Don't cry poor children, sing this song

I can't believe that it's almost been a month since I’ve posted. My god, time flies when stress is in the air. Some of it’s been good stress (very good) but a lot of it has been sort of unfortunate. Here are both sides of the stress.

• The new used car makes a bunch of random noises. But we’ve been able to fix most of the noises in the car for only a little money.
  
• It is getting progressively harder to sit at my desk and work. On the other hand, I know the end-date of this job is getting closer, and I know I could do some things to make it even nearer, like putting some drawings up for sale in my empty etsy store.
• I hadn’t drawn for weeks, but this week, the boyfriend has been shooing me off almost every night to scribble
• I haven’t cooked a real meal in weeks. But my uncle and my dad are helping me make a recipe for a dobash cake, my favorite cake from childhood made (only?) by the family bakery that went out of business a few years ago.
• The Wheeze, my ferret of 4 years, was taken over by a fast moving cancer and passed away. There aren't many positives here. She did go peacefully, and I am grateful that my dog is alive and healthy.

Oh, other good news (the very good news). The boyfriend, whom I’ve known for about 7 years, proposed over Thanksgiving at Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park. (!!!) So, we are officially engaged and are working to plan some sort of funky wedding. That is definitely a happy bit of stress.

Here are some drawings. Some are better than others.