I haven't written a blog entry nor have I updated my website in a while!! There are several reasons for this. At the end of October, I went on a trip to Arizona!! I had visited with my mom when I was younger and never forgot it. I've always been enamored by the red rock, the anthropology, and the archaeology of the whole state. Petroglyphs and artifact finds make my heart burst and I love learning about the peoples who inhabited the American southwest before European contact.

The most important aspect of my trip to Arizona was to be sure to support indigenous folk. I bought gifts for the ppl close to me - jewelry in the form of silver cuffs and handformed ceramics, to name a few. I had a ton of fun driving through the desert, there was always something to look at. It's flat here in STL, and it's just nice to have a change of scenery. I was able to step out of the sliding door in my hotel and look right up at the night sky and see all the stars. It was truly beautiful. Living in a city, I never quite get to enjoy the night sky thx to light pollution.

I had a major win at the doctor's office last week!! All the hard work I have been putting in to gaining weight and eating well and recovering from my eating disorder has been paying off About 6 months ago I couldn't look at the weight on the scale because I knew I had lost everything I gained in my initial recovery last summer. I've steadily gained all of that weight back, and if I keep it up, I'll be at my original goal that I set when I first began recovery. I am so happy and immensely proud of myself. I did this! I did it! I fed myself well while I was in Arizona, too, and I was even able to go on hikes!! I have myself to thank :3

The other week was my company's fundraiser, and someone I've worked with peripherally mostly via emails went to the bar with us post-event. She and I got to talking and it turns out that we are classmates stemming all the way back to elementary school! I recognized her name that whole time that I worked with her via emails, but I never could place it. Well, turns out we went to school together, and know all the same freaking people!!!! so crazy. The two of us were geeking out the rest of the night lol. When we left, we got mystery gift pouches from a vending machine and we ended up with mini harmonicas on a necklace chain. What a novelty lol!!