#TheOwlGivesAnUpdate

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A List of Good Things™

-My water heater has been fixed, so I no longer have to take freezing cold showers!

-It wasn't as expensive as I thought! I mean, it's sort of a temporary fix, but still!

-I HAVE A NEW DRAWING TABLET COMING!

Okay, so, this is crazy exciting. The drawing tablet I currently use is more than a decade old, and it was a hand-me-down from a friend. I've been saving up for months, and for my birthday, my parents chipped in enough to help me finally make the purchase. (I was told on no uncertain terms that I could not spend the money on anything else, since I immediately tried to pay a bill with it.)

-Rory has not pooped on the floor today. Yet.

-I'm finally fixing my tagging system, and that includes adding Markiplier tags specific to this blog. That means that the two people who like my blog, but don't like Mark, can blacklist the tag!

-My dad came back from work today with a giant mess of succulents. He said that the landscaping crew on his campus was throwing out a bunch of old, dying plants, and thought I'd like to try and save some.

-He was hecking RIGHT.

-I found a local donation site that's sending things like clothes, blankets, etc. to Houston. Guess who's going to spend all night re-cleaning the house and washing/patching/folding a bunch of things to send off?!

(Me, it’s me, I’m the person that is going to do that thing.)

-You’re neat.

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Hello friends! I am cleaning and working on a commission today. We may hang out on stream for a bit later, but considering I’m all over the place today, it probably wouldn’t be top-notch fun. We’ll see, though! 

To all my lovely owlets at PAX West today, HAVE SO MUCH FUN. Take loads of pictures and enjoy yourselves, yeah? 

I love you all! Don’t forget to hydrate!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You did it! Oh my goodness, thank you guys so much!

I still haven’t had the chance to write the fic yet. If you’ve noticed, I’m pretty bad at making things in time for milestones, both mine and others. ⁽ᴴᵃʰᵃ ᵇᵘʳᶰ˒ ᵍᵒᵗ 'ᵉᵐ⁾ Last night was the first time I’ve slept in quite a while, so my brain is still sputtering back to life, and I want to give you guys something really good. 

Until then, I am still on my cleaning kick, so forgive me for the lack of content. If you’ll indulge me, I’ll post some original writing. A new part of The Borf and the Beautiful should be done soon, as well.

I love you all! Make good choices!

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I don’t have anything for you. There’s nothing left in me today. I’m sorry. 

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Your friendly neighborhood Owl Mama went a little crazy today.

I’m not exactly sure what happened, to be honest. I was just going in for a sensible trim so that my teeny ponytail would remain teeny, but I sat in the chair and looked in the mirror and just lost it a little. I guess the stress finally got to me. Anyway, I decided that I wanted to feel my ACTUAL age for once and do something kind of fun for no other reason than the fact that I wanted to.

I admit, dyeing my hair fun colors may not have been the most reasonable choice. But when I looked in the mirror after it was done, I gasped, and my hands flew to my face, and I enthusiastically declared “I AM SPACE” while squishing my own cheeks and grinning stupidly. I don’t remember the last time I felt like that. So maybe indulging my selfishness a little bit wasn’t the worst thing in the world.

I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you all today, however. As soon as I got back home, I crashed and crashed hard. (I didn’t even finish vacuuming the stairs.) It’s about 1 am and I just woke up, and I’m only semi-coherent, so I doubt I’ll be able to accomplish much before I fall back asleep. I hope you can forgive me for that, and I’ll get back to answering asks, doing requests, and working on the project tomorrow. Deal?

Thank you all for your never-ending patience with me, dear owlets. I love you! Take care of yourselves!

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Okay, legitimately though, I should stop making trash posts and clean out my closet.

I don’t... I don’t even mean that in the Eminem way. I mean that in a “I have removed everything from my closet and now need to thoroughly vacuum and scrub the baseboards” way. 

Just wanted to clarify that. I don’t want you guys to ever be misled into thinking I’m cool. This is a blog of honesty. 

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I hope the three of you that saw my 10 second vlog enjoyed it, because I took it right back down. You're in an exclusive club now. "People who saw the mysterious 10 second vlog". You can't reveal the contents, though. It's a club rule, kind of like fight club, except no punching. You just can't talk about it. Hey, I never said it was a FUN club. Anyway, Spider-Man killed me dead and I am still reeling and I may take a nap to restart my brain. Then back to the project. I love you all! Make good choices! (And hey, you three- I'm watching you.)

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I’m super sleepy. Work killed me today. But I owe you guys a theory, and I need to get work done on the project. Help me stay awake. Poke me with spoons or something.

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[Soft gasp] We made it, owlets! Thank you! I can't possibly express how grateful I am. But you know what this means, right? It seems I owe you the fic that's been patiently waiting in my drafts. (◕‿◕✿)

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You know the drill, friends- today will be a long, long day of work, and then I'll come home and scream at the milestone project some more. So there's something to look forward to! Unless you've absolutely loathed reading my updates on it. In that case, well, enjoy the break you're about to get while I go work. I love you all! Make good choices!

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Hello friends! I will have some things for you later today, after I finish eating and fold some clothes. (They're technically already folded, but I folded them terribly. So, re-fold.) Until then, take this very old picture of a bird. I took this last year, because I was a big fan of the fact that this bird chose to do the splits instead of sitting on any of the readily-available branches. He did things in the least ergonomically pleasing way possible, and I can respect that. Go against the grain and follow your dreams, little bird buddy. I love you all!

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Oh, just so you lovelies know, I’m not ignoring your asks regarding advice. I just don’t have the brain power to do them right now, so I’m saving them for when I can actually help. I don’t want to give you only a fraction of my effort.

(I don’t want to give anything just a fraction.) 

You guys deserve my full effort and attention. Thanks for being patient with me. I love you all!

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Teach me how to say goodbye.

During the last charity livestream, I posted about Max, the very, very good boy who loved Markiplier.  In the post, I mentioned that it was potentially the last charity livestream that we would be able to watch together. I knew that we didn’t have much time left. I’m so, so sorry to tell you this, friends, especially because only a few days ago I posted that he was doing so well, but today we lost Max.

Letting him go was the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but he was just too sick. I thought you guys should know, though, that up until the very end, we still did our favorite thing together- we curled up and watched Mark until one of us fell asleep. Usually it’s me. This time, it was him.

I’m honored that I got to love such a pure and kind soul.

Buh-bye, Max. 

I love you.

(General update: because of this, I will be a little slow on answering your requests for drawings, mood boards, etc. I need to focus on commissions right now, because with the way my finances have been lately, I’m struggling to pay for Max’s cremation. Generally I wouldn’t do this, but I’m going to leave my Ko-Fi link here. If I have made anything for you in the past and you’re feeling generous, I would really appreciate all the help I can get right now. As soon as I get things back to a manageable level, I will go back to doing things for you all for free. I love you all and I hope you have a lovely day.)

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Okay, so I DID make you guys a thing as promised, but it's pure angst. Do you still want it? It's Heathers angst, if that helps.