Well my career path has taken a completely different turn.

Oooh, nice. I plan to (hopefully) intern while doing my degree or at least get into a program where they set you up with that. San Francisco State has an MA in Clinical Psychology and I believe you do some of your internship hours while doing your degree, in their clinic, and then out in the community with their connections. It's my second most desired school, with my first being CIIS, where I would have to find my own internships. Good luck, though! And congratulations on closing the distance! That's super exciting.

No, the incident with my cat happened when I was away on my trip to my ex (in and of itself, it wasn't an abusive relationship, exactly, but he handled his emotions immaturely and had poor emotional impulses, which led to him saying cruel things, ignoring me for hours on end because I wanted to talk out a problem, and he even said "I hate you" on a couple of instances, which I count as borderline abusive behaviours, especially since near the end of our relationship, I felt more anxiety and fear than I did love...). Painful because I missed the last two months of my cat's life but I realise if I had never gone on the trip, I would not have broken up with him. The day after I came home, my cat came up to me covered in blood, there was blood everywhere downstairs, etc. :/ Still not sure what was wrong with him but he deteriorated pretty rapidly over the following three weeks despite intensive vet care. I do feel he waited until I was home though, and for that, I am grateful.

And haha! I actually want to own a cat rescue when I'm older named Meowslow for that reason. Great minds... But congratulations on your graduation! That's super exciting! What do you plan to do with your degree once it's obtained?

And I'll show you pictures soon.

Oh boy, so much has happened since I disappeared. Long story short, ex's mother passed away, relationship borderlined abusive in more instances than I can count, rationalised it completely ,blamed it on his mother's death, then on the distance, but after trying for over a year to make it work, I finally had to end it. My cat passed away almost as soon as I returned home from a two month trip, and considering I considered him my spirit mate and best friend and companion, a part of me died with him. I am having a wonderful time at school, however, and graduate in March with a BA. Exciting. I also have two new beautiful kittens, Teagan and Maslow (yes, as in hierarchy of needs Maslow ). How've you been?