Spring has Sprung

Look out the window.

The sun is out. The wind is not the wind; it is a breeze. The birds are chirping and making just plain weird noises, I suppose, to attract the opposite sex; you know the mating season is here. The bald branches all have green tips.

[Oh, this also means my birthday is coming up.]

My backyard is a wild party right now.
My backyard. I finally have a place to belong to ... makes me feel like Cinderella. I love this house, my home. I cannot wait to contribute to it.

Sure, being out of school sucks. But this is only going to be for a year. I need this "study abroad experience". I need this culture shock. I want my life to work out for the better, as it hasn't been quite as good as I had hoped for it to be. This is going to be a tough journey, brand new, and I don't know what to expect. But guess what? I have support. I have all of my friends, who have been there for me all along. I have Brian -- my family, my lover, my partner in crime.

[What better ammo is there than that?]

My 24th year will be brand new. I can feel it.