It sounds very similar here! I'm in a rural area of upstate Pennsylvania. It's like the I've moved away a few times (for college and for an intership), but always end back here because of family/finances. People are gossipy, judgmental, close-minded. Everyone knows everyone, too, and that can be rough because gossip gets around fast and people know private-ish suff easily and have no shame bringing it up...

Bleh, that definitely doesn't sound good. I ended up back here after college for financial reasons also, and Josh moved in with me and my mom. He's also from a super small town, so it's not better there. Neither of us drive, and there's no public transportation here, so it can definitely be difficult. I'll be so happy when we're in a place where we can take buses (even though I've heard it's awful) wherever we need to go.

I don't drive, either! Haha. Amber does, though, and that makes it easier. She takes me where I need to go. Buses can be tricky, and I always heard horror stories, but I took the bus in Pittsburgh every day for about half a year through the 'bad' section of town and never had any problems. The worse thing that ever happened was there was a snowstorm and the school I was student teaching at closed early but the bus was like 2 hours late.

That's so crazy! Haha I wish Josh drove. He's a bit more comfortable doing it than I am, but he doesn't want to drive with my mom, and she's the only person here to take him. Me, I'm just a huuuge ball of anxiety and driving is the big cherry on top of all of that. xD Ooo waiting out in the cold snowstorm for 2 hours would be so awful! I've never actually been on public transit besides a school bus lol, so I have a lot to experience.

Driving makes me SUPER anxious, too. Even being in a car sometimes. My mom used to have panic attacks in the car, which was awful. We'd sit on the side of the highway for hours, so cars sort of became this big scary thing for awhile. Amber's luckily a super good driver. Hopefully Josh could drive one day? Like, maybe take a few classes - that's what I've been considering doing. It wasn't too bad. I'm used to the snow, haha. I finally made it home and my roommate mentioned she would have got me if I called her, but I wouldn't have wanted her driving more than she had to in the bad weather.

Cool avatar, by the way! :0

Aww, I feel really bad for you mom, that must have been awful. I think my mom is the best driver I've ever been in a vehicle with, so it's a bit odd that I still don't want to drive. I'm sure Josh would probably have his license now if his brother lived closer to take him. He's the only person he wants to go with, but he lives an hour away and doesn't visit very often. I keep suggesting driving with my mom, but he really doesn't like her loool. It's a fun living situation here.

Thank you!! I put it together a while ago and I'm just now getting around to using it. I like to show Josh because he hates creepy dolls xD

Yeah, I felt bad, too, but ... it was partially because she got her license taken away for awhile & was nervous about driving again? She's better now, with the panic part, but she's the WORST DRIVER EVER. She goes to fast and turns too sharply and pulled out in front of a firetruck once. Aw, that's a bummer. Hopefully he can figure out how to get some practice in! And that's rough he doesn't like your mom :/ Does she like him?

Haha, you're cruel! XD I like creepy stuff. Dolls can be especially scary because they're so human-like.

I was the complete opposite when I drove; I was too slow and I was terrified of pulling out, even if the car coming way foreverrr away. And I never mastered backing up lol. But I also haven't driven in like 6 years. :/ My mom kind of likes him. She likes that he's quiet and helps pay the bills, but as soon as she comes home he goes upstairs to our room. She's noticed he doesn't like being around her, so it's just awkward and I don't like being the middle person between them. I love my mom and I really appreciate her letting us stay here, but she's very unreliable and flighty. Like two weeks ago she randomly got rid of her car without warning us, so Josh has been having to ask for rides to and from work from coworkers, and he hates "being a bother" so it's really stressing him out.

Congrats on getting everything from the shop! I'm not there yet :(

I could still get all of the stickers I don't have yet, but I just don't feel like it lol. How many more do you need?

I haven't driven in about 4 years myself! My girlfriend tried to teach me, and we were going in a circle around the park in town but then I'd cry haha. I cry when I get stressed out. Ohhh, I understand where that could be frustrating. Being the middle man is never fun. :/ Was there a reason she got rid of her car? That seems ... random, and cars are fairly important haha.

Aww I do too! I cry more than I'd like to admit probably haha. But it's mostly just when I'm really stressed. I'm still trying to deal with a lot of anxiety and depression, without taking anything for it. And being stuck in this small town, in this small apartment, everyday doesn't help. So I spend an embarrassingly large amount of time on here lol She said she couldn't afford the payments anymore; which is totally fire because they were really expensive. I just wish she would have made a backup plan and found a cheaper car before she gave her's back to the dealership. And I wish she would have given us a heads up.

Are mellow mushrooms a type of mushrooms? I love mushrooms, but I'm super noob at different types XD

Oh, nice :) I don't really do drawing etc. I did sculpture for a while, but it's hard to find here + expensive so I can't really anymore.

Ah nice! Yeah, 30 hearts is a lot O_O It's like 70 kisses for 1 beanbag :o Congrats on getting everything!

I can't wait for my lat strain to be done XD XD Being a zombie is fun for like 2 mins, but then it ruins all my HAs XD XD

Aha, no that's fair ^^ We'll see how it works out.

Where are you guys looking to move to?

Western New York, Buffalo area! Being from a super small town, there's not really anywhere hiring around me. And, the local university is suffering & my girlfriend wants to major in something they stopped offering.

I'm a crier in general. Like, happy cries, sad cries, stressed cries. That's rough. I went to therapy for awhile for my anxiety, and it really helped. It can be super hard to find a good therapist, and is also expensive if you don't have insurance. I was spending a lot of time on here over Winter Break, and I still do when I can, so I don't think it's embarrassing :3 Ah, yeah, it totally makes sense but that's a sudden, stressful change. Is she getting a new car, eventually?

Hahahaha, no, not that I know of! Mellow Mushroom is a pizza place I like which has a bunch of different kinds of mushrooms. ^^ I literally walked in there one day and asked for the pizza that had the largest variety of mushrooms and I've loved it ever since.

-nods- Yeah that's the beauty of digital art, you don't have to keep buying materials. Granted that being said, I do want a serious upgrade to my tablet, which is not cheap.

Like 1000. Haha. Whoops! Oh well. Next year.

I really wanted to see a therapist in high school especially, but my family could never afford it and so I didn't push it. I have a friend who sees one, and she said it does help her a lot. So maybe one day I'll look into it again if I get a job with good insurance. ^_^ Hahaha I feel you on the crying thing, I really do. But I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing, just annoying sometimes when you really don't want to but you have absolutely no control over it lol. I'm just really sensitive and emotional, and they don't go well together. How have you been the past few days? I have a friend visiting from college, so it's nice to finally get some friend time! We played Pictionary today (which is a nightmare for me because I absolutely CANNOT draw to save my life) and despite Josh being a fab at drawing, I won! lol And I found out that a CW I won from a survival raffle is worth 4k CSC looool.

Oh wow, that's so many!! Hopefully next year you'll have lots of time to get things you need. How are you?

Oh my gosh, I know! I'm so happy to be able to make pretty HAs again without having to worry about them clashing with my zombie skin lol. How are you?

I'm well! New Catfish season started! Did you watch the first episode?! I'm watching it right now xD

OMG NO!! Ahhh I have a friend visiting from college, but I'll try to remember to watch it when they leave this evening.

It's a good one. The reveal just happened xP

I LOVE your wig!