Hi, sorry for being kind of inactive these past couple months.
So I'm not dead, nor have I permanently left devART for good. Since I'm in school, I haven't really had time to write down prose and poetry, so I'm sorry about that.
These past couple months have been pretty damn challenging for me. It's not say, the roughest period of my life, I think I went through more hell when my grandmother passed away, or in fourth grade, but it was still pretty dramatic and stressful. I'll give you a basic rundown of what has since happened to me:
- My freshman year went well. I got good grades in most of my classes, Bs and As, except for one class, Stats. I actually barely passed that class to the point where it was absurd; I got an overall 69.5%, which they rounded up to a 70%. So...
that kind of 'barely passed'.
- I returned to Frankfurt and worked my butt off for the majority of the summer. For one half I was working with documents from American nationals living abroad, the other half I was working at a daycare, then finally a small store that sold American goods.
- This is the part where it actually got chaotic. My parents announced in late June their intentions to separate.
Now, I'm not sure if this will actually lead to divorce. My parents are mostly cordial with each other, considering, however, there were some definite flaws. I'm not going to tell you every little detail on how and why my parents are splitting up, but basically my mom says that my dad can't control his anger, nor does he know how to properly handle conflicts. Don't get me wrong, my dad is not a wife-beater, nor has he ever hit me or my siblings. However, he will get into pointless arguments, he'll yell and scream well past the point where the other person just gave up in the argument, and for a good chunk of things like money, vacations, cars and stuff like that, it's often his way or the highway. He's kind of always been like this, but in recent years his anger issues started to escalate.
So that sucks. There are really two possibilities with this, either my parents get marriage counselling, or they divorce. I'd say it's pretty 50-50 split. If they decide to divorce, it probably won't happen until my little sister graduates high school, but for now, my parents live in separate homes. They're maybe fifteen, twenty minutes away from each other, and my dad's pretty happy with his apartment, because it's pretty close to where he works.
- We have since moved back to the United States, near Washington DC. It's pretty cool how we're all going to be in the same country, and the same timezone. Plus, plane rides from Connecticut to DC are pretty cheap and easy to get if you plan ahead of time. I personally love Washington DC because it has great food, there's a lot to do, and there are so many cultures just walking around that you could get pretty authentic food and goods.
- I have decided to major in International Studies. I lived abroad for most of my adolescence, and I realized that I actually want to keep living overseas as an adult. Plus I like history, politics and writing, so where can I go wrong?
- I'm
trying to get my Driver's License, but I failed the Permit Test this summer and have to wait. -_- I was so mad, because my sister and I took the test on the same day, and she managed to pass.
- Finally, I hope to go to Osaka, Japan for this Spring Break. I have always wanted to go to Japan, and now really is the best time for me to go, since I'm a sophomore. I've sent my application for permission to go abroad, and so far they have yet to respond, but hopefully it'll go smoothly.
So, that's pretty much what's going on with me thus far. Just wanted to keep everyone informed.