Gosh.  I cannot believe how long I've been gone.  I'm so sorry for just abruptly disappearing everyone, I had some pretty huge changes going on!

Well - I'm not even sure where to start.  I'm working a new position now, and loving dayshift, though I have much less time now.  The nightshifts were not healthy though, it was a much needed change.  

Family wise we're doing well with our two Collies and two kitties, and expecting a litter (Cormic will be siring the litter but the dam is not ours....) sometime this spring-fall depending on when she comes into season!
In the meantime, Arwen and I are still doing therapy work, and actually have been on the news and will be in a magazine soon, re our work with seniors and children in our community, which is pretty exciting!  She's finished her rally advanced title, too - so now we're hitting shows for the rally excellent (which is the highest we can get!) and as well, training in agility too.  She managed to get her CD (!!!!!!!) which was a HUGE accomplishment and that is pending CKC awarding it to her now (we wait to get the certificate - but unofficially she's done!).  
Cormic, in the meantime, is doing BEAUTIFULLY here, and I'm showing him as a "special" in conformation and he goes for his CGN, herding test and therapy test soon.  Lots coming up for this pretty boy!

My husband and I are still in search of a house, and living downtown for the moment.

As for art school - I haven't finished my degree, I ended up leaving.  I don't feel I'm a good fit in that school and quite frankly, why does the world need another mediocre artist (or perhaps I'm being generous with myself - you be the judge), when I could focus on things I DO do well, such as my work with people who have intellectual challenges (career wise, that's what I do, I am a counselor in a group home with 8 very special people living with a variety of mental health concerns and intellectual challenges such as autism, Down syndrome, etc) - and my knitting/pattern writing/spinning, and my occasional photography (which obviously is more a hobby than true professional pursuit right now).

Hmm.  Well, really - I've been on Ravelry a lot lately but not in dA so much --- but I really REALLY miss you all.  So I had to pop in and say hello and send you all hugs!!!!

Miss you all.  I really hope all is well with all of you!

XOXOXOXOX

Jerrica