Another Chapter Closes

My 19 year old, male cousin laughed at me on Thanksgiving because I was saying something about friends from each chapter in my life.  He asked if I thought of my life in chapters, and I totally do. :)  Originally this blog was about my adventures in Singapore.  Since I've been home from Singapore, the blogs entries have been irregular and inconsistent.  To stay true to the theme of the original intention, I am going to leave Chiro Chick officially in the "Singapore" chapter.  I want to thank everyone who followed me on my journey to Singapore and back.  I'm really grateful that I got to share my experiences with you.  I hope you enjoyed reading and maybe learned a thing or two about life, love and the pursuit of happiness (or just about SE Asia :-P).  I know I did!  It was truly the most amazing experience and gave me a new perspective on life.  Here's to the next chapter I'm about to embark on!  Cheers!
Signing off,
Chiro Chick 

What's next?

I have some ideas what might be next, but we'll save that for later. :)  For now, we will start with the journey that began back in the US (career-wise).

Life

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."  I'm not going to lie.  This is not how I pictured myself 2.75 years later.  And I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little disappointed.  I've had quite the adventure the last 2.75 years.  I've learned a lot career-wise, lived in different places, and met many awesome people along the way.  I wouldn't change any of that for the world, especially the living in different places part (and of course meeting the awesome people!)  I wouldn't be happy today if I hadn't done all that.  But as I sit here, that small part of me is thinking of the "shoulda, coulda, woulda".  But since we can't change the past, all we can do is live for today, and hope for the best for the future!  I made another rage comic poking fun at what has been my adventure the last 2.75 years. Enjoy :)

      

The Game

My good friend introduced me to making rage comics which has become a fun, creative outlet for me.  Here is one on playing "The Game".

Updates

I've officially been back for over a month.  It has been a hectic month traveling and checking out practices, visiting with everyone, and taking care of my cat the last two weeks.  I think the craziness that has been my life for the last 5 weeks is now calming down.  I now understand why I must have been so calm the last day of Singapore.  It really was the calm before the storm!!  I'm grateful the storm is over.  I feel like it's the end of an era.  A brand new chapter of my life is about to open up now that I took care of all the business the universe had me take care of.

I'm working on something now that I'll keep under wraps for now. :-P I ask that you all send your positive energy my way as I work on this "project".  I'm ready for some infinite possibilities! Weip?

Do you think life is always crazy or do you think it comes in waves like I do?     

Tribute to Gremlin

Yesterday I had to put my cat Gremlin down. :(  I got Gremlin 2 years ago after I moved into my own apartment after graduation.  He has been on quite the adventure with me over the last two years, living in four different places with me.  It was very sad because he was about middle-aged for a cat; not too old yet.  Something with his brain was causing him paralysis and he had no quality of life anymore.  He was a great companion for me and I will miss having him around!

Have you ever lost a pet you loved?  

Transition Time

Apologies for the lag in blog entries.  I don't intend to stop blogging just because I'm back in the US.  While the entries may be further apart, I plan to continue to write about the transition and life in the US.  Hopefully you don't find my life in the US too dull to continue reading. ;-)

The transition to the US has been the most unexpected and pleasant surprise of my life.  I would say the first 3-4 months in Singapore were the happiest of my career and adult life after school.  I thought the transition back to the US was going to be hard, awkward, uncomfortable, etc.  It has been the most wonderful feeling to be back and spend time with family and friends, and to just be here.  I thought I would feel out of place and not be able to connect to anyone.  I thought I was going to feel so different.  It has been the exact opposite--I feel like I'm right where I belong at this point in my life and feel like I have not been gone for 6 months.  Singapore feels like a dream.  I really can't believe that I just lived in another country for 6 months.  That above all is the weirdest thing to me right now.  I really don't understand it. 

I do understand that Singapore is exactly what I needed.  I needed to get away.  I don't even know why anymore, but the travel and adventure is what I needed  before I settle somewhere long term.  It's so hard to describe how contented (correct grammar?) I feel.  The experience abroad has fulfilled whatever it was that was lacking in my life that needed to happen.

The happiness I feel being back in the US is most unexpected.  While the US sucks on many levels right now (sorry USA....), it is still a wonderful country.  I love everything and everyone right now.  I teared up about three times during the Browns game today (first Browns game in my life!)  And no the tailgating festivities that took place before the game had absolutely nothing to do with the increase in emotions. ;-) Hahaha.
I lost it during the national anthem.  Thank goodness for sunglasses!      

I am extremely happy right now and have no idea what the rest of this year holds....Except lots of fun times with all the people that I love so much in my life!  Hdigabtt? :)