This has been by far, the worst year for me art wise in a very long time. Haven't finished a painting since January, have barely even opened photoshop to paint. In part the reason; At the start of the year, there were only 3 boxes up there. My rats, Tiberius and Drek, and ferret Affliction. Since the start of January I've said goodbye to 4 more ferrets. Of those 4, 3 were lost in the last 6 weeks. I previously spoke about losing Mayhem to lymphoma right before his 5th birthday. Discord's passing in June hurt, but was expected as she was over 8 years old and also battling lymphoma. Stolas' was unexpected, sudden, and soul crushing. Bladder stones likely caused by diet from his previous owners, or just bad genetics, that caused a blockage. He didn't make it through surgery. He was only a 1.5 years old. A couple nights ago we finally took Calamity in to be put down. We should have done so weeks ago, but with everything going on, I kept putting it off. She was 7.5 years old and hadn't