Hey friends!!
It's been a while since I posted any kind of real update, but to be perfectly honest - I've been super busy! The last few months have been exciting, terrifying, daunting, a ton of work and a load of planning for some big changes.
Between my regular day job, preparation for MWFF, the holidays, end of the year busywork, getting ready to move, and general life injections of little problems into my schedule (like a dead car battery adventure, new health issues, and scheduling problems with my job), I haven't had much time! It gets really rough for me this time of year because of mental health conditions, and 2014 wasn't my best year for my physical health, either. I discovered a lot of issues and spent a lot of time, effort, and research trying to make sure I was taking care of myself. In the winter that's gotten difficult to balance with my mental health along with all of my other responsibilities, and I'm sad to say I've been kind of absent as a result of that! It's the start of a new year, though, and like I said, there are a lot of changes ahead that I'm excited about and feeling ready to tackle.
This month is going to continue to be a busy one, but hopefully I'll be able to be a little more active now that I don't have the holidays hanging over my head, or any conventions coming too immediately. If you got something during MWFF that hasn't been mailed to you yet, I'll be shipping everything out within the next two weeks, depending mainly on my ability to make a trip to the post office! I'm working six days this week and have an appointment to run some tests related to a health issue on my only day off, so I only can't promise it'll be sooner because of that! I promise anyone waiting will receive notification from me once their stuff is in the mail, though.
The last batch of Polyvore/fashion commissions has been completed and those will be uploaded once I have time to go over all of the final touches and changes, but that should be rather quick since I can work around my work schedule with that!
With all of that taken care of, my art-related queue is nearly empty, which is a nice way to start off the year. I'll be doing Valentine's Day cards again this year, which I'll open for once the Polyvore commissions are uploaded and the MWFF things are sent out - so if you're interested, keep an eye out! I'll need all the help I can get, funds-wise, for the upcoming move.
Thanks for reading all of that! I threw together a couple of doodles from the past year that never got posted just as a "hey-i'm-sorry-for-kinda-disappearing-but-thanks-for-sticking-with-me" junkpile. Anyway, I hope you are all doing well! Do any of you have new year's resolutions or things you'd like to see happen this year? Feel free to send me an ask (I'll respond privately!) and tell me how you're doing. I miss connecting with people and I'd love to hear from you! -Jem