To begin with, I deeply and sincerely apologize to those who participated in my challenge; I know I haven't selected winners or done the rewards, but I promise that I will. I'm currently going through a really tough time with things, and since I'm in the process of moving to a new home that won't have internet for a little while, getting on here has been and will be difficult.
I've also been dealing with trying to get out of a bad state of mind. For those comfortable enough, I will type what happened in a spoiler text form. Be warned, it isn't the most pleasant, but I feel some explanation is in order, and I would rather people know the honest reason as to why I have been so absent.

During December, I spent some time making very important amends with people, and I had thoroughly believed things were going well, but unfortunately, on New Years Day, things took a turn for the worse. I felt very hurt and betrayed by some people, and while I now know the reason for the events...at that time, I was inconsolable. After being clean from self harm for quite a long while, I relapsed, and even considered suicide.

So, needless to say, I've still been pretty down in the dumps, and I'm slowly trying to make a recovery into positivity. Honestly, it will probably take a while before I'm completely out of this dark place, but I am trying, and while I'm trying to climb back out of it and into the light, I ask that people be as patient as possible with me. I can honestly swear that once I'm back in a stable state of mind, I will be back on track with everything and will start working on rewards for the winners of the contest.

Until then, please bear with me. And thank you all for not pressuring me. I appreciate that more than anyone can possibly know.

~A~