darkangel76 said:
Nice to see you posting, Alex! Updates, details...
Hope everything is going well, sweetie. You've been missed for sure!!!
I feel a bit guilty for not updating as much as I've said I would. Such is life, though.
Updates, details... welllll. I've spent three years waiting for something to happen, anything really. After being laid off and the like, it just was one drag after another. I was put in a situation where I needed not necessarily a push, but someone who could help me just get my foot out the door. I haven't even gotten my license yet, because of the counterproductive idea from my mother was that I needed insurance in order to begin to learn how to drive.
That would've been fine, were I to have some sort of way to pay for that insurance.
So there I was, stuck for three years doing nothing because in order to be able to leave, I just needed that extra help. And while I love my mom for everything she's done, it just seemed like while she wanted me out the door on my own, she had never given me the tools to do so.
And it was utterly frustrating. It was worse with my brother, as his GED process was constantly put off because of excuses, when there should've been none.
So, we both took a chance and moved to New York with our father, as... really, while he wasn't/isn't the easiest to get along with, (rather, his girlfriend, too) at least he's willing to give us the tools to be successful.
I think the hardest part was putting down my cat that I've had for 14+ years. That was... more difficult than I could've imagined.
I do feel a bit guilty about leaving my mom, because we put her in a situation where the only person she has is her boyfriend if anything goes awry, but at the same time, we had to do what was best for us. She wasn't really taking care of herself, and... while her not being able to help us was one part of leaving, the other part was slowly watching her kill herself with just the horrid life choices. And I know that is horrible for me to say, but we tried to help her for those three years. Wouldn't hear nothing of it. I just couldn't sit and watch anymore.
And... well, after a month of being in New York, she went to the hospital for congestive heart failure. Evidently, her heart was only pumping 30% of her liquids, and thus her lungs were filling up. It was.. difficult, but at the same time, I think it was the scare she needed in order to see that we weren't joking. She lost 60+ pounds of water weight and her diet is much better from what I've heard.
Thankfully, she managed to be qualified for a charity that completely paid off her hospital bill. All 46,000 dollars of it. @___o
Oh my, I apologize about the semi-rant. =P
Try: I hope so. That's why I moved here, after all.