Greetings Everyone!

I really don't know what to say... It's my birthday, and I work like a dog.

There are times, good and bad which i've had to endure and enjoy over this past year. For the longest time I had sworn off dating completely. When I was younger I fell in love. Deeply hopelessly in love. This also happens to be one of the worst days of the year for me. The day when I get a phone call from a drugged and in the hospital girlfriend saying "I don't love you anymore" then once out of the hospital "Im sleeping with other guys since you're never around".

This was the beginning of my downward spiral into utter nothingness. I lost myself, and spent years trying to find what truly makes me happy. I like to cook, I like to learn. These two things are facts in my life, and are unchanging. I spent years just trying to be with friends, grasping at the attention, wanting to fit in and be myself in the same instance.

It took me so long to realize that to be yourself is the only true freedom you may have as an individual. To love was almost taboo. And I can say without a doubt, this year, when the clock strikes midnight and it becomes October 11th, I have a loving mate, and I have a job that I love.

I have purpose. And that's all anyone can ever ask for in this crazy world of ours.