In the past month since I last posted anything, I became wrapped up in my own business, primarily in making sure extra shifts had been covered, and preparing for my brother’s high school graduation (utterly insane to think about for me, given that I joined this website when I was a junior in high school myself!). It’s been steadily become more difficult to maintain any drawing schedule when everything wants to have some of my time. Stress factors have cropped up quite a bit too. One of them is the sudden decline in my dog’s health, and ultimately, putting him down last Saturday. He had been part of our lives since my freshm