For those who aren't aware, I have been struggling with health issues for as long as I can remember. I don't wish to explain in detail publicly but they are severe enough to leave me bedridden for a month+ at a time. Since the start of 2025, I noticed a drop in my ability to physically and mentally do things from simple tasks to commissions to hobbies. In January, I noticed how i was struggling to stay at my desk for long periods but the start of the new year is always rough on me so I ignored it. As the year went on, my health declined. I have had multiple months where it has been at it's worst, causing me to be incapacitated for the entire month. It sucked, bad. I kept trying to work, trying to keep up communication with people but I could only manage to have small 1-3 hour time frames before I would be out for multiple days again. I haven't had it get this bad in years and it was really affecting me.

Aside from my health issues, my PC which is what I use for my day to day job (working from home) and for all of my commissions- it started to fail. I was getting blue screens every other day but no matter what I tried, it would not fix. I stripped each part down over a month period with the help of someone I know who deals with PCs but in the end it was crashing 5+ times a day and it became unsolvable. With medical expenses, an increase in my rent and other expenses, I had no money to put towards a complete PC replacement so I had to take out a loan just to be able to get back to work again. This will cost more in the end but I got my new PC which should last me another 6+ years. I'm mentioning this due to the fact I have not been able to open Photoshop to work on commissions for almost 2 months due to it's issues. I would sometimes get a few hours before it crashed at the start but by the end, it was failing minutes after I tried opening the program. (This was happening with any high-load program so alternatives would have been the same).

I am behind on my queue and I wasn't even able to take part in ArtFight like I had hoped. This is also taking a toll on me but I cannot thank those enough who are waiting for how patient they have been, even if I haven't been communicating the best during these hard times.

With my new PC, I am getting back to work on commissions but I need to ask for a little more patience and time whilst I get through my queue. I know it sucks to wait multiple months for a commission but everything adding up has just made working near impossible.  Thank you again. I don't usually like to talk about myself like this but it's been a rough year so far. -Toast