Lol. It's kinda sad how quiet this place is, compared to how it used to be.
So, this is going to sound contradictory in a minute, but I've doing pretty well! We don't really celebrate Christmas, but New Years was pretty good. ^.^ Hbu? Oh my gosh, so much news since our last chat. Life has been crazy recently. So, shortly before Christmas, we all get a pretty bad cold, but were mostly find in a week, except my fifteen-year-old brother, who gets this crazy sinus infection that almost got into his brain and right eye, and ends up in the hospital for a few days. So, he ends up with a PICC line in his arm for a month, and then almost immediately after he's recovered, my twelve-year-old brother breaks his forearm from jumping a now ramp while we were sledding. Then, the VERY NEXT DAY, on the way home from the doctor, our truck's transmission goes out. Within in a week, our other two vehicles' transmission decide to stop working as well. And THEN a week later, we're sick again with some Covid variant or something that had us sick for almost two weeks. Everyone was doing better, except Dad, who then ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. And now the past two weeks now have been pretty chill, but for about two months, it was just one thing after another. There's been good stuff, too, though, like Dad quit smoking while he was sick, and a friend of his let us borrow his truck until ours our fixed, and another friend of his literally gave us a car that he got from his neighbor. XD So, like I said, I am actually doing pretty well, but there has been a lot going on. What about you?
Yeah, it is. It's a little hard to believe so many years have passed as they have.
Oh gosh, uhh..! I'm glad everyone's ok now!? ( O_O') That's wiiiild... Well, I'm definitely quite glad to hear things are better now. XD And a free car always makes things better. How're the stories coming along?
Oh, well, bit of ups and downs... I had to put my dog down, who's been part of my family for over a decade and who for the longest time was my dearest friend. I'm still a little in shock about it, but I don't feel as awful as I thought I would, so I guess that's, good..? We're hanging in there. Anyway, midterms are coming up and everyone is stressed out, but we've been able to have some fun. Some friends and I went out driving the other night, but a cop thought we were acting suspicious and pulled us over, which scared us half to death. xDD And of course I've been practicing art in between classes and papers. I haven't written a proper short story or anything in a while, and I'd like to get back on that sometime this year.
Aw man sorry I never replied!! March was kinda crazy and I forgot all about our conversation. Oh, I'm so sorry about your dog, that must have been hard. How've you been these past few months?
It's truly the perfect indicator of tone. For real, like do I honestly want to work at Papa John's? Of all places?
That's a good metric honestly. The month of early summer when the wheat all turns gold is pretty pretty, I guess. Of course, if a wheat field is the most interesting geographical wonder, the rest of the state kinda pales in comparison to, say, the Great Lakes or Central Park.
Can change entire sentences' meaning. The answer is yes, yes you do.
Gotta appreciate what you got. In the case of Kansas, you just ain't got a lot. Finding Friendships
I wonder what the usage of versus every other emote is. I am a Papa John's hater through and through.
Pfffft - i mean honestly, I'm sure many of us here would make fascinating or at least entertaining cases for therapists everywhere Frr, and I even got to take a class that he was teaching. One of the major highlights of my life tbh.
The "good grade in therapy" post lives rent free in my head I'm so insanely jealous. The coolest famous person I've met was like, the Lil Sweet guy from the Dr Pepper commercials.
Noooo I think I know the one you're referencing xDD Oooh cool! Did you meet him at a con?
Bruuuuh that's so lame. At least we move in on Tuesday and start classes Wednesday.
Literally sitting in my first class rn waiting for the professor to show up
Do you have peers who do that thing where if the professor doesn't show up for a few minutes they're like "Hey guys we can leave if they don't show up within the first fifteen minutes, I swear it's a real law"?
Oh you'd be surprised - well, i guess not that surprised. Every fandom is built on a foundation of shipping. Exactly, now you're getting it. Who needs a father figure, anyway??
I wouldn't be surprised now that I read your fanfic at least. I feel likes having ships is the best way to guarantee a long-term fanbase for certain shows. You can always find substitutes. Finding Friendships
And here I was so sure I inserted more body horror than shipping into my fanfic Lowkey yeah; if you can get your fans hooked on a promise, no matter how hollow it is, they'll stick around. I spent years so certain that they would make Kai and Skyor a real couple on the show. Sure, there's plenty of guys out there. Just pick one of the street or something.
Compared to other, normie students? He had an iron will. Compared to me? Naught but dust in the wind. *Fortnite dances over you*
*shakes in trepidation and wonders when you'll discover I slipped all the cash out of the box before I let you take it* Finding Friendships
Haha, gloating is fun. Now I'm off to sail the coasts of the Bahamas with my newfound riches. Toodles. *Starts walking off, only to stop when I shake the money box*
I bet. Several professors have told me to treasure these years because I'll miss them so much later, and I 100% believe it. And yet it's still going by so fast.
*also pats self on the back*
Yeah, I think nostalgia is inevitable just because it's such a different time of your life compared the The Real WorldTM.
Well now we look weird both doing it. Finding Friendships
Yeah, I think that's it; college is a strange realm of being In-Between times of your life.
omg HUGE CONGRATS!! I'm so happy for you why didn't you invite us to the wedding
Gah-lee, I sometimes still think of you as still being like 14 or 15 back when we met on the Minecraft section of the OG LMBs... hard for me to wrap my head around it all
I really wish you well on your new life with your spouse, and I hope that it's a wonderful one.
Thank you
I would've been 13 when we met. I still haven't wrapped my head around even saying husband now.
Omggg, and I think I was..., sixteen? Seventeen?? I'm twenty-three now. (o_o) Oh my gossshhhh, I can't even imagine how bizarre that must feel. in a good way, i mean.
That sounds very lovely. I love visiting castles, especially when they've been virtually unchanged since their glory days. True, that'll just make it more of an adventure.
Update: it was a slightly traumatic experience It was wonderful to see my roommate look so happy and make her wedding vows, but to make a very, very long story short, the wedding preparations were extremely disorganized and chaotic, and it made for a very exhausting and painful weekend. I lost track of how many times I apologized to my boyfriend for dragging him along, poor thing. He was very sweet about it, though.
Yup
Update: I can CONfirm Ireland is definitely worth visiting. I enCONrage (that doesn't really work does it ) to go there.
Oof. Sorry to hear it didn't go quite to plan. I guess that happens with a lot of weddings/big events tho. Hopefully in a few years you'll be able to sit and laugh about it. Sounds you like have a keeper.
(xDD) Ooooh, very good to know! Any locations in particular you'd suggest?
That's all right, it definitely will feel more like a funny story to laugh about in a few months. And my roommate was happy, which is all that really matters. Frrr, after all the crap I've put him through, I'm lowkey shocked he hasn't dumped me yet.