Okay, head is above water again, let’s try and take a breather…
So, as you may have surmised by last week’s blog post, things have been busy, and not in the areas I would have preferred. I think I can confirm that my comic hiatus will last through April; I just have not found the time and energy to do everything I want so far in March, and at the rate I’m moving I will need the extra month. I’m slightly disappointed, if only in that I won’t be back to telling my stories as soon, but I have to remember that I’m running a marathon, not sprinting to the finish, and I’m allowed to slow down occasionally.
The blitz of stress from last week has mostly abated; a lot of it was just me overthinking things and worrying too much, as usual. I had been called upon to do some 3D rendering for a work project, which is something I have done at my previous job. However, I’m a little out of practice, and I’m more familiar with Maya as a program; having to switch to Blender was quite the experience, due to the different control schemes. Blender has an option to switch to industry-standard controls, but that just makes learning it twice as hard; I had to find the methods for doing what I wanted in Blender, then find the translations for its industry-standard settings. I did not even consider using the standard Blender controls, because they are just too different from what I’m used to, rusty though my skills may be; it’s like trying to drive a car built for the opposite side of the road, while facing backwards and steering with your feet. In the end, though I didn’t manage to get a full render out before the deadline, I was able to supply enough that the sales rep was happy with the results, which was a huge relief.
While the level of work being thrown at me by the day job is balancing out, there was another little curveball that got thrown my way on Monday. One of the sales reps found a kitten wandering around outside the building and brought him in to keep him safe; why he decided to leave the box in the studio department, I have no idea. Thing is though, no-one in the studio could take the kitten home, because they all own big dogs… except for me.
This is Sparrow. He’s just a little guy.
This is by no means a permanent situation; he needs a place to stay, and while he is quickly winning us over, my fiancé and I have to look at this practically. We are living in a rented space, and our landlord has already made an exception for our cat Silver; we have been allowed to foster Sparrow for a month or so in order to make sure he gets his vaccinations and is in good health. There’s always hope that we will have found a new space to live in by that time, but it’s very unlikely, and we’ll have to give Sparrow over for adoption elsewhere. Of course, we would prefer to give him to someone we know and trust, or even better, have them house him temporarily until we get our new place; we’ll have to see what happens. It also depends on whether or not Silver will accept him, since she’s a very solitary cat and doesn’t trust Sparrow being around just yet; ironically, we’ve been talking about adopting a kitten to keep Silver company when we’re out, but we were hoping to have a bigger space first. Life comes at you fast, sometimes.
So yeah, moods are a little all over the place right now; check back next week to see if we’ve figured it out.
Ciao for now.