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Off to Basic Training!
Time for a bi-annual journal update, I suppose. ;) I'm leaving for basic training for the Air Force on Monday! Woo!
That is all. :)
11 year anniversary!
I miss my dA anniversary every damn year. It's hard to believe I've been a member on dA for 11 years. I was just a socially awkward 13 year old when I joined, and dA has seen me through middle and high school, college, and countless jobs. I'd like to say I've matured quite a bit during this time, but I'm pretty sure I'm mentally still around 16 years old. My artwork has certainly matured and evolved with the years, with me trying everything from crappy anime-style OCs (hey, I was 13) to emotes (still love 'em, and its awesome community) to abstract photography (that won awards!)...Lately I've been doing a lot of wildlife/zoo photography.
So,
It's Been a While
It's been over a year since my last journal entry here. The last year has been odd. I live on my own now. It's a nice townhouse, about a mile from Clearwater beach. I quit Gamestop. Hooray. I now work full-time at a pet store, which is nice. Since moving to Florida, I've accumulated approximately a billion pets.
-Two bearded dragons, Norbert and Toothless.
-Four frogs: Clyde, a Pacman frog; Buddy and Lucky, Cuban tree frogs; and Fatty, a Florida bull frog.
-Three cats: Pushka, Prissy, and Sherwood. All black. All adorable.
-Three lizards: Ted, a Bahaman anole; Evelyn, a five-lined skink; and Mosby, a long-tailed grass lizard.
-Two snakes
Death
Just before midnight on August 31, my grandmother (and adoptive mother) lost her short battle with pancreatic cancer. The doctor said she would have a year to live without treatment, maybe a year and a half with. We tried a range of treatment options: chemo, radiation, surgery, natural. She lasted just over 5 months from her time of diagnosis. She was in a lot of pain, as the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes, liver, bones, and brain.
Now she is out of her suffering and at peace. I'm not a religious person, but she was and she believed in heaven, so I believe she is there. She was the nicest and most caring person I knew, and everyone who
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