Well this year's been pretty eventful for me. As the last journal says, there was a lot of good, and there was some bad in there, too.
Funny thing is most of the good was in the first half of the year, and the bad in the second half. Pretty much all of it I hadn't expected whatsoever, but it happened nonetheless.

I think the first noteworthy event was having my first bf. I definitely never in my life expected anyone would like me like that at all, but now I can't say it never happened! I went in with no experience so it was a lot of not knowing what I should do/shouldn't do, etc, but now I've got that knowledge on me and I'll be better prepared for the next time, if I'm lucky enough to have that in the cards again. I consider myself pretty fortunate that it happened at all, to be honest. It was definitely the high point of my year, that's for sure.

Second noteworthy thing is I got my first non-food job. I know that's not a mega life accomplishment there, but when I consider that I've only worked at McDonald's for the past five years (up until now), I consider that something noteworthy. Got into Ikea, but it was just a temporary thing. At least I got a little insight to how another type of business does it's thing.

Went to my first con ever. Youmacon with and was a pretty great opportunity for photos. I'm pretty sure now that I know where it is that I'll be interested in that again for 2014. Didn't really nab any souvenirs from that one, but there'll be other opportunities for that.

Went to my first furry con (MFF) with and Picked up a few mementos from this one, and nabbed a clusterfuck of photos. Took more photos there than I had at any other time, that's for sure. Got at least 400 or just a little over, if I remember correctly. Not that all of them came out!

Had my second major family medical drama, and that sucked up probably the last half of the year or so. Back in 2010 my aunt got diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer, and that was pretty damn rough on all of us. She made it through and she's still kicking, but that was definitely a scare for sure. This year it was my grandma that got it, and at the same stage as my aunt, so we were all pretty concerned. I won't really go into too many details in some FA journal about it, but it was rough on all of us. When things went downhill I got pretty hard on myself even though a lot of factors were out of my control, but now I know better than to beat myself up over these things.

Moved for the first time in my life due to the outcome of the situation with my grandma. She passed on the first of November and Tesxa and Lonelywisp were with me when I first found out. I'm pretty glad they were since I couldn't think of two folks I'd rather have by me for that. Kept an eye on how my mom and aunt were getting by along with the friend of my aunt's we've been living with, and well, to be honest the family dynamic just isn't there any more, so I figured it was time to get on out of there. I really didn't want to quit McD's, but it was just one of those things that I felt had to happen if I were going to be able to move out. Didn't really want to move either, but that's why I held out a little bit to see how the family would respond to gran not being around anymore. Headed to Ypsi with my oldest friend (in terms of how long we've known each other) and his wife out in Ypsi, if anyone's going to be looking for me at all.

In regards to that cancer stuff, I had tell me earlier this year that life's a fragile thing, and we ought to cherish it, and keep our eyes on the good times we've had with people rather than dwelling on the things that went bad. You never know what the fuck's going to happen, but make the best of it no matter whether the outcome is positive or negative, that's for sure. On that note, I'm hoping for a lot of awesome stuff in 2014, not just for myself, but everyone I know, whether I've known them for years, or just met em this year. Have some kick ass N.Y.E. parties out there tonight, and may 2014 kick major ass for you all.