Time to Get Personal (Sort of)

Hey Everyone!

I just want to take a minute to say thank you for all of the continued support over the past month.  As I’ve said many times before, blogging is a very new thing to me, and it’s also something that I haven’t been successful with in the past.  But personally knowing that people – both that I know personally and do not know personally – have an interest in reading what I write has been a huge motivator for me.  Literally not a day goes by that I do not think about this blog and all of you that come to read it, and I really do wish that there have not been things going on the past few weeks in my life that have been getting me down and making it a huge challenge for me to even function, let alone write a blog post.

Over the past few weeks, my life has pretty much turned into living hell.  I have been sick with a cold that just will not go away, and Charlie got a urinary infection last week.  In addition to my cold, my chronic migraines have come back last week worse than ever and even the slightest movement of my body causes me pain.  On top of the physical issues, I’ve become extremely behind in all of my classes in school, which is exactly what I was trying to avoid this semester.  My Dad and I got into a huge fight several weeks ago and he is refusing to speak to me.  And while I will be the first to admit we do not have a perfect relationship, he is still my Dad, and there are some things that I just need my Dad for.  And, because all of that and the pressures of being a regular (or semi-regular) 20-year-old aren’t enough, one of my roommates has basically been trying to get me kicked out of my apartment because of Charlie.  What’s even better is that one of my other roommates also has a dog, but that’s ok.  It’s complete discrimination against me, which isn’t exactly even surprising considering we’ve had issues all year, but this has gone too far and is way too extreme.  There is a lot more to both sides then what I’ve just said, but I just wanted to tell you the basics.  The two of us went to a roommate mediation meeting last Friday with two people that work in the apartment leasing office, and I was basically given one more week with Charlie and then this Friday we have to have another roommate mediation meeting, but this time with all 4 of us in the apartment.  But, today I found out that the other 2 roommates haven’t gotten back to the leasing office about going to the meeting so it may not even happen, which could mean more crap for me.  So basically, what this all means, is that one of a few things has to happen: my roommate has to accept Charlie and suck it up, Charlie has to go, my roommate has to move out, or I have to move out.  And right now, things are looking like I’ll be moving out.  So I may be moving in a few days.

So, now that I’ve gotten all of that out and shared it with all of you, I want to get a conversation going with you.  What do you do when you are having a really awful time in your life?  How do you cope?  Leave me a comment below and let’s get a conversation going!

And now I’m going to ask for one more thing… Please share this blog with your friends!  Tell your friends about the blog and tell them to tell their friends!  Comment on the posts!  Let’s generate some more interest in the blog!  And don’t forget to let me know about any topics that you would like to see me blog about!  I really appreciate any feedback that you give me, and it inspires me to keep blogging and do so more frequently!

Thanks again for all the love and support!

Allison

P.S. And.... Sorry to bog you down with questions today, but... I've been debating getting a Twitter account.  If I were to get one, would you, as my readers, follow me???