My Pigeon

So this is my girlfriend, Jill. She is my Pigeon.


New Years Eve 2012

We very recently celebrated our three year anniversary. Shit's cray, man. I love her so much. She even surprised me by coming up from Illinois for it. She made me cry and everyone involved in getting her here felt victorious over my tears of sheer joy. I bet they tasted sweet, didn't they, guys. DIDN'T THEY?!?
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Jill has helped me through so much over the years. She's dealt with more than anyone should and stayed by me through the worst, I couldn't survive without her. And believe it or not, for most of our relationship, she's been in Illinois whilst I remain in Wisconsin. That's right ladies and gents, long distance relationships CAN work, but there's A LOT of effort to be put into it. The effort is so worth it, though, because I coudn't love her or anyone else more. Now, back in January of 2012, we met in Chicago for our first face-to-face date. We went to go see Beauty and the Beast 3D because it's our favorite Disney movie and we only wanted to see it a lot. We had dinner at Heaven on 7th after that, and let me tell you, being with her for the first time was Heaven.



After dinner, we walked around Michigan Avenue and the malls until it was time for me to return to the train station to bring me back to Wisconsin, but not before we shared our first kiss riding down an escalator. As first kisses go, it was pretty amazing, I was so nervous but it was still cute and it made my lips tingle. It was the kiss that sparked many more to come, and only made me more desperate to see her again. Jill went to college down in southern Illinois, and I happened to have been hired at my local Boys & Girls Club just as her school year started. I was able to bring her up for fall break where I took her to the Milwaukee Public Museum.


Oh yeah, that's a sonic screwdriver in my hand, and I was definitely happy to see her -wink-

And I also took her to Book Worm Gardens, an awesome place near UW-Sheboygan where people of all ages can enjoy interactive book gardens with different book themes.

Big blue chair of The Three Bears.

I was also able to bring her back to share our first Thanksgiving together!

My hair magically turned blue between visits, it grew on her though, thankfully!

Unfortunately, I lost my job in the beginning of December, but Jill was there for me. She didn't let me feel sorry for myself, and was there to give me moral support from miles and miles away. I was able to bring her back with my last pay check, for a second Christmas and to bring in the new year together!


She also tried to steal my cat, but that's okay, they're cute together.

She came up again for her spring break.... She literally went somewhere colder for spring break so she could be with me. If that's not love, I don't know what is.



And also my brother's wedding!



And then, as you all know. She surprised me this summer by sneaking her way up here for a late birthday surprise, and to celebrate our three year anniversary! I was very lucky and blessed to have had her here for over a month! Every time she comes here I feel our relationship grows stronger, and our love for each other grows. We had many great adventures over the summer: Door County, Greek Fest, Milwaukee zoo, Fourth of July, Renaissance Faire... I can't wait to see her again, maybe I'll go down to meet her for a change!

I'm not dead yet!

So I've been neglecting this poor blog for a while. A long while. But I've decided recently that I need to get back into it, I think it'll be really good for me. I want to catch you all up on what's been happening in my life, and this... Well, might have to be several posts. I'll try to keep from rambling too much, and try to keep it down to the important things.

Here we go, cue music!

CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON!

So it's been about two years since my last post. Wow. I really dropped the ball, huh? Lets see how well my memory recalls the last two years, shall we?

WARNING! MAY NOT BE IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER!

So after my summer classes, for which this blog was created, I tried to continue my college experience in the fall. I was confident, since I finally had the ADHD diagnosis and had medication that worked. But, I was a tad over confident. I made some stupid mistakes like taking night classes, and taking math. Now my logic for taking night classes was: "I'm very active at night, I'm also an insomniac, night classes will be great!" What I didn't realize at that time was, my medication doesn't really work at night, and my brain might be more active at night, but it's active on a creative level, not a learning level.

So I basically set myself up to fail from the get go. Needless to say, I didn't do that well in my classes. And I failed college. Again. Sigh.

There's a bunch of sadness after that, like a year of it. Self doubt and depression. I was suspended from college for a whole year, and I failed again to find a job. I'm really kind of damned on that. I don't really have much job experience, and I need that for a job. I can't pay for my education (thus sending me deeper into debt) because I don't have a job, and I need an education for a job. You see my problem? Factor in that I do not have a driver's license, thereby cutting down the places I can apply to to being within walking distance or on a bus line, I'm still screwed.

But in the fall of 2012, I was blessed with a job at my local Boys & Girls Club, running the art room. I got a job y'all! Now I more or less enjoy working with kids. I've always been really good with them for some reason, very few times have I found a kid who was apathetic or hated me. And getting to do what I love, art, and sharing it with these kids was awesome. I had okay hours, about 3.5 hours a day for the weekday. Things were going great until I was unfairly let go.

It was another major blow to my ego. I failed at school. I failed at finding a job, until I actually got one. But then I failed at my job too. Back into depression I go!



Now I haven't really gotten out of the depression hole, but I do have the occasional surfacing, like a majestic humpback whale before I plummet back to into the dark depths to eat my feels with krill.

One such occasion was for my brother's wedding, of which I was a bridesmaid. That's right, my big brother got married and I even put on a dress for it! (I was given the option to wear pants, but my girlfriend talked me into a dress, and I'm sure the bride appreciated it.)


She told me to harness my inner Goddess. I told her my inner Goddess likes pants.

And if you're wondering about my girlfriend, don't worry, there's a whole post for her coming up next!