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I'm so sorry I've been so quiet on here lately! Things have been both hectic and rough and I have not had much time to work on any art in between everything that has been happening. Depression has been rearing its ugly head again and lately it's been consuming all of my energy just to get up, go to work, return home and take care of my animals (with minimal effort to take care of myself), go to sleep. Rinse, and repeat. I'm preparing to move to a new apartment (same complex, but bigger living quarters) in August, and my partner will be moving in with me as well. I'm taking a step forward as an adult and it's scary as hell lol. The few minute

Things were already going to be slowing down for me in regards to activity on here due to the holidays rapidly coming up and preparing for conventions and commissions in the new year, but then tragedy struck on Thursday. I came home from work late Thursday evening to find my cat Thomas unable to move his back legs and crying out in pain. He had thrown a blood clot and I had to put my cat down that night and have been emotionally distraught since then. He was only 5 or 6 years old and even though I knew there was a high chance that he wouldn't live very long due to being FIV+, it has still shaken me to my very core. Having an FIV+ cat is ev