First of all, Happy Easter! ^.^ No art this year, but still.
Second, sorry for my inactivity. I've been busy—family, school and writing—and I'm afraid that won't change for the coming weeks. My best friend will be arriving by plane tonight and staying until the 13th or 14th of April, during which time I'll obviously be hanging out with her rather than creating art or visiting websites. Still can't believe I'll be seeing her. Anyway, after that I hope I can upload a drawing, a picture or two, maybe some writing—but I don't feel like drawing and the only writing I currently do is a story of mine which I might publish today, something I'm reluctant to put too much of online. I might find a fragment or two I could share :3
I'll try to answer messages and questions once my friend has gone back home! See you in two weeks
~PLS

I have three more pics to post after I'm done retouching, but I thought I should post this first. I will be leaving for Tampa this Sunday and come back late on Thursday, so forgive me if I'm inactive during those few days. We'll be visiting the West-Indian Manatees, which are totally adorable <3
Thought I'd take the opportunity to tell you my schedule for this year; when I won't be online much or at all. My bestie will come over to visit me during the spring break, so that's going to be fun. We might visit Belgium in June—not sure about that. Begin August my family and I are going on a four-day trip to Belize, I believe, to see the whale sharks. Then in September we're going to the Sea of Cortés for a week, where I will have no Wi-Fi at all. Humpbacks and sea lions and all that adorable stuff <33 So, I have to dive a lot this year to practice for that, because I'm not allowed to snorkel with sea lions. But I can free dive with the whales!
Anyway, that's when I'll be busy this year. Right now we're packing and still waiting for our 7mm wetsuits to arrive. Oh, and tomorrow I have to wake up at 5:30 to get to the dentist (we live far from town). Last time I was in the water for little over an hour my jaw hurt so much I could barely eat, so we're getting that looked at. It's been alright since, but I don't want to risk anything with the manatees. Besides, I haven't been to the dentist in four years ^.^ Dentists and doctors scare me. Wish me luck x'D
My cats are weird. The little one, Le Fay, has a taste for cockroaches. Cockroaches the size of her own ear. Seriously, kitty? No animal eats those insects. Not even our dog, who literally eats shit. But she eats them in one bite. It does make it easier to get rid of them, I'll admit. Athena sniffs them out, the twins corner them and Fay eats them. Teamwork FTW! I kinda hope she will do that in front of my grandma. My parents are leaving for Indonesia mid-February, so my uncle and grandma are flying over to babysit. My grandma passionately hates any kind of vermin or dirt, so I would love to see her face when my dear, cute kitty eats it... 833
You know, up until six weeks ago or so I had barely—if ever—written any romance. Now I can only write that x3 Whether it is fluffy kisses or passionate feelings, it's so much fun! ALL THE FEELS. But I'm still evil in my writing. The fluff always has something darker behind it. Either someone is being mind-controlled, seriously injured or they have dark intentions. You know me, Murph, I will never be able to write pure fluff x'D
And that's it for me. I will post those other pics I was talking about (two kitties and one mermaid) before I leave, but besides that I'll be pretty inactive. See you when I get back!

~PLS

My jaw is stuck :/ It hurts when I move it or when I eat. So, mushed apples for now, 'till this wears off.
ANYWAY. Remember this guy? [link] (if you don't know him, Google 'Stinky the dolphin') Well, after a 6:30 AM dawn snorkel, I saw him! Out of the water, luckily. He followed our boat back to the docks and stuck around to pose like a diva for my parents, who were hanging off the dock with their cameras in the water. Although I know solitary dolphins must always be treated with caution, it was really hard not to reach out and pet him. I didn't, though. I'm not stupid. This time he was nicer to my dad ^.^ When the attention got him excited, we left him to be. But he was so beautiful! And HUGE! I mean, I have seen and swam with tame dolphins before, but I've lived here for four years and never seen a wild one. It was amazing!
So, I'm kinda tired now. Woke up at 4:10, exactly an hour before I set my clock to go off. Hum. I'm just going to go through some more iPhoto pics and see if any are decent. I'm also planning to create a collage (?) of my kitty Le Fay, from the first day we had her all the way to now. I've got so many cute pics of her but few are good quality, so I'll downsize them and paste them all in one big file :3
There was more stuff I wanted to say, but I forgot. So... Oh wait, I remember something completely useless. The side of my brother's hand is really weird; you know when you hold a rope around your skin for a minute or two, it creates a little 'cliff'? Well, he has that all the time, and the skin is very rough. His knuckles as well. He doesn't exactly do any hard work (I'd know, I'm with him 24/7), so we think it's some kind of allergic reaction. It's odd. Well, he doesn't take care of his skin either, so that could be it. Maybe.
Aaand that's it. Off to... Be lazy. PLS signing off.