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I am alive!!!!

But seriously, life has been so busy and so crazy. I only logged in because I was on the phone with my little sister and she mentioned Gaia and such--- and I had that thought of: "Does that thing even exist still?"

It still comes to me as strange that this place used to be such a huge part of my life. That, at one point I lived and breathed in Gaia. It's just so odd to me now. But, anyways...the reason I am writing is because my last few journal entries were a bit odd. I could tell I was in a bad spot so, I decided to write something that did not make me sound like such a miserable human being because really, I am not like that at all! sweatdrop

So...the last entries were interesting. It was a hard time because as I mentioned there, Sage and I were no longer in our "honeymoon phase". So, all the puppy love was gone and we were now being faced with all the adult drama like bills and saving money, and all that crap that can drive people up the walls. And, when you take two people that never fight and then they have their first fight...well, I'm one to catastrophise everything so, I made it sound so much worse than it actually was. We were mad at each other a couple of hours...and then it was like the argument never happened and we went out to eat and had a movie date. rofl

But, life with Sage...married life in general...
Um...where to begin?

Sage and I finally got a new apartment. The one we had before this one was much too small and it did cause us problems because it was too cluttered and pretty uncomfortable. With the new place we have a lot more space and it has done wonders for the both of us. It feels a lot more like a home which we can both be happy about. Plus, being more than 3 feet from the bathroom has been a dream come true (especially after taco night) rofl

Sage has actually been deployed for the last 7-months...and that has been a really hard thing for the both of us. We had a rough start to the deployment because Sage's card got locked when we took a road trip to California (her bank is so ******** stupid). So, we had bills that got backed up, we were still dealing with the debt from her divorce and such. Then the Army sends her away and I'm stuck with everything and nearly pulling my hair out. At the same time, my little sister had just gotten her surgery and so I was flown to Indiana to help take care of her...and while spending time with her was great, dealing with my Mother for a month was a nightmare. It made me realize for the billionth time why living in Indiana is not something I ever want to do ever again. I love my family...just in very small doses. rolleyes

So, the start of deployment was a bit of a struggle but it all went uphill rather quickly. All the bills got sorted out, all the divorce debt got paid. Careful budgeting meant we were both able to build a savings account again which has been awesome. I get to talk to Sage nearly every day and, while things can get a little heated between us, she still makes me smile and laugh and I find myself talking about her all the time still whee
It was because of her that I have been able to do so many amazing things in both 2016 and in 2017. I am spoiled to say the least.

She paid for me to go meet the green and pink power rangers at the Allamo City ComicCon which was a dream come true for me! I also got to meet Bulk & Skull and got a poster signed by Guy Gilchrist! Sage has also been super supportive of my involvement in the Furry Fandom and it is because of her that Rune's fursuit got finished and I was recently able to go and spend three days at Texas Furry Fiesta!!!
It was such a blast but it went by way too fast. Still, it has me so pumped and ready for next year!!!

While Sage has been away, I have been building some really awesome friendships. I now have a D&D group I play with. They are in California so I have to play over Skype, but, they did fly me out there one time to play in person which was such a lovely time! I get to play again in Cali some time in May which will be awesome. I also met a fellow furry that lives only an hour from me and her and I have been hanging out a lot.
She went with me to TFF and has been teaching me to sew. We also do YouTube videos together and my Channel recently reached over 500 subscribers which has been really exciting!!!

Speaking of exciting...I started making money off of my writings! I do custom stories now and just writing commissions in general! I don't make too much, but occasionally it earns me some extra money that I can play with. I also have a Christmas Book I have coming out which is a collab with a buddy...so, that will be here around the holidays. I have a T-sirt coming out too which will hopefully fund my TFF visits for many years to come since Sage's job has us moving from place-to-place all the time.

Other than that...nothing really to report. I have lost weight. I have been going to the gym, trying to eat better, and have just been more active in general. I want to take better care of myself and want to feel better about my appearance. So, this has been something I have been working really hard on. Sage said something about maybe going back to the weightloss clinic when she comes back home since that really helped me get started and gave me some really good results.

Sorry there is nothing more "juicy" to tell...
I mean, my life always has drama in some form or another but, hardly anything worthy of putting in this journal (that and it would take too long to explain) sweatdrop But yeah, guess I just wanted to check in and say hey for anyone that still pays attention to these things,

Ciao~!