Oh man guys, sorry if this sounds like a pity party. It's more of just an outlet. And an explanation as to why I have not been too productive lately.

My partner Mitch has been stressed out to the max lately, for several reasons. Not going into detail here, but his job *may* be in jeopardy. A job he has held for 13+ years. He has been a loyal, trustworthy employee. In short, a small private school (that he works for) is thinking about selling out to a major university. The university I happen to work for, nonetheless. Ugh. He isn't sure that, if that happened, he would still have a job. And he's in trouble with a debt collector. He got majorly screwed by a credit card company and tried to negotiate with them. Now they are slinging lawsuits and other such crap at him. A guy who is, like me, living paycheck to paycheck and doing his best to keep up with everything. It isn't like he's trying to get out of stuff. He just wants more time to pay stuff off. And he is good for it, I know.

Also: My parent's dog, Ellie, died at age 16. They had to put her down after a long bout with cancer. This I learned this morning. I was working on a comic page, but this news just killed my inspiration all around. Ellie was in my life from late college to now. It is going to be so very weird to go see my folks without Ellie running up to greet me. I loved that dog very much. Like a sister, and really, she was. You don't have to be human to be a member of the family.

So anyhow. That's what's up with me now. I am getting really tired of all this bad stuff happening. It seems like it just won't stop...