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EDIT: The injury thing has been going on for a while, and as such there are several details that I tend to glaze over due to repetition that the uninformed may be unaware of.

I live on my own with my husband, and neither of us have a full time job.  We both work part time to scrounge up enough money to make about what one person with a real career would, and as such neither of us have benefits.  We barely make enough to pay the bills as it is, so there's no way we could afford to see a doctor without insurance.  That said, we're looking into alternative insurance methods, but they make those things so absurdly complicated to apply for to keep abusers out that it's been difficult.

Also, a note about my job.  I work retail at a Le Creuset outlet.  For those of you unfamiliar with the brand, the company is known for its high-end (and heavy) enameled cast iron pots.  The brand is great and I have no qualms there, but most of my job is selling these pots to customers.  I have so far been able to get out of a lot of extra heavy lifting on the side (organizing and moving freight) and this has helped my healing process immensely, but the core of my job--fetching product for the customers I'm selling it to--is something I cannot get around.  I work alone for half of my shifts, and I can't just tell the customer, "I'm sorry, I'd love to sell you this pot, but I can't lift it so too bad."  We don't have sufficient staff to have someone working with me at all times (seeing as we've been understaffed since July which is why I have to work so much), and besides, doing so would render me utterly useless anyway.  Hence why I'm trying to change jobs.

Sorry if some of my previous statements were a little unclear because I didn't include this.  I also apologize if I sound a bit annoyed--I'm not frustrated with anyone who doesn't know, I'm frustrated that it's happened this way in the first place.
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Figured I'd offer a quick life update since I kind of fell off the side of the dA world right after NDK.

Not a week after NDK I re-injured my wrist, though, to be fair, I don't think it was really completely healed to begin with.  Work is still such that the constant stress on the appendage is preventing effective healing, not to mention work is just long and often.

I'm currently trying to change jobs, but I'm sort of stuck in limbo right now so I don't know what will become of the situation.  Ideally I'll start the new job soon, as it involves a lot less heavy lifting which will finally allow my wrist to get better.  Will have to see what happens. @__@

Drawings are few and far between since most of my wrist's usefulness is expended at work and I have to spend the rest of my time resting, but I HAVE still been drawing.  I don't think I ever mentioned it here before but I do have a Tumblr sketch blog. sotwnisey.tumblr.com/ I post there more often than the sketch dumps I do in my scraps here, and I post a lot of sketches that never make the cut to come over here too.  If you want to see more of what I've been doing lately, feel free to check it out~

For better or worse, I'll keep moving from day to day and hopefully there'll be a pencil in my hand again soon.
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RayleneQuinn's avatar
Don't you have a doctor's note so you have weight restrictions? If you don't, you should try to get one.