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Finished another portrait commission!
Pretty happy with it too, trying out a different colouring style than normal. He's supposed to be ethereal & luminescent-ish, a VERY fun character to work with and try to get his personality across. I have a full body commission to do of him still so I'm excited to get going on that.
The Sunday after my birthday (b-day was on a Friday) I had four friends over and now I finally have dreadlocks!!! They look awesome, and I love 'em so much! It took 13 hours, and we watched Hellboy, Dawn of the Dead, Princess Mononoke, Mirror Mask and by the end of it we were all giddy and silly. Very fun!
It wasn't all a good day though. My mom called in tears telling me that they had to have Tucker put down. Very sudden, because of spleen cancer. We were with him on the Thursday before and you'd never know he felt bad. Poor boy... he was 11 years old (Golden Retriever) and I lived with him his whole life up until this past year. We all still miss him so much and though time is making it easier I still cry sometimes. This year we've lost Rocco and Tucker already...
Then the week after that we had to take Tonks (my 8 month old blue Great Dane) in to get spayed and have a gastropexy (preventative surgery where the stomach is tacked to the side of her rib cage to prevent torsion (flipping) of the stomach - common in Danes). Her surgery was on Monday, and it all went well but they kept her at the vet for another day because she had thrown up. She's doing fine but I worry about her still, mother's curse I guess.
And now two of our bosses are on vacation for a week and it's not going so well. I'm SO stressed out I feel like just sleeping until they come back. We have to have this episode done by the end of Monday and most people aren't even near done what they should be. Tomorrow I'm probably going to have to stay at work for a while... ungh.
Life has been so crazy this year, it feels like all I do is eat, sleep, work and generally not have any time whatsoever to myself. When I DO have free time I'm so mentally and physically exhausted that I don't feel like doing anything. August will be better. Must be optimistic...
Pretty happy with it too, trying out a different colouring style than normal. He's supposed to be ethereal & luminescent-ish, a VERY fun character to work with and try to get his personality across. I have a full body commission to do of him still so I'm excited to get going on that.
The Sunday after my birthday (b-day was on a Friday) I had four friends over and now I finally have dreadlocks!!! They look awesome, and I love 'em so much! It took 13 hours, and we watched Hellboy, Dawn of the Dead, Princess Mononoke, Mirror Mask and by the end of it we were all giddy and silly. Very fun!
It wasn't all a good day though. My mom called in tears telling me that they had to have Tucker put down. Very sudden, because of spleen cancer. We were with him on the Thursday before and you'd never know he felt bad. Poor boy... he was 11 years old (Golden Retriever) and I lived with him his whole life up until this past year. We all still miss him so much and though time is making it easier I still cry sometimes. This year we've lost Rocco and Tucker already...
Then the week after that we had to take Tonks (my 8 month old blue Great Dane) in to get spayed and have a gastropexy (preventative surgery where the stomach is tacked to the side of her rib cage to prevent torsion (flipping) of the stomach - common in Danes). Her surgery was on Monday, and it all went well but they kept her at the vet for another day because she had thrown up. She's doing fine but I worry about her still, mother's curse I guess.
And now two of our bosses are on vacation for a week and it's not going so well. I'm SO stressed out I feel like just sleeping until they come back. We have to have this episode done by the end of Monday and most people aren't even near done what they should be. Tomorrow I'm probably going to have to stay at work for a while... ungh.
Life has been so crazy this year, it feels like all I do is eat, sleep, work and generally not have any time whatsoever to myself. When I DO have free time I'm so mentally and physically exhausted that I don't feel like doing anything. August will be better. Must be optimistic...
I'm feeling: 
stressed
stressed9 thoughts | thoughts?