So, my family doctor is a very nice man and a pretty decent physician (if not a bit overzealous with the prescriptions), but going to see him is an all-day affair. He's extremely gregarious and overbooks himself, so you're guaranteed that if you have an appointment at 2pm, you won't be seeing him until 5pm. Or possibly 7pm. Or 8pm.

Because of this, I still go to my pediatrician even though I'm almost 20-- a trip in and out of there is about 45 minutes if you're unlucky. I'll probably be in grad school before I "graduate" to a real doctor. However, the issue with this is that I don't always actually see my own doctor, but rather I see whoever's on-- and usually this isn't an issue, but there's one doctor there who can only be described as a crotchety old man, and seeing him is never pleasant.

So I had to go to the doctor about three days ago, and that's part of the reason no new art's been posted recently. You see, my mom was recently diagnosed by the aforementioned family doctor with "untreated strep that moved to her spleen," and while she's fine now (antibiotics will do that for ya) she had been having very strange symptoms beforehand, I.E., she was nauseated for one day, had a fever one day, was weirdly tired, had strange spasms in her side, weird joint pain, etc-- and about five days ago I felt really, really weirdly nauseated, and then the next day my hands started to feel kind of strange, and then the next day all my joints were hurting really badly, so I went to the doctor.

And to my great chagrin, it was the crotchety doctor. So I explained my symptoms and the fact that my mom had had ther exact same symptoms and been treated and was now fine, and he more or less told me that I was crazy and that I should suck it up. I was like, "Um, but what if I have a contagious disease?" And he pretty much said to take some Motrin and get my ass out of there. Since I was a small child I remember him trying to get me to take Motrin for everything; I believe he's been paid off by the company. He also hates prescribing anything, which, y'know, is really a great idea for a man who works with small children, who, y'know, have (a) such a high tolerance for pain and (b) are so good at keeping germs to themselves.

So anyway, I've been popping Motrin like Pez to keep from feeling like an arthritic old woman, and my up until today my hands have been feeling too painful and claw-like to do much of anything productive, and I still don't think drawing would be too brilliant of an idea at this moment.

*cough* Luckily, I do have an extremely high pain tolerance, so I've been able to do everything else pretty much normally (although walking up and down stairs doesn't feel too good), and if by the end of this weekend I'm still feeling like a little old lady I plan on going back to the doctor and demanding some goddamned augmentin.

Furthermore, in a week and two hours (yes, at 3am) I'll be going to the Dominican Republic for vacation for a week, so if you crazy folks don't hear anything from me for a while, I promise I haven't died, I'm just y'know, claw-handed and without internet.

Hopefully not at the same time.

Oh, and just a little reminder-- kiriban at 2222! Get a screenshot and get a shiny arts. <3

~~~100 List Progress~~~

1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation