How is everyone doing? Was doing good until this morning's news. ^^;

Besides that, I hope everyone's new year is going well. Did anyone make any plans?

I think I'll find out on Tuesday if I became full time at my Adult Services job. If I do, yay for money but nay for less free time.

Any who, I just wanted to do a quick drop in to let everyone know I'm still alive.

How is everyone doing? I hope everyone is hanging in there. Life is stressful. We're just all trying to survive.

I finally got another job, so I'm officially working three jobs. I'm working a part time job for social services as extra office help. It's my first office job so I'm hoping to gain some skills from it and use those skills for a future job that maybe pays better lol.

Next month will be my 37th birthday, how time flies. ^^; No plans so far to celebrate. I'm hoping to finally get my car fixed and then maybe I can drive out of the county for the first time in three years.

Any who, just wanted to drop a little update and make sure everyone is still alive.

Since this journal originally posted about Faberry/Achele I felt it only right to post about their return in the year 2025. It's like seeing your divorced moms reunited after a decade. I can't believe it, Lea even followed Dianna back. The war is over, all is right.

I knew that with this current political climate that eventually tensions would run high at home because of money. It is now, every man for themselves. Or more like me vs my parents. I'm of course just in the way. My brother has recommended getting a van or better yet a converted van and go somewhere to find work and live out of the van. But of course, that's if I can ever afford a van. It's been hard finding any work in this rural county. I work on Sunday's and holidays for the post office delivering packages.

I get paid once a month from NCO for babysitting my nieces, but I'm not left with much money after bills and rent are paid. My parents are being assholes to me and I'm ready just to leave and not look back whether I have somewhere to go or not. It's pretty pathetic that I did all that schooling for degrees, and it got me nowhere. At this rate I'm going to have to find a job out of the county and just sleep in my car till I can afford to find somewhere to live.

Not many parents want their kids back home after they've finally gotten rid of them and I'm just costing them more money.

Blessed Imbolc to those who celebrate!!! I didn't do a whole lot today since it was raining outside but I had already planted all my flower bulbs a while ago in hopes that they would sprout in the Spring. We are doing more research to better our gardening skills. With tariffs coming in and ICE deporting those who harvest for us the price of fruits and vegetables will be going up and we really need to get better at growing our own.

I do so hate our country so much right now. And I hope all Tr*mp supporters suffer.

Besides all that I had made some orange cranberry muffins and made cream of mushroom porkchops for dinner. Did a tarot spread and listened to some Imbolc playlists on Spotify. I did a little bit of reading and caught up on my pen pal letters. So, overall, not a bad Imbolc.

We are halfway to Spring, of course we'll see what the Groundhog has to say tomorrow.

I'm at the point where I just can't pay attention to the news because it's just so infuriating and depressing. I hate that our country has come to this.

It might be just me, but it feels like social media is dying. Which is no surprise with the shit going on in the world especially here in the USA.

I hope everyone is doing good!!! Thought I'd spruce up my journal with a new header and make a new journal entry. 2024 was a shit year! Didn't do a thing. Just tried to survive. I'm hoping this year to go more places and do more things and to focus on my health. Also to find a new job. I'm going to try posting on here more often as well. I'm trying not to think about the impending political doom we're about to face. It's going to be a shit show.

Decided to make my Goodreads reading challenge 20 books this year, we'll see if I can make it. 2024 I only managed 16 books but in 2023 I managed 30 so we'll see what kind of year this'll be with reading. Maybe I'll try doing some audio books for once.

I'm wishing everyone a happy 2025 though! Did any of you make any new year's resolutions?

How's everyone doing? I hope everyone is doing okay.

Feels like everything is hopeless these days. We're on the brink of WW3. We're killing the planet and idiots are running the world. They say the economy is good here in the US and that unemployment is down, but all my friends are unable to get jobs. I'm trying to just find a second job and have had no luck.

No wonder people resort to drugs in this place. It's like a prison nobody can get out of.

I am thinking of going back to school to get a certificate in culinary arts since more restaurants are opening up here. It may help me get a job. Of course, I haven't given up on working on film but there's no way for me to get out of here unless I am able to save money. So, it's like a catch 22.

One upside thing is getting back into watching Xena Warrior Princess. Haven't watched it in ages. And I've missed it. And I love that it's just blown up on twitter lately.

I am actually grateful that my LJ is still here. It gets me away from all that damn fandom drama and mostly everyone doesn't know this exists.