welp I sure didn't participate in art fight at all this yearrrrr😅

July had a lot of "lightning detected in your area" days, which def have an impact on my migraines - had some flareup weeks where I spent most of several days in bed with migraine and fatigue. also some nausea flare ups, which make sense since I've been trialing a new RX to see if it helps with my migraines after 8 weeks (it's one where it takes a long ass time for your body to get used to it, so I'm being patient).

I did do some art I'm proud of this month though - mainly a birthday gift for my little brother, and the beginnings of a character reference for my main Stardew save file farmer (I'm going to get perfection on this save gdi!!) And I got to upload some of my old art here, yay!!!

I've been living with chronic illness all my life (chronic severe migraines, adhd, thyroid shit), but didn't start conceptualizing of myself as chronically ill/disabled til ~2016 when I was 24, and had started failing/dropping out of classes in university for the first time. I took a four year break to research all this shit and pursue diagnoses and treatment and benefits and accommodations, and I'm so so glad I did! My conditions haven't magically been cured, but I'm not full of confusion and self blame/loathing for when I'm not able to do things. Learning how to live with my body and how to advocate for myself has been the best thing I've ever done imo.

Anyhow! I hope to upload more art soon. I do like this site a lot so far!

edit: Oh hey, they extended art fight thru tomorrow noon AND someone attacked me, maybe i can fit a revenge in... 🤔