It has been such a long time since I haven't updated my journal! Almost two years?!

Well I had some hard time in the past months, I was a bit stressed for numerous reasons and wasn't really active. I was sick of everything, of deviantArt, of the forums I used to visit often, of people... the only thing I kept doing was drawing because it relaxed me a bit. Now, after a long time, I even managed to clean my imbox and watch/fav/comment all the most recent pieces I missed, I can't believe it xD But unfortunately I became very veery slow with drawing, I don't know why. I remember when me and my sister could finish a new drawing every three days! Now it usually takes more than a week... the problem is I have not a lot of free time like before, I can spend time on my drawings only on weekends and sometimes not even then. Other than that, life is quite stressing recently and I realized it's hard to do something good if you're in a bad mood or worried for something.
That said, I wanted to thank the people here who kept following us, looking and leaving nice comments on what I submitted, even though I wasn't really present or active anymore. This really made me happy, to know that not everyone gives you attention only when they can get some in return

Thank you!
I don't know if I'll keep frequenting all the forums I used to, because I feel like every discussion always end up in arguments or fights and people just keep getting on my nerves, which already are a bit on edge recently, and I'm sick of arguing with them on stupid matters.
But I will definitely be more active here on deviantArt, which is full of awesome people and good artists that I really missed ^^
What else can I say... some news, just to keep you updated

I just came back from South Italy where I went to see my grandparents since they aren't doing very well. I stayed two weeks there, two very frenetic weeks, I was so tired when I came back home... during the trip there was even an accident, two cars crashed, one of them was just in front of our car one hour before... I felt so awful when I saw it wrecked and with no one inside... I prayed that everyone involved was safe

Also, one night at the military lodging where I was staying, the security alarm went off and when I exited my room the corridor was flashing red. It was pretty scary, but luckily it was just a false alarm... -.-'
Looking on the bright side, I can say that while here it was raining a lot, when I was there it was hot and sunny, I could even go to the beach and now I got a nice tan ^^
But now I need some rest because I'm still tired -.-
Another thing I wanted to say is, a friend of mine, ~
stargazer-fede, informed me about a thief here who is not only stealing photography but also pretending to be a deceased model, Ruslana Korshunova. Check her journal for more informations and please report this person if you can:
[link]Here is the thief: