I recently started dating someone new named Steph. I met her at contra one night, and asked her out before I left. She's pretty cool. She's a dancer. She likes Green Day and pokémon, and she plays the guitar. She's also a religious mutt ( Read more... )

I realize I'm a little late in the game for starting this now, but it's a new year, and it's time for some changes. Changes to both my life and to this journal ( Read more... )

Homecoming has come and gone. Let me see if I can the highlights down before I forget.

( long weekend in Woo )

Feeling I was entitled to a vacation of sorts, I took a bus and hit the road to Wooster for their annual Homecoming festivities. Joining me from the alum of my year are Kylie, Marten, Colin, Bill, Sean and surely more that I haven't seen yet ( Read more... )

I've had enough time to accept that this happened. It took me a little bit, but I'm finally there.

( The day my mother left )

Two entries to go. Which is good, because I'm almost ready to talk about it. I'm also almost ready to move on. But there still needs to be just a little more perspective for everything to make sense ( Read more... )

Careful. Here's where it starts to get rough.

( The day my mother was diagnosed )

This story is a bit of a different setting than where I left off last night. But rest assured, they're all related. Some stories will be more relevant to where I was affected, some more so my mother. This event from a few nights ago changed a bit for both of us. Each story I tell is building up to some emotion that either my mother or I felt the ( Read more... )

Something happened tonight. Something involving my mother. And, because I'm a Momma's Boy, it's going to affect me. Obviously not as much, but my mother's recent developments have caused me to change. I'm still kind of shell-shocked ( Read more... )

Okay, in my defense: girls shouldn't give their phone numbers to guys at dances when they're engaged.

until next time,
Chalkey