Status and Situation? Where have you been?
I've been stressing the fact that I've been working on commission assignments. You know something. I have something to share. I only shared what I'm about to say with a handful of people but I want to share it with you guys so you can know why I've been dead on my own thread.
So as of mid December, I finished my semester with a 3.0. I was feelin' pretty damn good when I went on break. I'm thinking to myself that I can breath easy and enjoy my holiday and work on maybe one or two seasonal images. I was able to get them done but I didn't get the result I wanted. You wanna know what happens the week before Christmas? My Grandmother passes. I was pretty pissed because I don't even know this woman. I seen this woman maybe once or two times in my life. Let alone my dad and my grandmother didn't have a strong relationship. Oh my god they always argued over the phone. As I remember growing up, I had a great grandfather who I would see every so often. He was more of a father figure to MY dad than my grandmother was. Ok...back to the details: we find this out and we plan a forced trip to South Carolina to attend a funeral. When I saw her in her casket she didn't look at peace. I honestly felt she wasn't ready to leave but damn, man things happen.
The service was good and meeting my family is always a treat. So you know what happens? We leave the SAME night. I don't know why we left the same night of the services. My dad wanted to stay at my uncle's house and leave the following mourning. But you see, shit always takes a different turn when someone who isn't in command nags and nags to leave. When we drove down there, there were two divers: my dad and my cousin. She was constantly nagging my dad to leave. This is where it gets interesting: we stop at two rest stops, we sleep, eat and use the bathroom. It's 6 am Christmas Eve, and we're in Virginia. Making good time right? Two hours later around 8am, my cousin is FORCING my dad to switch to the drivers seat. Ok, so we pull off and he's about to switch sides
You wanna know what happens? This old woman driving nods off and she hits us and our car (stationary) hits my dad. Yes...he was struck by a car and lemme tell you I was completely mind fucked. He almost died that day. On Christmas Eve I almost lost my dad but thank god (and bless the souls who helped us that mourning without hesitation) he was rushed to the hospital in Richmond. He broke his leg in four places. Goddamn, that was the worst Christmas I ever had. I cried uncontrollably. I almost lost my dad. Today is the 4th and lemme tell you his recovery is amazing beyond hell. I'm glad he's making a full recovery. The surgery performed on his leg was successful and right now he's in a nursing home until his legs get better. But I mean goddamn, man...I tell you things can really slow you down. My mother and I have been back and fourth to Richmond and I call him everyday. Sometimes i'll miss a day or two because of class.
But I mean what's the irony in this situation? I dunno and I was constantly thinking maybe my grandmother wanted to take him away. Well you know what? Transaction cancelled because he wasn't going anywhere. With my mom and I always going every weekend, it slows my art process down. However, I haven't forgotten my assignments. But it sucks because anything can happen at any given moment.
Things have slowly been getting back to normal. I know I got things to do but damn, man...my dad needs us. I'm glad that he's alive and he'll be able to walk again. I've always said God was real and lemme tell you he was real...this weekend I'm going down there again. I know this has nothing to do with the forums and whatnot but still I wanted to tell the ones who follow me what's been going on. Why do you think I barely been posting?
My dad will be home March hopefully. As for everyone, I want you all to stop and think about something: anything can happen to you or anyone so don't take life for granted. I used to sometimes, but you know I was never a bad person or did anything to the point that the law got involved. I joked and did a few things minor but remember to respect your elders, always keep your loved ones by your side and always do for others what you'd want people to do for you. I have a lot of work to do but I finally managed my time where I have time to do commissions and school work. I haven't played Skullgirls in over month. I'm rustier than a copper penny. Ugh, I'm weak now. I want to train again but alas, no time. I understand I been saying the same thing but nobody knew about this. Only a handful of my closest people did.
I do thank each and everyone of you who follow me and keep up with my art and share opinions and ideas. I read them and I do take things in consideration. Most definitely I do. I will start commenting again and start sharing WIPs of current images. I don't want this thread to die. I've been dead...so when the owner dies the thread slowly goes with him. Let's try to NOT...prevent that. With that said it's time for an image.
Thank you for reading this. I don't want y'all to feel bad for me, but understand why I been slow. I'm good and I been handlin' this situation well. I got my drawing groove back. It's just been hella slow.