( tl;dr - My emotional crutch of choice is as comforting and expensive as ever )

Well, here we are at the finish. I don't know if I'd say I finished strong, but there are a couple here that I can say I'm particularly proud of.

I really hope you guys enjoyed seeing these as much as I enjoyed drawing and finally sharing them. Thank you.

Drawings 1-10
Drawings 11-20
Drawings 21-30
Drawings 31-40

( Drawings 41-50 of 50 )

There's been a pain right underneath my breast since Thanksgiving. Because I felt no lump, at first I thought the back pain had radiated to the front, then I thought it might be the shingles spreading. Now I don't think it's either, and since I've already had an EKG and an X-ray, the only thing I can think to do now is get a mammogram. I'm due ( Read more... )

And here is where we reach the "Hump Day" section of my assignment, where I was dragging myself to reach and pass the halfway point. I counted on my love for Sam and Dean to fuel me when I wanted to just give up and sketch 50 rocks or something instead, and the brothers did not let me down. I fear my wearniness for the assingment may have shown ( Read more... )

Dear milly_gal, dizzojay, and jj1564, your packages are now in the mail. It should take about two weeks to arrive. I'm sorry I sent them off so late, but hey, free presents are good any time of year!

I posted a few of the Sam & Dean drawings from my old art assignment in my last post, and now I offer the second batch for my f-list's perusal.

( Drawings 11-20 of 50 )

Okay, 2016 did blow on several levels, but it will always be the year I finally became a college graduate. Nothing can take that memory, or that degree, away from me. It's almost sweeter, somehow, to earn it this late in life, with a fuller appreciation of what it means for both my job marketability and my self-esteem. And I graduated magna cum ( Read more... )

Hey, you know that inexplicable back pain that’s been plaguing me since Thanksgiving? The one that no remedies touch, that sent me to the ER, that hasn’t abated one bit? Well, guess what, my back’s not hurt at all. Turns out I have my second shingles outbreak, only this time without a trace of the redness or blistering that would have at least ( Read more... )

I have my own tiny selection of Christmas songs that resonate with me for one reason or another.

Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas" takes me back to my childhood, while John Lennon's "Happy Christmas (War is Over)" gives me hope for the future.

Elmo & Patsy's "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" is always good for a laugh, while the Trans- ( Read more... )

Okay, on to good stuff!

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My husband leaves in a week, and I don’t think I’m handling it well.

( Feel free to skip if you're sick of my whining. )