So I'm feeling quite a bit better, but life is still crazy.
My financial aid fell through because my passed-to-attempted credit ratio is too low, which means I need to pay for my classes and books out of pocket through the Fall 2012 semester. It shouldn't be a problem as long as I keep getting decent hours at work, but that means I still won't get a lot of time online. The bright side? They've rearranged my hours (I'm still getting around the same amount per week) so I now have 3 days off instead of 2 (which are usually the 2 days I have class). This should give me at least one day a week to spend a little bit of time online.
Other news? We got a puppy! His name is Yoshi Lightning and he's a Bernese Mountain dog. He's officially 12 weeks old today and is a handful, but Caesar (our English Mastiff) loves him. We've had him 2 weeks and are (luckily) in the process of sending our aunt's cat to her in Hawaii so our house should be calmer soonish? We almost got another 3 month old puppy today (she would have been a rescue, 1/4th Great Pyrenees, 1/4th Anatolian Shepherd, 1/2 Pointer) but her owner decided he wanted to keep her (in shit conditions).
...have I mentioned that Yoshi jumps our barriers that are supposed to keep him in one area and also knows how to climb stairs? -had to stop typing to bring him down-
Wiscon is also coming up at the end of the month and I'm very excited for it. Hopefully it'll go well, but it's my first Wiscon and my first time participating on panels so I'm super nervous. Not to mention that some of my co-panelists have e-mailed me, but I'm too nervous to e-mail back. >_< (I have e-mail anxiety, shut up. I'm working on it. ;A; )
All in all, things are starting to even out in my life and I'm getting back to the things I love: Animals, dA, and Learning. :3