[quote="Azdgari"][quote="Gemini"][quote="Azdgari"]Nice to see old faces here--Gem and Malibu and BlackCat. Hope that everything's good with you all![/quote]
Yeah, I'm doing pretty well! Just had a lot going on in my life lately. I officially received my degree, turned 21 and moved to another state to start my first non-seasonal full-time job all around the same time and I'm currently working like 50-60 hours a week so it's been pretty busy, but exciting nonetheless. Just a bit interesting since I'm now living in a very rural area in New Mexico (town's population is about 8,000 and that's around half the population of the entire county - all of the surrounding towns that I know of within like a thirty mile radius have between 40 and 400 people) so it's a bit of a change of pace. Not normally an area people end up unless they have family connections or are actively attending the tech school here so I get a lot of questions about it.
I definitely enjoy my job though. I work at a warmblood horse farm - mostly stuff like helping to breed mares and train youngins, which definitely aligns with my interests. So it's been a good fit for me so far.
Hope things are also well with you lately. Definitely been a while, haha.[/quote]
That's cool though--even if it's just for a spell, getting into a new environment is pretty enriching. Working long hours can fly for a while, but don't burn yourself out! Even if you enjoy the work and crush it which I'm sure you do, it can still take a while to realize it's taking a toll.
Congrats on your degree and order-a-beer-ability too. Seems like things are going well![/quote]
Thanks! It's good to hear from you again since I haven't popped in much lately.
And no worries, I definitely get what you mean and I try to take the best care of myself that I can so I don't burn out. Ultimately though I think it's going a lot better than college. Cost of living is much different here so I feel like I'm actually getting paid properly and have my own place to myself to return to and that's really helping me out a lot after four years of being stressed and broke all the time if I'm honest.
I'll have to post pics at some point from this area though. It's really cool.