So I typed up this big long sentimental journal, then my computer restarted before I hit submit. Bah!

So this time I'll make a time line with less cheese!

<January>
I paid off all my debt, and quit my job of 2 years. I was unemployed, not going to school and loving life. Wonderful winter weather.

<February>
Started applying for new jobs. Started pressuring roommate to stop freeloading and seek employment. Started getting bored. Financial worries kicked in. And unwanted bits of drama started spurting out.

<March>
Checking account officially empty. Switch to savings. Kitties started having health issues. Grocery trips were becoming smaller and less frequent. Severe monotony setting in. Complete loss of will/ability to create anything remotely artistic. Starting to feel less optimistic.

<April>
Poorly masked depression with a healthy dose of self-loathing. Worrying about being able to keep my house. Worrying about being able to keep kitties. Back to the ramen+eggs diet. Issues falling asleep. Remembering the good 'ole days of being super content with all things around me. Wondering how I let myself get this bad off. Ultimate realization of the needless funk I put myself in. Decided to go back to optimistic/positive ways of thinking.

BIRTHDAY!!!!

<May>
Miraculous job opportunity popped up. Started getting back into listening to music. Full grocery trip!! By far the smoothest and most enjoyable anime convention I'd ever attended. (two bottles of alcohol can go along way when used as bartering items)

<June>
I can draw again!!! Took up abstract out of nowhere, and just let them pour out and pile up. Began manifesting everything I had been lacking. Overall peace of mind.

<July>
Back room of the house FINALLY cleared out and recarpeted by hand (cannot describe how terrible this went, but the end result was damn near perfection) Roommate #2 occupies said room. KITTIES ALL BETTER AND MORE AMAZING THAN EVER!

<resent>
My job is going so much better than I could have predicted. I'm working at the American Heart Association, so I'm actually doing something positive that impacts society. (see also; opposite of working at citigroup) I don't feel like quitting, and I'm doing astonishingly well and getting recognition. Koopa, Goomba, and Boo are in tip-top condition, and their personalities are even MORE effervescent if that's even possible. I'm living with my two absolute best friends, Marcus and Sean, chores are accomplished more often, and the place looks SO much better. I feel existentially centered and at peace with my surroundings as well as myself. I once again feel that spark of exhilaration for the future. All the random coincidences that are falling into place to make the "big picture" a bit more apparent, and I’m really pleased about the way things are looking. I once again feel the ebullient energy that swirls all around us constantly, that I had been ignoring for a good long while.

Sorry if this ended up sappy and gay. But we’re all a little sappy and gay on the inside. Especially gay people who are sappy.