...sucks a great deal. Been bedridden for the greater part of the past two days, feverish, cough-y and achy (gah) all over. The body aches are finally gone, but my throat's pretty much raw now and talking is a hazard.

I'm just glad I did all my Christmas shopping in advance. However, I won't be making it in time to the post office to ship off presents. Meh.

On the other hand, my momma made me some delicious chicken soup. HMM, chicken soup.

So I'm still a little sick, my lungs aren't clear yet and talking too much makes me cough, but I'm now back at work--both at the store and with the art. teilea, I just started on the barebones of your commission. ^_^

Now, I'm squeeing because I just got off the phone with Bizzy B--they got the prints, they're happy with them...and want to order three more of the same. SQUEEAGE. I really cannot wait till the first three are hanging in the store.

And look what I found the other day:



Isn't it this the prettiest miniature sketchbook? I've always wanted to have something that could fit even in the slimmest of evening purses, and this is definitely it.

I'm in the middle of coloring "Cocoon", and watching season 2 of Supernatural on DVD. Target had a special going on this week, so I got the whole thing for less than $20. So today? Most excellent. Now all I need to do is to get better, and life will be smashing.

Hai guys! As the subject line says, I still live! Isn't that just awesome? I know, some of you were waiting for moderately good news, which I'm glad to bring. So sorry I couldn't do that earlier, seeing as I could barely type, let alone type full sentences. A big thank you to everyone (hey, naa, thanks for the nudge :D I'm alive!) who's commented on the previous post by the way--encouragement to get better always helps. XD

Also, thanks again to doortoriver, isako and my sweet queen_lily_rose who is now sick too. *huggles*

So yes, I've been sick as can be for over a week since last post, but I seem to be reaching the end of that tunnel.

( More ramblings on illness )

Meanwhile, I was not completely idle--well, while I wasn't busy lolling about, fearing heart attacks and feeling overall nauseous. I managed to get some further work done on my commission and when I was too tired to do anything else, I marathoned myself some Supernatural (thanks isako!) and for added measure, had some laughs over the Plastic!Winchester Theatre (whoever created this thing, you are made of Awesome Genius). Actually, I sort of died and lost my voice laughing several times. If you're having a lousy day and can't find much to laugh at, I would totally recommend it.

For extra crack, go watch the PWT Opening Credits as well as a cute fluffy song.

Disclaimer: Read and watch at your own risk. I'm not responsible for anybody's brain breaking.

So I've been completely out of touch lately. I wish I could blame work, but the truth is, the past couple of weeks have been filled with weird health scares. Namely, I thought I was going blind in one eye. My left eye turned really red for a couple of days (all that with weird, cloudy vision...) and I took myself to the doctor. It seems like tiredness, mild infection and possible contacts overuse were at the source of it. I've rarely had contact issues before, mostly because I immediately switched to glasses when I felt it was needed. Unfortunately, my glasses are no longer suited for driving (although they're perfect for staying at home) so money was shelled out to get another pair for driving. Eye is still a bit red and not all that healed yet, but it's slowly getting better. Serves me right for ignoring cues from my body. -_-

Anyway, on a more positive note, I haz merchandise!!!



The tote bag line is still in its experimental stage, however purpletophat.com was recently updated with bookmarks. Aaaand the commission page. Go see!

And now, time for a meme:

Pick 10 people and give them the "you make my day" award. If you're picked, you are charged with picking 10 of your own. (okay, so you don't *have* to...)

( Awards under cut )