Ask The BellHunters: Approaching Deep Fried Status

Ask the BellHunters

Hello, I'm Dawn Hunter-Bellwether...er, formerly Dawn Bellwether if you didn't recognize the added surname. And before you ask, yes 'that' Dawn Bellwether. Ex-Assistant Mayor, Ex-Mayor, Ex-Criminal Mastermind (Reformed thank you very much), City Savior, Controversial Author, and Predator/Prey relationship advocate. I'm also, as you probably guess by the hyphenated last name, married, and happily so to my mate Vernon Hunter, a gray wolf. I'm also a mother to three wonderful pups, something I never thought I'd ever have the chance to be! But, lamb sakes, I've gushed enough about myself here without explaining exactly what this blog is for. You see, after the release of my book “Predator Seeking Prey”, our little family started to get a lot of public attention again, and with it came a lot of question from curious mammals and other pred/prey couples from all over Animalia. My best friend and mate Vernon thought it would be a good idea to deal with these questions directly by opening a sort of blog/forum and taking those questions about our lives directly. Since then, I'd like to say our little blog has been quite successful, with even members of our family and friend circle pitching in and taking a few questions as well. So with all that said., please feel free to Ask Away!

Oh, and also, feel free to check our old location for previous asks until we can get a better archive system in place!

The original Ask Dawn And Vern Tumblr! This blog is a continuation/reboot of the "AskDawnAndVern" tumblr, as I am permanently locked out of the Tumblr at present.

https://askdawnandvern.tumblr.com/

(Blog Author Note: This blog is based on the fanfiction “The Rehabilitation of Dawn Bellwether” as well as it's pseudo-sequel “A Lamb Among Wolves”. If you haven't read them, it'll probably help you better understand what's going on here if you do. I'll link both stories below. Oh Also, I'm open to questions as well. Simply direct “Author” emails to “WastedTime” when composing them. And before I forget, I have a Patreon! Five dollars gets you access to in progress fics, Ask priority, and art previews of both SFW and NSFW art. Of course, even a dollar would help. Seriously, it's how I keep projects like this alive.

The Rehabilitation of Dawn Bellwether:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11999389/1/The-Rehabilitation-of-Dawn-Bellwether

A Lamb Among Wolves:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12364172/1/A-Lamb-Among-Wolves

Wasted Time's Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/wastedtimeee

Monday, November 18, 2024

Approaching Deep Fried Status

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Lemme start out by saying...I think I've overextended myself with the holidays on the horizon. To be fair, I was operating at better health than normal...but that was before things started to deteriorate.

The thing is, I have been dealing with on and off again nausea since the tail end of September. I didn't give it all that much thought at the time. But around the middle of October, it shifted from just daily nausea to pain in my upper stomach and loss of appetite. I'm still dealing with that at present...though it's gotten better slowly. The key word there is 'slowly'. In the meantime, I've been put on heavy stomach meds to try and help whatever is going on clear up. I've also got some tests coming up, including a colonoscopy/endoscopy combo just after my birthday. Delightful. Not sure what is going on, and I'll keep my tongue bit until I have some confirmation. But that, coupled with holiday duties has really thrown a spanner in the works.

So here's what I'm staring down the barrel of in terms of workload. I've got 5 commissions lined up, I also have a Thanksgiving Sable Able sticker to draw. On top of that, I've got like 4 other non-comm pictures I want to color, A Christmas sticker I need to plot out, and I'd like to do some asks before the year is out. And on top of that, I've got writing to do. I'm probably forgetting something, and there was stuff on my '2024' hit list I will not be able to accomplish in time. I'm going to try and push some of the non-comm pics to after New Year's. This wouldn't be too bad if it weren't...you know...the holidays. And thanks to my health issues I've been unable to keep up with a lot of the housework and daily stuff, as well as festive things in general.

I'm feeling pretty burnt out. Deep fried with a capital emoji 'B'. Halloween was a disappointment, it looks like I won't be able to eat, let alone cook for Thanksgiving, and I have my doubts about Christmas at this point. I hate being exhausted, and I hate having my stomach be on a perpetual hair trigger as to whether or not I'll be in pain for hours. I just want to draw damnit. Well, draw and write.

I'm going to try and reassess things a little later this week, to try and smooth out the full workload into something that allows for some time leniency for unexpected rougher health days and Holiday activities with my Mom. I'll be in touch with all the 'Commission' seekers as soon as I get that fleshed out. That said, I'm glad I don't take payments until I get up to the commission in question.

Shorter one this time. It's nearly 5 am, I'm tired, and forcing myself to play catch up. Sorry if the typos are worse than usual. I'm using Grammarly to preview these but it doesn't catch everything.

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