update on my doggo, we got back from the vet a bit ago and she diagnosed that he has a torn ligament in his left knee. it's not bad enough to require surgery but it's clearly bothering him since he sometimes hobbles on one leg. she gave me pain meds to give him twice a day or as needed, and he basically just needs to rest until it heals enough that he can get around with no pain. poor baby bean I feel bad for him cause I def know what it feels like to have a messed up knee (I had a bad knee injury in late Dec 2017, required major surgery and it took me about 5 months of PT to be mostly normal again), and watch everyone around you be up and moving around freely while you just have to sit there and watch them.snip
Update: Mom and I reconcilled. It was all huge misunderstanding and we decided to just bury the hatchet. Man I have a habit of making things out to be a big deal and then I realized it was all a misunderstanding. Ugh what is wrong with me.....Mom and I are not speaking to each other given the heated arugment we had yesterday about money problems. She was using my information behind my back without my consent and she is playing the victim making me look bad. I really wish I can just move out of the house at this point, but I am stuck living with her so I have not much of a choice either way.
surprisingly I didn't know about what happened until @/Shellzilla_515 told me recently, it's about an hour north of where my grandma lives. I saw what kind of effect it's having on the environment and it's really concerning. I'm not sure if Mike DeWine has addressed it yet and come up with a plan to tackle it, but if not he better get on this. I'll be keeping my eye on the news for sure, I've already been worried about pollution issues in other places like Michigan because I care a great deal about environmental activism and taking care of issues like this, and just seeing this happen breaks my heart.The train rerailmentS. For one, Ohio is greatly suffering from that with no help and no answers, and so are the thousands down stream soon. However another one of the same company's trains derailed in Michigan with toxic chemicals. I live near train tracks and I have no idea if this same company has their trains run on it or not. It's insane.
Edit, I did some googling unsure if I could find any info and I found a tid bit and it looks like they do................
The federal gov really needs to step in. It's pollution on a grand scale not to mention a danger to thousands of people.
I feel this. I constantly look for ways to improve my art, but It feels like a big open field that I just end up doing circles in. I bought a masterclass program, haven’t had time to really sit down and do it. Also, the tablet I bought it on is also my drawing tablet - so that was dumb. I basically have to watch it, pause, go do what they said, and press play, and repeat. It’s time consuming and annoying. I also don’t have much time to sit and do tutorials, but that’s what I need to do. I too, wish I could just take a university level class on even just my art program and cram-learn it in a couple weeks. Hang in there, and take a break from it for a bit if you need to. I took all of January off of art, and I‘m just now feeling like I can start coming back to it and be in a better frame of mind. I’m here if you ever want to talk about it!Wow I left a bunch of likes here huh. It’s just a shorthand for hoping things get better basically.
Anyway, what’s bothering me? Well even though I enjoy the little courses I’m taking weekly it’s not enough, it’s not what I truly want and that’s kinda killing me. I’m busy every day now, but I know this isn’t really efficient. I’m asking for what classes I could take or what schools I can go to and simply nobody here has an answer for me, they just tell me to look online. I already have, they’re all the same weekly kind of thing and a lot of the tutors don’t have impressive art (no offense, it just feels like I could reach their level on my own). Or you have the other extreme of doing university, and I’m not ready or rich enough for that. Or I could do classes that are purely online… but it’s a different experience and not the full experience, it’s not enough tbh.
I wish I could just grind it out and learn and talk with someone who knows their stuff 12 hours a day. I am doing my best to teach myself but I have to use so much time simply to find sources of info etc. and I can’t totally fully judge or instruct myself.
If I sound kinda bitter it‘s because I am, I’m really lonely, I’m really tired of this, I’m really blown away by how few options I can find and how this art club with professional teachers aren’t leading me anywhere. I have one lead, but I’m busy all of next week, she’s probably busy and so I can’t see her for a while… and if she can’t help me idk what I’m going to do next. I guess I’ll be trying a ton of courses, throw them at the wall and see what sticks- but this is absolutely ridiculous.
I know there isn’t one definite path but I know there’s better than this