2018 has been a difficult year. I think it's been very difficult for all of us.

i've been various kinds of sick over the past 6 months. I had a truly evil stomach flu that sent me to the ER in March. After my cockatiel Derpy passed in July, I caught some kind of terrible hell-flu again. I've taken 3 separate courses of antibiotics for an unrelated skin infection, which has finally cleared up, but the nausea and upset stomach was rough. All of these things have added up to some dramatic weight loss this year, however, and if I can say one thing about 2018, I finally got "over the hump" in the struggle of weight loss. It's unfortunate I had to reach my goal through a series of accidental starvation diets, but here we are, thinner than I've ever been as an adult. I'm a little worried no one will recognize me in person x3

Anyway, i'm going to Furpocalypse, i haven't been for a few years but I'll be glad to see everyone again! (hmu if you wanna chill) I'm hosting my friend from Scotland who has never in my knowledge been directly exposed to a furcon before, so it'll be great fun :D

I'm open for commissions again now that my health has improved. I'm currently using commissio as a base of operations and I'm finalizing my website before the con. Currently, I'm only open for the "minimalist" vector icons (which could become stickers or conbadges, just about anything you can do with a portrait really), but I will entertain other projects. Commissio also offers tips and monthly subscriptions, though I will not be ready for subscription content this year.

https://commiss.io/budgiebin

Additionally I also post on Mastodon through snouts.online, an 18+ server. Invites have opened up so you are invited to join me on the server, or to follow me from your own instance.

invite to instance (follows me automatically): https://snouts.online/invite/4Sc3BtnY (link active 1 week, limit 100)

my profile, for manual following: https://snouts.online/@budgiebin

Thank you for sticking with me :)