split up between websites, it's really disconcerting. Even this. I really wanted this place to be a place I can post whatever I wanted, but I already feel like I cant to that.

Not just art but journals and stories too. I feel like I have to censor myself no matter what I do. Even this evtry can only be posted to a few places, because I don't want people to think I'm singling them out or trying to make them feel bad.

IDK. I guess I'm just having anther of those "poor pitiful me" days. There is really so much more I wanted to say, but I don't know where to put it.

This all sounded so much better and more logical in my head.

Made it back to Okinawa. Had an awesome time seeing my family and friends in Washington and Southern Calie, but it's good to be home. Plus I missed my dogs! =P

Now to work off all this jet lag, and hop the baby can do the same!

Nooooo! I refuse to believe its been a whole year! My baby will never grow up! I won't let her! T^T Waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!



Seriously though, I can hardly believe its been a whole year since I was sitting in the hospital holding and seeing my baby girl for the first time! Mommy loves you baby girl! Now stop growing up!

Survived my first international flight with a baby and am chillin in WA with my family and excited to see my old friends! Let you all know whe. I make it to CA.