I've poofed for months without giving any warnings to you all; I offer my sincerest apologies. u_u; I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to all of the wonderful people who are always here for me when I manage to resurface from my real life distractions, you're the reasons I keep coming back here and posting my meager drawings. Thank you all so very much, DeviantART would probably be dead to me without you all.
I hope to start posting some more art again soon, because, believe it or not, I'm actually managing to finish some sketches of mine in my free time. I am also going to tentatively open requests for those of you with inspirational ideas. I need to get my art juices flowing, and I'm hoping that by opening requests briefly, you guys can give me some good ideas to sketch out. No promises I'll actually get around to drawing your requests, but I'll listen to any ideas you can give me and try my best to work with them. Just send me a note with your ideas, and I'll see what I can sketch out. :]

Anyway, in other news, my vacation to California a few months back was lots of fun, but also very tiring. I didn't get to spend much time with ~craZy18gurl, due to my aunt passing away right when we arrived back in Arizona with craZy. If you're reading this Z, I'd like to apologize to you once again for cutting your vacation so short, but I also want to thank you so so much for coming; I had such a wonderful time getting to meet you. I wish I could give you another hug. Dx Anyway, I had a great time meeting ~craZy18gurl and *WhiteRaven4 in California, and my thanks to all of you who left me such lovely comments on my journal before I left.

Just so you all know, my offline life is unbelievably stressful sometimes, so once again, I'm afraid I can't guarantee how long I'll be sticking around this time, do forgive me. I'll try my best to keep drawing and checking in with you all though; you guys mean so much to me, and I feel awful for disappearing and then coming back like this. Feel free to prod me with notes and the like if you'd like to chat with me, I'm afraid you can't count on me to initiate much conversation of late. u_u;;;

I also have a question for you all, and I'd be eternally grateful if you could give me a brutally honest answer. My question being: Do you think I could open commissions and be worthy of doing so? If I were to charge perhaps 5 dollars or so for a full-color, finished piece, do any of you think I'd get business? My reason for asking is the fact that I'm broke; I don't even have a literal penny to my name. And I owe my mom about 30 dollars because she bought my sister's birthday presents for me this year. >.<; My parents always buy things for me without expecting anything in return, but it always makes me feel guilty for not being able to get a real job (I have no license or ID), so I'd like to earn my own money somehow (and my art is about the only 'talent' I have atm). So, do you guys think I'm good enough? I certainly don't think I am, but I thought I'd throw this out there just to see how much harder I need to work to be a decent artist. Thanks in advance for any opinions and feedback you can give me. ^_^

Well, I guess that about sums up everything I wanted to say. :/ Sorry for the long-winded journal everyone, I had a lot to say this time around. And don't forget to tell me how you're all doing, I'd love to hear from you guys.

Much love,
Sarah