Hey guys. It's been so great and refreshing to return to this site and see all of you here. Probably one of the best things that has happened this year was my return to Paint.

Now, I say that because this year has been exceeding rough. From health problems to overwhelming amounts of things that need to be done, I haven't had much time to myself. I juggle a ton of things and my only free time has been the middle of the night.

I come here in my free time and sacrifice sleep so can I chat with you all and maybe get a chance to write a bit before I pass out from exhaustion. I wake up early and walk in the cold for half a mile to the highway where the school bus picks us up. I pass out on the van from sleep-devrivation-induced exhaustion, and try to get some rest before school starts.

From then on is a merciless and harsh set of hours that I spend in school. Once my mind is then drained by Geometry and College Physics and a terrible Spanish Class, I walk home from the highway and take care of the animals at our ranch.

Horses need feeding, eggs need collecting, all animals need water, dead mice and birds (our cat refuses to eat them...) need to be taken care of, and generally anything pertaining to those three animals needs to be done.

Once that is finished, I am physically and mentally done with the day. But then comes the four to five hours of equally harsh homework. With nothing but sheer will, I work until late at night. Very late. When I finish, I am desperate for rest. So I get ready for bed, collapse into bed, and then come here. To Paint. To pass out writing and messaging.

I wake up and do the same thing all over again. To put it simply, I'm running myself into the ground. I can't take it. As much as I love y'all, my decision is this: to take a brief, indefinite break from coming here. Just until I fix my schedule and work things out. I hope to be back before Thanksgiving Day.

But alas, I must bring this to a close. That terribly long Physics paper I wrote has triumphed over my sanity. I do not wish to leave you all, but it is better than continuing to come here and hurting myself.

I hope you understand and I hope you don't miss me too much.

Like I always say (IRL) "Have fun, but not too much because I won't be there.