MishisM

I thought this year was going to be a bad year.  It started out with a bad omen – I spent New Year’s Eve sleeping in my car.  Cramped up in the front seat, no less, because the dog took up the back.  It was not an easy night as I was in a busy public parking lot, hungry and unshowered.  I felt like a bum.  As I sat there, trying to sleep under the pale yellow of the security light, I thought that if this was how I was spending the first night of the new year, what’s that say for the rest of the year?

It has been rough, no lie.  Money has been extremely tight.  I’ve been disenchanted with my job and trying to find alternate employment.  Maybe even move out of state.  I even thought seriously about getting out of chinchillas even though I swore I wouldn’t be one of those hobby breeders who built up a herd overnight and then sold out right away.  Luckily, I made a few sacrifices (oh internet access, how I missed thee), but I managed to keep them.  I even had my first sapphires born just a few days ago.

Things have been getting better.  Money is still tight but at least it’s under control.  I have an internet connection again.  The chinchillas are finally producing, and I’ve made quite a few new friends because of them.  I’m still on the hunt for a change in career, but at least, as of this week, my job is tolerable.  I haven’t had to sleep in the car since Key West, either.  So, all in all, things are looking up.

I am 27 years old today.