Guess who's BACK!

Haha, hi everyone~ ;w; 
Things finally calmed down enough that I can finally come back to dA. >w< Man, I missed you guys. 

So, just to update everyone and why I was gone for so long. My hands exploded. Seriously. Ever since that last journal, it exploded horribly. My hands were a total mess. Tapioca-like itty bitty blisters all over my palms, fingers, and even parts of the back of my hands. DX I couldn't move them without extreme pain and itchiness (I did manage a status here and there on fb though). If you ever google dishydrotic eczema (don't do it if you're easily queasy), my hands never got to the extent that it bled like in some pics, but it was nearly there and resembled a bumpy pickle. X___X 
It got so bad that I had to go to the dermatologist last month. I was given various steroid creams and ointments till one worked. In the meantime, I was tasked with keeping my hands away from potential irritants/allergens which included my crochet hooks and wool yarn. It sucked terribly since my hooks are nickel plated, which I didn't know, and I've always had a sensitivity to nickel. :/ I still need to paint nail polish on most of my hooks, but my main one is covered and I should be back to work.  
Anyway, I started learning how to make tsumami kanzashi to not lose my tiny little mind from being unable to make anything while my hands were healing slowly around mid-July.  I think I'll be continuing that along with crocheting. :3 
Anyway, I have to go back for patch testing in the winter to rule out any chemicals I could be allergic to that would also cause my hands to blow up. 

Fun summer, huh?

To make it better, I plum forgot my dA password for a while, so I had to do a bit of digging/tearing my room apart to find the notebook I wrote it in. w@ Me and my memory problems. 

But I'm finally back! My hands are tons better though there's still a stubborn patch on two fingers of my right hand. Hopefully I'll be around for a long while anyway, but it'll depend on my damn eczema. 

~Altearithe