A quick update…..

As I suspected in my last post, it has been a minute since I made a post to this stupid blog. Why do I even have this thing? Honestly, I might do away with it soon. 

Life has been absolutely wild lately and I have done nothing with my website in the last 5 or so months. I literally looked at it for the first time today just to be sure it was still up and running. The main purpose of this website was to act as a digital portfolio for future employers and it has served its purpose as I did recently accept a new position with a new company. The rest of it is mostly for fun or a side project for me to work on when I get bored which has been next to impossible lately.  

So here’s a little update from the last few months. As of July this year, I left my position at the paper printing company and took a Graphic Design position for a sign manufacturing company. It took a little over a decade, but I am officially a Graphic Designer - a literal dream come true. I’ve been working toward this goal for so long, it’s surreal that it’s finally happened. It’s been a wild ride and there’s been a lot to learn (and still a lot more learning to come), but I really like what I’m doing and am looking forward to what the future has in store for me. That in itself was a huge life shift, but that was only the beginning.

About a month after my career jump, my boyfriend of two years got what equates to a promotion and an absolutely killer raise. He’s really been leveling up in his career and I am so dang proud of him. He works incredibly hard and has been putting so much effort into building his career and moving up at his workplace. I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned him on this blog, but we’re coming up on 2 years together and just over a year of living together and what an amazing adventure it has been. He’s just the best and I have every intention of spending my life with this man. He is simply the best and one of my favorite people in this world. I cannot wait to see what the future holds for him and us. 

Another month went by and we had the opportunity to move to a nicer, bigger house so we took it! We are all moved and pretty much unpacked and absolutely loving our new digs. We moved from a 650ish square foot house on a tiny lot with barely any yard to 1000 square foot house with a huge back and front yard. It may not seem like a lot, but it’s been such an upgrade for us and we are loving it! Our dogs have loved having more room to run. Our landlords are also close family friends of mine, so that’s been pretty sweet. 

On a very devastating note, I had to put my sweet golden retriever down this month. After taking him to a vet appointment for what seemed like a very minor problem, 6 hours and two vets later, we found out he had a tumor on his heart and fluid filling basically

his entire body. We started the day being told we had time to figure things out to being told he had anywhere from hours to days left. It was an awful day to say the least and I haven’t cried like that in a really long time.  Unfortunately, there was very little we could do but make him as comfortable as possible until it was his time. He made it about a week and a half before we had to make the difficult decision to let him go. His quality of life had declined rapidly and I could not let him get any worse or suffer any more than he was. It was one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make.  I am completely devastated and am still having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that my sweet boy is no longer by my side. He was only 7 which made the whole thing even worse. I am just so heartbroken and will miss my sweet golden angel so much. There's just aren't enough words.

That’s about all I have for now. I can’t believe 2025 is just around the corner. Aside from losing Archer, this has been a really good year with a lot of really positive changes for my family and myself. Looking forward to the holidays and what 2025 has to offer. 

Peace and love to you all and, since it’s very unlikely I’ll be making any posts in the near future, I hope everyone has a happy holiday season and the new year brings you peace, joy and abundance. 

Here are a few more pictures to remember my boy by. Miss you Archer boy. I'll see you again one day.