So as you know, or don't know, I didn't exactly make a whole lot of friends until like, the summer, I was gone from fur affinity, for like a super long time, not that any one gives a damn. Seriously, I offer NOTHING to the fandom, and I'm made peace with that. Anyway, I moved up here on December 16th, and I've been here for almost a full year. I moved straight out of home, a job lined up, no car, the closest school that offered my desired program 30 miles away, and I had no friends. A lot of my time was spent watching netflix,being on facebook, texting old friends, and waiting for the only person I knew to come home and talk to me. I think I drove sweet Faver Jo crazy for a little while, but I will always cherish the first night we spent in our home together, and I will always cherish those months when we were re-introducing ourselves to each other, so to speak. I was so standoffish to most of the furs the first few months I was here, couple that with a few misunderstandings, and some drama, I had no friends until I met Eva, and her then-mate Drako. As awesome as Eva was, I never got to see her much and it really wasn't until I got to meet Baka, that I came out of my shell. She introduced me to Komplex and the whole ball started rolling. That being said, I am so grateful for the people I have in my life that took the time to know me.
My social life isn't the only thing that changed. Mid-December my job at caribou started and that's all well and good. I still work there and its a job I guess. I finally did get a car, mid summer when my parents decided they were done punishing me for something I have yet to figure out. My little 2003 Gen 1 Honda Insight is my first car and I'm pretty proud of that thing. The bill that comes with it however, tempers my love for it. And this fall, I finally got back in school, which was something I wasn't looking forward too. I still don't enjoy it as much as I probably should, but I am glad that I can go and that it will lead me to somewhere besides working in the service industry.
I am dazed at the moment, almost disoriented. This year went by so damn fast it's scary. I'm sitting in our new apartment, typing on Faver's new computer in OUR room in MINNESOTA. Sometimes I have to remind myself how long its been and it really makes me wonder how fast the rest of my life is going to go. And as I look back now, I ask myself, would I have done anything differently? No. Absolutely not. I am so happy with the way my life is right now, and I am so enormously awed by how affected my life is by such a change.
All in all, this past almost year, has been beautifully and startlingly bitter sweet.