Hello fellow artists and art enthusiasts. Apologies for not submitting a journal since last year. 2021 has been alright so far, has its ups and downs. Found out my shoulder was mildly injured, our pup was over-excited one too many times. Its getting better thanks to physiotherapy, but still needs work. Our pup is doing good too, but sadly my cat passed away. Still find myself missing him, but I was with him in his last moments, and he will always be in my heart. My mom also got hip replacement surgery recently, so she's still recovering from that. It'll be a while before she's really up to doing more than just walking around the house a little bit, but she's tough, so she'll be doing more real soon. My friend is still staying with me. With covid, they just haven't been able to find a place, though they have been looking. I still worry about them a lot though. They spend so much time alone, even though they may be video chatting with someone, hard to know really. Wish I could do