Thanks for sharing that with me- I'm glad that you've been able to pick up some skills along the way and hey! Better late than never! I'm definitely getting into what I feel like will me my forever career at a later age than I would have liked, sure, but I don't begrudge that fact too much. Age is just a number. I needed all these experiences up to that point in my life to lead me to this path, but I finally found it and I'm glad to be here! I need to get studying for my finals- TODAY! My first one is tomorrow- so that's two 12 hour work shifts I'll be able to dedicate to studying. My next one will be on Tuesday and then on Wednesday. This semester has oddly been the most challenging for me so far- mainly because it has felt like such a slog to get through. But the end is in sight and this next semester will be my last so I gotta kick it up a few notches to make it through!! Anywho- what's the next step on your car now that you got the wiring fixed?

Haha yesss! I'm so ready for it!! And be careful out there in this heat! Retirement because of your schizophrenia? That sounds like a struggle I can't even imagine. Did you retire early then to focus on your mental health? Are you planning to come out of retirement if you're able to in the future, or just focus on your personal projects?

Hey there, bud, thanks for reaching out! It has been a minute. I'm hanging in there- trying to finish out this semester and then I'll start up my last one to hopefully be graduated by the end of the year! Work has been a struggle, but I have a theory that it feels worse than it actually is because the light at the end of the tunnel is in sight! Maybe if I didn't work 12 hour shifts it would be a little bit easier to manage too. I neeeed to start looking around for places to job shadow at- that's my big goal at the moment but with finals right around the corner, I might just wait until my break to start reaching out to places. Other than that, my husband and I managed to get all the boxes removed from our living area- though we had to move the remainder to the bedroom to tackle at a later date. We had a friend over on Saturday so I wanted to at least remove them from the dining room/living room. Now that we have the big furniture items up, we're going to start getting things on the walls and that'll help really make it feel like home. Apartment living sucks, but one of these days we'll get a house to call our own instead of renting!

I understand. NO ONE talks in there anymore. I try, but it's useless.

Are you still banned from forums???