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Still A Bit Chaotic:

Not much new to report. I have recovered, so feeling all better now and have been getting to work steadily. Art Fight has also been keeping me on my toes so I hope I'll be able to make it all fully before the end of the month. Time has flown by and once again, I need to reorganize how I do my scheduling to get things rolling more appropriately once more. I have been doing better, but finding my groove back into stuff hasn't been entirely as easy as it used to be. A lot of things have been weighing on my mind lately that I know I need to situate out. I am getting though, so don't worry. Bit by bit as they say.

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A Rainy Start:

This morning is starting out with a banger of a storm it would seem. It's been quite the rainy summer here over all, but eh. I have at least been able to manage doing return fire for Art Fight, so hopefully if things work out, I should be able to do some attacks myself real soon too. I've been hammering more pages lately. Setting things up for Chapter 6 and I've been working on that steadily. I've fallen a bit behind schedule still, but if all works out the rest of this month, then it should be good to go and I should be back on track. That's still the goal at least. There's been a lot going on behind the scenes so to speak, but I think much of it has resolved for the most part as of recently.

I was invited out to an expo recently with some friends, which was nice. The event itself wasn't fully my cup of tea, but I still managed to find things I liked and things to be interested over so it was an eventful day. When it's not raining here, the humidity makes it unbearably hot and sticky, so sometimes work feels like I'm trudging through mud up to my waist just to get tasks done. Little by little, I'll see the end of this eventually I'm sure XD

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Not the Best First Week:

So...first week of July...I've been sick XD Just....not in the way I honestly expected. I am back on my feet again though. Meds really do wonder for such things it would seem. It's also been extremely hot here with intense humidity that makes it feel even worse. We have largely cleaned up from the storm a few weeks back now, but some of the repairs are taking longer than expected. Simply because of supply shortages it would seem. Other than that, it's been fine and doing our best to stay cool and keep the animals cool and hydrated. 

Hoping things kick off again more steadily real soon. 

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July and Art Fight:

With a new month here, it's time to get back to work! After the few mishaps and overwhelming things this past month, I took the remaining days of June to just...reset myself. This included mostly cleaning and playing games, but I do feel as though it's done the trick. I'm back now to my usual schedule of things, back to exercising properly, and all that fun stuff. Patreon will still be paused for this month so I can just hammer out as much as I can during July. Art Fight is also in progress and while I don't expect much from it this year in terms of my own participation, given I didn't really advertise my own entry or am in the same groups anymore that were heavily participating. On the other hand, I don't mind. I've set things up better this month so I should be able to complete quite a few things. I'm behind on a lot of stuff so this month will be important in its own way, but  not pressure fueled either. I do have to admit, missing nearly every personal deadline for June feels liberating in some way, but it also made me realize, the past couple months, the reason my progress had started out strong this year and slowly declined was because I had forgotten to shift mental gears and truly push it out of work-mode. Hence also the last few days was just gaming because that requires a whole different set of brain functions for me. All should be good and if all goes well, Patreon will be hopping with posts this month too.

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I Have Returned!:

Well, to sum it up, not all of the vacation went according to plan. My partner and I went camping for a few days but it started out...rough. We actually left a day late because the day before, a huge storm cell came through and did some serious damage in our area. With fish tanks running on only back up power, we couldn't leave until power was restored to our area, which didn't happen until 18:00. We did have a generator going to keep other things cool and some fans going as the temps in the tanks were running high, another reason we couldn't just leave. The damages were quite severe to a few homes in our area but otherwise, I think majority got out unscathed for the most part. We do have to get our fence fixed as a massive branch fell on a section and destroyed it so now we also have to be more vigilant with the dogs, work with the neighbors, and get that fence all fixed up. My garden also ended up being entirely underwater but so far, other than debris everywhere, most plants seem alright. 

Beyond that, we did have a couple days where all it did was rain during the trip, thus preventing us from doing some things we had planned to do with bicycles. We managed though, our tent held up with all the rain very well. We also didn't realize just how much colder it would be in this area than home, so we had to purchase some additional supplies to keep us warm. We are home now, settling back in, cleaning things up, and getting the other animals comfortable once more. When we had picked up the cats, we had noticed both were more stressed than past times we had left them, so they needed a bit of extra care and a watchful eye, but luckily, after a day of mostly resting and cuddles, their temperatures have dropped and they seem back to their chipper selves. On the downside, both my parents are sick with Covid, so that's honestly a bit scary for me. One has been vaccinated, the other could not due to medical reasons, so both of them being sick like this puts me a little in an uneasy state. I'll work through it though and do my best to keep things together in the most part, both physically and mentally. It's time to return to routines and discipline and get things completed.

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Heatwave!:

This week will be ramping up on the heat. The sun is blazing and storms are brewing. It's been so hot over here and this week is supposed to be the hottest thus far this summer. It should be around 33-35C this week. I do also start some vacation time this coming weekend, finally, and it should be interesting if this heat persists, along with the storms. We'll see. We are in a location where it likes to change last minute so for all we know, it could just be hot and a little rain or heat lightning. Who knows.

Anyway, haven't done any new pages for PR yet this month, so way way behind on that. As I mentioned before, I will be taking a break during July to just pretty much do nothing but comic pages and catch up on a few other illustrations and endeavors. After that, I should be right back on track come August and all should be well and dandy. I've also taken to playing Baldur's Gate 3 in the evenings, as my partner decided to purchase it and allow me to play through it. I've been having a lot of fun and figuring out characters and tactics. I do like the mix of adventure and strategy and decision making. Nothing everything goes my way, which I also like and enjoy.

The comic I have been working on lately is Triune though. I am on the last page of the prologue and it's a doozy of a page, which is why things have been taking a bit longer. That and this past week was...exhausting. So much driving. I think I've done more driving this past week than I have in around 5 years and it drained a lot out of me. I still at least made sure to make some progress daily as I could so that way I wasn't entirely just not doing things. Little by little as they say. Progress is better than perfection.

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