So after returning from Japan in July, I basically had a giant time of substitute teaching(sometimes) and worrying about grad school.

In the fall, the schools I applied to seemed promising, and I hoped my experience in Japan along with second languages in general would help me out, but nope! Learned in February/March that all the schools I had applied to were getting their funding cut because of course it's Trump. So, though I am heading to my graduate program in the fall, it wasn't my first option amongst the many I applied to, and it's unfortunate that it had to end up like that.

Anyhoo, I got a new laptop for that new chapter in my life and am looking forward to new surroundings, as well as getting more comms at some point because someone(me) didn't get much money as a sub.

I also have tentatively reached out in my local community for fur-related stuff, and being 28 definitely puts me in the "old" category in that regard. I think it will be fun to talk to those furries in my area despite being about to move again. Hopefully this dragon can get used to the heat down south.