Hey there, everyone. How are you all doing so far? Me? Well, I had one of the worst February in a while.

For those who don’t know, February has been a sick month for me. Starting on February 6th, I had a nasty bout of a cold. I felt weak, along with blowing out a ton of snot out my nose. To explain how bad it got, I emptied the equivalent of a tissue box during the next few days and filled up two grocery bags. And here’s the thing with me and cold: even when I’m better, the cold effects still lingered on for a while.

Still, I got better by the end of that week.

And then I fell sick on Monday evening (26th). Again.

If you’re wondering, yes, this is why I’ve been slow on getting any writing done back in February. In fact, I planned from the 7^th to the 10^th to be significant writing days, but because I was sick, I could not get any done. And just when I got the ball rolling again, I fell into another sickness.

Forgive me for venting here. It’s just that, for days when I planned to do a massive bout of writing, something happens that cripples it or prevents it from occurring. One prominent example is where I get an odd bout of insomnia. Basically, I would fall asleep with a plan of sleeping in since work is either evening or I’m off, only for me to wake up after four hours of sleeping. And then, during the middle of the day, my mind finally demands that I take the other half of sleeping.

Before you worry, I’ve been taking Melatonin to combat it. It’s working OK, but I can’t say anything conclusive until I’m finally over all these sicknesses.

Moving on, I plan on making March my catchup month. I hope to make good progress in February, but, well, you know. As a result, I won’t be able to do a Macro March Writing Drive this year. It’s disappointing, I know. I want to do it again this year, but I just couldn’t prepare for it.

I must say, being sick as an adult really put things in perspective.

Also, for a while now, I’ve been streaming on Picarto. There’s no consistent schedule, I should add. Mostly, it’s to write down a final draft of the stories. If you want to, you can follow me there. I don’t do voice chats; the only entertainment is videos on the side. If you want to watch this dumb writer write stories, be my guest. https://picarto.tv/Foxgamer01

Or poke fun at a random typo. That happens a lot.

Another thing I’ve been doing is making a new character. I can already guess some of your thoughts here. “Hey, you already got a fair number of characters. Heck, you brought some for a fair amount. Why create a new one now?” Honestly, I wasn’t originally planning to. And then I saw this: https://twitter.com/tsitra360/status/1755458250282344576

That made me want to create an Umbreon character for myself.

I’ve been working on creating a new one. This one will be female and, in many ways, will act as a foil to Saria the Absol. It does make a fair amount of sense, especially if she is going to be Alolan A-Ninetales’s companion. If you’re curious, here are the rough details of her character. https://tinyurl.com/muas3mvn https://tinyurl.com/ydcfddpa https://tinyurl.com/ywx2zaxa

Finally, my birthday is coming soon. March 16^th, to be exact. I will be 32 years old at that point. Boy, where does the time fly?

Feel free to give me a story or a picture if you guys are willing to gift me. If you feel it might be somewhat edgy, let me know, and I’ll tell you if it’s good or not. For those who want to know what I’m interested in, here are the scraps of the artwork I got over the years. I think this would help. https://www.furaffinity.net/scraps/foxgamer01/

This isn’t a demand or anything like that. In fact, I’m more used to not getting anything from online friends. This is only if you wish to be nice.

If you want to give me something for my birthday but can’t finish a story or picture on time, here is another option. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2VD0B58IUHJYE?ref_=wl_share

I should emphasize. This is ONLY if you wish to be friendly and want to gift me something, not a demand or anything like that. It won’t end the world if I don’t get a new Kindle.

That should be everything. Thank you for listening to this long-winded journal.