Hey guys. I haven't been posting anything in a while bc I'm getting ready for college and trying to pass my driving test. I already bought stuff for my dorm, and I'm about to do an orientation in a few days.

In the meantime I've been writing scripts for my animations in the future, and when I get to college I'll be taking art and animation classes, like I did in school. It's gonna be exciting.

Happy Pico Day 2024, everyone. Sorry I couldn't draw anything for Pico Day this year, but I did draw a pic of Cyclops earlier. I was just too busy with work and family.

Anyway I retired from my first job after 15 months yesterday and got another job that I enjoy better than the last. I'm gonna miss the people who worked with me at my first job.

Happy VD Newgrounds ❤️

I won't be posting art for a while bc I'll be working nightshift for 2 weeks :(

I'm still working on preparing for college aswell.

Hope you're having a great Valentine's Day 🥰

Last night we got a bunch of snow, I couldn't stop looking out the window I was hyped. But just over it falling. Today I couldn't go anywhere in that weather. As a kid it made me so happy cause there was no school, I built snowmen with my parents and went sledding. Now as an adult, it just doesn't thrill me as much. I'd still have to work, and pretty soon I might end up shoveling the driveway, and most of all, it's freezing. Brrr!

Luckily I keep the heat on around my house and dress warm. It should've snowed on Christmas last year but it didn't. Maybe it could this Christmas.

Gone with 23, in with 24! I celebrated with a sparkling apple champagne. My resolution this year is to finally try and get a driver's license, since I got a job last year. My other resolution is to start animating again, once I get Adobe Animate. I haven't upgraded my laptop to Windows 11 yet, and I should later this year.

Sorry for not being here for 2 1/2 months, I was very busy with work and preparing for college, and it's been very cold lately.

I had a good Christmas this year. I got a new Canon printer cause my 12 year old HP printer stopped working correctly, and I should get rid of it. This new one's better than my old one. I also got new pajamas, a new shirt, A Harry Potter mug, and chocolate. I got my family presents too, and they loved them.

I also made a Christmas tree cake and a cherry pie from scratch with my aunt. I made the same tree cake from last year, and the same pie from Thanksgiving. I also made cupcakes, which I made to look like Christmas tree "hedges".

I also made ornaments out of homemade clay with my aunt last month. I painted them and hung them on my tree.

I was hoping there would be a Tankmas ADVENTure game this year, but sadly, there wasn't...

Hopefully there will be one next year?

Hope you all had a great Christmas.

This was the greatest Halloween I had so far. I went trick-or-treating and dressed up as Harry Potter! After wearing so many generic costumes my whole life, I'm finally wearing a good one. A bunch of people called me "Harry Pottah" XD

I wanted to be Harry on Halloween because I look nearly exactly like him due to my short haircut, round glasses, and wearing mostly black. People have told me before that I look like him, and I'm a girl.

My costume didn't have a Harry Potter brand, my aunt and uncle bought lookalike clothes from WAL-MART and modified the robe and scarf, and they created a wand from a stick and put an LED on the tip.

Two girls in Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw costumes saw me in my Gryffindor costume and got a picture with me. Too bad Slytherin wasn't there...

I still trick-or-treat past 18. So does everyone else.

I'm almost moving back home soon. For the past few days mom and I arrived at the house, cleaning and tidying the interior, because the house hasn't been cleaned since mom went in the nursing home for 5 months from a stroke and I had to stay at my aunt's house. It's been 10 months already, almost this entire year. I hate it so much. I'm homesick to death, and so is mom. She's nearly healed up, and we just need to get a few things done around the house. I want to get back home before Halloween. I'm 21 now, I finally have a job, and I should have my own house now, with a boyfriend and a car, and probably start a family. (I'm uneasy on that last part)

2023 is the worst year for me, but 2020 was far worse. I just want to go home. 😔

I'm feeling a little better now. I've been using a Windows 7 laptop since my 17th birthday in 2019, and right now, I've been thinking of upgrading this laptop to Windows 11. (or 12 when it releases)

When I got this laptop, I initially refused to update the OS because of the graphics and loading times. Now Windows 7 is no longer supported since early 2020, Steam will stop running on Win7 starting next year, and browsers keep crashing after a few days, making me restart my laptop just to get them working again. I could just download a Win7 theme when I get Win11/12.

I'm also yearning to no longer use Macromedia Flash 8 for my animations. Like Win7, it's long outdated. I will start using Adobe Animate, since I learned to use it while I was in high school. Adobe Animate isn't compatible with Win7. I need to save money to upgrade my laptop until next year. I should animate with Krita until then.

On the night after my birthday, I started having a bad cold. I can't stop sneezing and having a runny nose. It must be the seasons changing as my mom said. I still had to go to work with a stuffed nose yesterday, and I had to use the restroom to blow my nose a few times. This really sucks. 🤧

I should take Tylenol and see if it helps...