Update: Taking a Short Break -- We lost my soul dog Beastie Ella on March 17 2026, its been a struggle to try to indugle in hobbies without her here. She was by my side for 11 years. Through it all, if I was reading, she was in my lap, if I was studying, in my lap, if I was coding or designing on the computer, in my lap, if crochetting, in my lap. Now my lap is empty. Her weight is gone and everything feels so empty.