Hello, everybody, WE ARE ALIVE! I can't believe how long it has been since I last logged onto RO. I missed everyone very much :] Since many of you may be wondering where we disappeared to, I'll give you the short version of the story. This last semester, I continued to be a busy little bee, taking 18 college credits, working two jobs, volunteering, and trying to please a very demanding boyfriend. Well, you can only go on adrenaline and minimal sleep for so long- I was bound to crash. In addition, throughout this school year, I sank into a deep depression (convinced that my boyfriend was going to break up with me), and I began flirting with death via the eating disorder that I've had for almost 8 years now. In April, I ended up in the hospital, and was quickly transferred to an inpatient eating disorder program. I resided there for three weeks, and although it was tough, I met a wonderful group of girls and (for the first time in my life) began to rediscover myself, who I really was, ASIDE from my eating disorder. I realized that I cannot be perfect.
I am now living at home in northern michigan at my parents lovely new house, where I have three little brothers who love me, a vineyard and apple orchard to read and write in, a pond in which I can stare at my reflection in the water and really contemplate life. I have made a complete 360 and although I have a long road ahead of me, I am well on my way to recovery.
I have decided not to continue at Aquinas, the college I attended for the last two years. Instead, I am finishing up a few classes this fall and then moving out west to begin a veterinary technician program. Animals are my passion, and I have decided to persue my childhood dream.
I also realized that my relationship with Eric (my ex-boyfriend) was very unhealthy, and we broke up awhile ago. I am currently dating my highschool sweetheart again- we dated for three years in highschool, but when he left for the army (basic training), and I left for college, we drifted apart. Now we are happily back together. He spent over 13 months in Iraq and is now stationed in Colorado Springs. This September, he leaves for training in Arizona to be a UAV army pilot, and this December we will both be moving out to Las Vegas, where he will be flying out of for the next five years. I start my Veterinary Technician program in fall of 2010, at the College of Southern Nevada.
Alright, enough about me.
BUNNY UPDATE:
During my hospital stay, Flynn and Zuri were taken care of by my roommates. Unfortunately, my parents (who are NOT animal lovers) did not allow me to have both bunnies. So, Zuri is currently still at my house in Grand Rapids, and I am in the process of trying to find her a new home (or, perhaps, a TEMPORARY home). She is a [WONDERFUL] rabbit- very sweet, outgoing, and affectionate. Unfortunately, she still does not use her litterbox.
Flynn has been here in Gaylord with me for a few weeks now. Unfortunately, my parents will not allow him to be inside, so we bought him a nice outdoor hutch (which should be arriving soon), and he will be residing out on the porch that wraps around the second floor of our house. I hate to have him out there, but I have been giving him plenty of attention and taking him out often for exercise. The boys, too, have grown quite fond of him and take him out a lot for pets, exercise, and love. Flynn will be coming with me to Las Vegas in December, where he will become a spoiled housebunny again.
He turned one year old this month, on June 1st.
And now for some recent pictures!
. And he's so tiny! Perfect!
