Life goes on...
So... I commented to an oooooooooold friend (har har.. old man) that I sometimes read my LiveJournal when I'm being really masochistic, because, man do I whine. A lot. Like a lot a lot. I didn't realize how much I whined and was just basically a whiny emo girl, even in my 20's. Which then made me wonder how long it's been. Which then made me go "Well.. stuff *has* happened since then", not that anyone really reads this, but you never know. Maybe it'll be digitally unearthed later on and people will marvel that someone so socially awkward and annoying actually found someone to be around.
So yeah. I got married. To the boyfriend from the previous entry. We got married in June 2016, and had a short honeymoon up in Helen, GA in a cabin. It was lovely. The ceremony was short, sweet, informal, and stupidly geeky. So pretty much... us.
I left Emory in May of 2015, and am now in an amazing job....... that I don't particularly want to say where I am or who exactly I work for. Job title is "Microbiologist" and I test food, feed, cosmetics, etc for bacterial/fungal/viral/etc contamination. It's fun. It pays AMAZINGLY. And it's not boring, because every time I have something to test, it's a new "How the hell am I going to get you out aseptically?" puzzle.
Last January I had surgery to remove my fallopian tubes completely, as neither I nor Husband ever want kids, ever. Never ever ever ever. And it was decided that I'd be the one to get the surgery because I'm less squicked about going under the knife than he is, and I really don't like the contraception taken from my control. Eventually he'll also get a procedure done whenever Vasalgel is available. Just to doubly make sure.
So, only animal-kids from now on. Which, we're down to 4. We had 3 rats at one point along with the cats and the rabbits, but they've passed on. We still have all 3 cats, and Minerva the bunny. Albus passed away in March 2016. Caramel is in slow renal failure and has to have fluids every 4 days, but has been holding steady on them for 3 years, now. She'll be 14 in January. I know that can't continue, and likely won't soon, but I'm glad I got all this time with her. :-)
That's about all that's happening in life. It's pretty chill and relaxed, now. Nothing big. Nothing major. Just going about our days and enjoying the time we have together.
Now I'll update this again in another 5 or so years.
So yeah. I got married. To the boyfriend from the previous entry. We got married in June 2016, and had a short honeymoon up in Helen, GA in a cabin. It was lovely. The ceremony was short, sweet, informal, and stupidly geeky. So pretty much... us.
I left Emory in May of 2015, and am now in an amazing job....... that I don't particularly want to say where I am or who exactly I work for. Job title is "Microbiologist" and I test food, feed, cosmetics, etc for bacterial/fungal/viral/etc contamination. It's fun. It pays AMAZINGLY. And it's not boring, because every time I have something to test, it's a new "How the hell am I going to get you out aseptically?" puzzle.
Last January I had surgery to remove my fallopian tubes completely, as neither I nor Husband ever want kids, ever. Never ever ever ever. And it was decided that I'd be the one to get the surgery because I'm less squicked about going under the knife than he is, and I really don't like the contraception taken from my control. Eventually he'll also get a procedure done whenever Vasalgel is available. Just to doubly make sure.
So, only animal-kids from now on. Which, we're down to 4. We had 3 rats at one point along with the cats and the rabbits, but they've passed on. We still have all 3 cats, and Minerva the bunny. Albus passed away in March 2016. Caramel is in slow renal failure and has to have fluids every 4 days, but has been holding steady on them for 3 years, now. She'll be 14 in January. I know that can't continue, and likely won't soon, but I'm glad I got all this time with her. :-)
That's about all that's happening in life. It's pretty chill and relaxed, now. Nothing big. Nothing major. Just going about our days and enjoying the time we have together.
Now I'll update this again in another 5 or so years.