Hi everyone! This will be like my journal, I'll be posting any manga/anime I'm currently into, video games I'm playing, or random tidbits of my life. Hope you enjoy reading!

So my birthday was cool

I have pulled myself out of a chocolate induced coma long enough to write about said coma. I got a new tablet, so I've been getting a lot of art done. But the best part was reconciling with my estranged aunt. I found out she hasn't contacted me in four years because she's been legitimately terrified of me since I went off on her in an angry email exchange when shit with my dad's family was going on and my validity as a human being was in question(GREAT self-esteem booster, btw). I had apologized for that email since she wasn't really who I needed to be angry at like three years ago, but apparently she was just too scared to contact me until now. I'm not one to complain, because I'm terrible at communicating with others, but four years is a little much even for me. But, she's talking to me and that's all that matters right now.

I really need to stop doing this...

....and I'm back. Again. Every time I come back here and think that I'll be on for a while, something always happens and I'm off again. The last time I was physically on here, I think was around January. My internship has forced me to be there four days a week, about seven hours a day, and I'm just so tired. I love this internship, but it has actually caused me some pretty significant health issues, namely messing up my back so much that I can't sit properly at a desk for more than about two hours.

I have also been hospitalized a number of times this year, namely for recurring ovarian cysts, some more eye problems, and most recently an emergency appendectomy that has put me out for the last month. Physically, it has been a very taxing year.

On the positive side, I have been getting back into a lot of old hobbies while I've been laid up. Namely sewing. I've gotten back into making plushies, which has been very therapeutic for me. I even took it a step further and decided to sew my own cosplay this year, which was pretty good for a first try:

Now that I have recovered somewhat (for the moment)I will try and post what I can and hopefully get back to finishing drawings that I owe people.

~Lumi

HEY GUESS WHAT I'M NOT BLIND ANYMORE

My surgery went about as well as it could possibly go, and I DON'T EVEN NEED GLASSES ANYMORE OH MY GOD. It is a really weird feeling, but I've been recovering and getting used to the feeling. Everything is really clear and defined, which it has never been before in my life. I've even managed to draw a few things over the last couple of weeks, which I will upload later. I'm just so happy to be able to see again, you guys have no idea...

~Lumi

Very Important Announcement

If you actually read this, thank you for taking the time to look, as this is tremendously important:

Since I had surgery several weeks ago to remove my gallbladder, I have had enough medical complications for the next four lifetimes. I'm not kidding, I've practically lived at the hospital this past month. Basically, I was mistakenly given a medication that really messed with my eyes, and I now have about maybe 20% of my vision in one eye, the other eye is totally blind. I'm going in for surgery tomorrow in an attempt to get my sight back, but they are really not sure how successful it will be. Worst-case scenario, I lose what little vision I have left. I've tried very hard for a really long time to tough it out and not worry my friends and family, but truth be told I've been completely worn down emotionally and I am absolutely terrified and I have been having anxiety attacks all day today. My doctors say there's a good chance of me regaining most of my vision if the surgery is successful, but I'm still scared. You don't realize how much you rely on one of your senses until it's lost or at least diminished. I'm actually not even physically typing this as I can't see the keyboard, it's going through a speech-to-type software I've needed since this whole thing started.

I honestly don't know if I'll regain my sight or go totally blind at this point, but in the event that I do go blind, I just wanted to thank all of you for supporting and caring about my art these past six years. Thank you all.

~Lumi

My recent absence

This is a bit old now, I probably should have made this world sooner. As some of you may know, I haven't posted any new fanart (or anything for that matter) recently. Three reasons for that: one, I am still in the middle of yet another move, two, my computer hates me and needs some new cable for it to work (goodie, more money I gotta spend), and the biggest reason of all, number three, I had my third heart surgery about two weeks ago. Nobody freak out, I'm not going to die Something about a heart pathway going haywire that needed to be fixed. It finally got fixed, so I'm all better now, just slowly recovering. So it's not like I haven't posted anything on purpose. Anyway, that's all for now!

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