I first logged in to wotmania back in 2000 as a new mother looking for more information about the wheel of time and that's when I found you guys.
I was never much of a messageboarder but enjoyed hanging out in chat at obscure hours.
My relationship with my sons father came to a merciful end maybe mid 2002, I met some wotmaniacs who were brave enough to travel and kind enough to include a visit to my neck of the woods on their itinerary.
Old friends started popping back into my life and I had realised that I had let myself become isolated in a relationship that was not good for me, but during that time i completed my studies in apparel and textiles.
One of my dearest friends and I rekindled our friendship and eventually we dated and in February this year we celebrated nine years of marriage.
We've been living together for 13 years now and we have a little house in the Bay of Plenty where it is sunshiney way too much of the time and my poor confused plum trees think it is spring. Of course it is somewhere but just not here.
I read sometimes, listen to audio books, enjoy arting although I'm still learning to tune into my own creative voice and trust my instincts. I work with children for a non profit organisation as a grief counselor. I've had a few different jobs over the years, news tutor, receptionist, coolstore and inventory assistant, checkout operator, teacher aide.
I mostly enjoy what I am doing now but as I've gotten older my health has become more demanding and at 41 I'm no longer at a point where I can ignore it and hope that its gonna be okay.
So we've made lots of little changes and hopefully in the long run it means I get to enjoy a few more of the good things. A nice coffee in the morning with the love of my life, curling up in a blanket on the couch together, that kind of thing.
All in all some things are pretty much the same as they have always been but in other ways I may have mellowed a little.
I may also be less sarcastic but don't quote me on that.