So I just got off the phone with the grandparents. It wasn't as bad as I had thought. But I tell you what though, my grandmother does a damn good job of bringing me to tears, and not in a bad way either. And given her past personal experiences, I really look up to this woman because I feel like she's actually something that I want to become. It's like, I think about Amber, and Tamryn, and my mother (which I think I got my dramatized side from... hah hah), and my grandmother, and I think, they're all independent women. And they are also the woman that I want to become, myself. 

Anyway, aside from that, I've been thinking a lot about drawing again. I even bought a new pack of .5 mm pencils to get me started again (and maybe, MAYBE, crack open that container of Staedler ink pens I bought YONKS ago and put them to use)... I realized that I want to do more a of a 'realistic' type of art. Something like Hiroaki Samura (Blade of the Immortal), Oh!Great (Tenjou Tenge/Air Gear), or Falcoon (KOF and SNK artist.) I love drawing people; it's just the poses that get me the most. Maybe I should try taking anatomy classes?

As far as Expo is concerned now, I've finally got some extra finances. So if anything, I could just go shopping earlier in the week, then maybe Saturday if I feel like it, then just go back home. Because to be honest, I think the dealer's room is my biggest concern. lulz.