I’ve been receiving a lot of bad new lately. For some reason, it seems as if a lot of people I know are developing one sort of cancer or another. And more people than I would like to say have died in all sorts of bizarre ways in the past month. On top of that, I’ve been losing weight in sort of an abnormal way. Of course I could stand to lose the weight, but I’d prefer to do it of my own accord, a.k.a diet and exercising. Instead what happens is I get really stressed out about something, and I rapidly lose weight, while keeping the same diet and exercise routine. It happened over the summer when work stressed me out, and I never gained the weight back like I thought I would. And very recently it happened again, only this time it was worse. It was my winter break, and I wasn’t really exercising at all, I was taking it easy. In fact, the day after getting stressed/upset about something I went out with some friends and ate, in addition to three square meals that day, a considerable portion of ice cream. The next morning I get up on the scale and discover that in three days I’ve lost ten pounds. That put me at the weight I was at seven years ago! What the hell.

But on the upside, while dealing with everything, I’ve once again seen the amazing power that having good friends has. They were there for me when I needed them. Try imagining hitting the emotional rock bottom, and suddenly being brought back up into the clouds. That is what my friends did for me. I will always be grateful for the influence they have had on me. Honestly, I couldn’t imagine a better group of people to know. Considering how lucky I have been in regards to my friends, I don’t mind all the doom and gloom quite so much.

In any case, I’m back at school now, and hopefully won’t lose any more weight. It’s true that school can be stressful, but it’s the kind of stress I can handle. In fact I look forward to this upcoming semester. I want to try to get a head start on my portfolio for my senior show, so I’ve got to give it all I got to get some quality work. I’ll also be writing some long overdue responses to messages on here. My apologies if you’re one of the people I’ve delayed in getting back to. Anyhoo, I hope life is treating everyone well. And happy New Year.