Hello again.

Yesterday was honestly a bit scary. I wasn’t able to make it home, and my credit card is currently canceled, so I couldn’t even fall back on that — I won’t have a new one until Monday. I ended up not eating, and by the time night hit I was pretty shut down. I had offered a doodle during the tornado warning and couldn’t finish it then, but I did complete it this morning, so I’ll be posting that shortly.

I also wrapped up another art trade — both of us had piebald deer-type characters, which made it especially fun. Those kinds of pieces remind me why I enjoy doing this in the first place.

School has been one of the more stable things right now.
I passed my first two assessments — one on dog body language and one on enrichment. I’ve always been good at reading body language across species, but acing that assessment really reinforced it. It feels like something I can stand on. Something real I’m building.

At home, things are… harder.
I’m getting messages multiple times a day about my dog while I’m at work — when I can’t actually do anything in the moment — and it’s starting to wear on me. There’s a real possibility he might be rehomed despite everything I’m trying to do, and that’s been sitting heavy.
I can feel myself slipping into that black-and-white headspace again, and I don’t like it. I know what it does. I’m trying to stay grounded, but it’s been difficult.
And still, I’m here. I’m working. I’m trying to keep moving forward.

Art is one of the ways I do that.
If you’ve ever thought about commissioning me, this is honestly a time where it directly helps me stay steady — mentally and financially — while I continue through school and everything happening around me.
You can check my prices here:
Commission Prices
Even one piece helps more than you might think right now.

On a lighter note — I had a really vivid dream last night. I turned into a Pidgeotto at one point, and at another I was a satyr trying to fight Pan. Not sure what my brain is doing there, but it was… something.