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  1. There are still a couple of weeks left. I will post again if things change, but going to sum things up to this point. It's hard to give a rating. I'd say this year has definitely been a better one for me. In fact, some major breakthroughs happened within the year. This year has been life changing for me in a very positive way. That is, a very dark cloud was lifted from above my head, so to speak. I've talked about it before, it's a long story. In short, I got braver and went and got my eyes checked and no major issues were seen, and I was cleared to be able to drive. With that, it's pretty much enough to say that this is the best year I've ever had since high school. But the reality is that this cloud has been gradually lifting over the past few years, and this was really just the total lifting. So, this year is a continuation of the last three which have been a great reawakening for me. The majority of 2023 felt rather stagnant, though. It wasn't until September when the big changes began. Then in November I was able to take my first trip up Northeast. It was a blast for me. I fell in love quickly! It's so beautiful! Even the highways are prettier than they are down here. Lol. I've dreamed of going to and moving to the Northeast since at least my teens. The trip was mostly for scoping out areas as opposed to enjoyment, but there was lots of enjoyment to be had nevertheless. And with that, my decision on which state to move to was finalized. And just in this last week I have found out that my parents are aiming for a much quicker move than I had anticipated and will help me financially if I end up moving up sooner (my move is contingent on finding a job, and that could happen sooner than the Spring that they are aiming for). This is such major, exciting news for me! I thought that my parents would move up later rather than sooner, and I thought that financially I was going to be struggling a lot. I will still have a tight budget no matter, but I think things will be good when my parents come up, which should be in the Spring! :O Now, because I've already overshared a lot here, I'm probably not going to mention specifically which part of the state I end up moving to. Lol. Originally, this trip was planned for much earlier this year in the Spring, and the move was hopefully to happen before the year ended. Things didn't work out that way. However, I do want to note that the move is becoming more and more real, and I can now start giving better timeframes. Now, all of that is super exciting! But the year had some drawbacks. The first being the stagnation for most of the year. The second being an unexpected summer storm that caused costly damage to the house (really not great timing when you're thinking of moving!), along with other issues that have come up with the house, like our dishwasher breaking, and now there's some strange power issue >.<) The third being my mom having a health issue she had to get surgery for, continued family drama, and after the trip has been quite chaotic with me getting COVID again, my dog getting sick (but recovering! a couple of weeks ago I was distraught), and then a family death. So, as much as the good in the year was truly phenomenal and just major lifechanging, the year is a bit too complicated for me to go 10/10.
  2. Candy canes (Wint-O-Green, Peppermint, Cherry), dark chocolate, strawberry suckers, sweettarts and M&Ms.
  3. This is utter blasphemy to bump this up in this most joyful month of December. How dare you! This is my happy time. We will not speak of this Winter Wrap-Up misery!!
  4. I remember it took me a long time to adjust to the idea of having a touch screen phone. In fact, it was only a decade ago that I made the switch. I loved my Samsung BlackJack phones (I think they were called?) with their physical keypads, but at some point it couldn't run internet sites well anymore and I had to bite the bullet and "upgrade". Now I can't even see what my problem with touch screen phones was. Lol.
  5. I'm not moving for a job, no. I'm moving for a number of reasons, including politics, freedoms. I'm a climate refugee, too. Plus, I've wanted to live in New England for the longest time. I like the vibe up there, as is confirmed by my recent trip up there. I'm sorry that you have trouble connecting with people. I hope it's not that way for me, but then again, I suppose I have trouble connecting with people in general. I hate leaving all of my friends and a lot of my family behind. I really do. I spent decades making my friend group. It's going to be super difficult finding a new one. Alas, it's not feasible for me to stay in this state any longer. I already go such long periods of time without seeing my friends as it is, so perhaps keeping up my old friend group long distance might somehow work out for me.
  6. My "OC" is nothing but me in pony form. I don't have enough creativity to create a character that isn't just me. lol. So you'd basically be duplicating me. Ain't no one want that! lol
  7. I don't currently have the figure to pull it all off, but I prefer tight. I wear tight shorts/pants/capris/leggings, but I wear more loose fitting tops. I have lost a lot of weight in the past six months so my tops look even baggier now. lol
  8. The internet. When we got high speed internet at home when I was a teenager I got addicted, possibly because it was my place to really get to be myself, but also because of my ADHD brain needing stimulation all of the time. I'm still addicted here 19 years later...
  9. $7.25 in Oklahoma, the bare minimum for the US, ugh. The state I'm planning to move to, Connecticut is now $15, and will be $15.69 by the time I move. I can't say I ever made only $7.25 an hour, but I also can't say that I've ever made anywhere near $15 an hour. Lord knows I'll need as much of a boost as I can get, coming from one of the bottom of the barrel states to one of the more expensive. I always say, though: You get what you pay for.
  10. I just visited up there last week and I loved it! I am looking to move up there soon! I'm excited!
  11. 2020 and beyond has seen a line of large life-changing breakthroughs in my life. All of them positive. Incredibly positive in fact. The strings of what was traumatizing me have been unraveled and its grip over me is gone. I am free. Most recently with me dropping out of denial and getting my eyes checked and learning that my eyes are okay, completely upending everything for me, as I was feeling hopeless and like I had no future. It's impossible for any other previous stage of my life to match this. There's just no contest.
  12. We have a local franchise named Daylight Donuts that makes delicious glazed donuts! Gosh, I am going to miss them when I move. CT has Dunkin' Donuts everywhere, but sorry I wasn't too impressed.
  13. I now do wear glasses... Much like my pony-version of me I made a decade ago. xD I was always *supposed* to wear them, especially for driving, but I got too scared to go to the eye doctor for many years. Finally, I got brave, and now I have glasses and will be able to drive!
  14. Paxlovid, which I'm dealing with right now. It leaves a terrible aftertaste that lingers for a very long time! D:
  15. In terms of the USA, certainly North is the best. Not just North, though, but Northeast! The further Northeast in the US the better. And also, you can go even further Northeast into Southeast Canada. These regions have the perfect weather and perfect everything. Never in my life have I thought of going South as a good thing. Just no, in every single way.
  16. Yeah, but I am happy to report that after starting wearing Oofos slippers around the house five years ago, I have only stubbed my toe ONCE in that entire timeframe. It actually happened earlier this year and I was so surprised. The impact was lessened when it happened, too. Oofos slippers is are truly incredible. xD
  17. I never saw the artwork. I liked how big and wide it is. You have to understand that when you go to a cramped airport like Chicago Midway, it makes you appreciate the space of Denver's airport a lot! (Of course, maybe Chicago Midway isn't usually as bad as it was for me. I bet Thanksgiving travel was already beginning when I was there)
  18. Okay, so recently I flew again and I now have a pretty solid opinion of my least favorite airport. No, it's not Tulsa. Can't give Tulsa this one even though I want to because Oklahoma sucks. LOL The airport is fairly decent. My least favorite is one of Chicago's... Not O'Hare (which I've never been to that I recall) instead I'm talking about Midway. I got there for a connecting flight and was met with a very small, clustered, and very crowded terminal. There were no seats for me to even sit while waiting for the next flight, and the restroom's line was backed up waayyyy far. The men's restroom somehow also had a similarly long line so my dad had to wait as well. LOL. WTF. Maybe I'm being too harsh, but that didn't leave a good impression on me. It just a big clustered mess. I didn't get to check out any of the restaurants and stores there, it was a very short time in between flights. On the other hand, I use Denver's airport a second time and it has been established as my favorite airport of any I have been to (recently at least. I don't remember much of anything about the airports I went to in the mid 2000s anymore).
  19. Before just this last week, it was southern California. This last week I went to New England, including a lot of CT and a little bit of MA and RI. It looks like my venture into Rhode Island is officially the farthest distance.
  20. I'm surprised. I've seen a few Barnes and Nobles up in Connecticut. Yale's bookstore is a Barnes and Nobles, in fact! We also still have one in my home city. I wonder how it's staying afloat?
  21. Well, I flew over the Canadian peninsula that borders Detroit, Michigan. Does that count? I don't think so... but kinda? Otherwise, still got nothing. lol
  22. It's a little chilly up here in Connecticut. Soooo much better than Oklahoma, it's not even funny.
  23. I'm feeling pretty great! I'm in Connecticut and I'm really loving it. I was worried that my love for New England might just be artificially created from romanticism/"the grass is greener on the other side". (BTW, the grass is literally greener up here. xD) But it appears it's more than that. I could definitely see myself living here.
  24. I've been to two concerts - Streetlight Manifesto and Chicago, both in 2011. I did very much enjoy them. Streetlight Manifesto was my very first concert, which I still think is quite funny considering how uncharacteristic they are of music I generally listen to (I do listen to punk, but not a lot), but I'm glad I got to see them! With Chicago, of course, I would have preferred to see them in their first decade, but that was long before I was born. They did play a lot of their hits from the 60s and 70s so that was great!
  25. It got up to 87 degrees today. I'm so frustrated. What is this, Florida? >.> Hope it didn't where you live.
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