February 25th, 2001. I was born. Obviously, I don’t remember much from early in my life. Honestly, nothing from before 2019 really shaped who I am as a person. 2019, the year I graduated high school. I had never had a job, I was living with my dad, I had no idea what to do with my life. November came around and I applied for my first job and got an interview immediately. It was at a local deli that I had actually never heard of before then. A nice couple had just bought the little shop and when I went in for the interview, they were happy to give me a chance to build up my resume. I worked there for a couple of months before Covid took over and we were all let go for a short time. I was grateful to be able to return to my job when the owners could open up again. I was working with a good friend from school and a couple other really great women. Life was going really well. I had a boyfriend (My very first boyfriend, we were on and off a couple of times though), I loved my job and my coworkers, my dad and I were close, I spent a lot of time with my baby sister who was only a toddler at the time. But that really great life was fairly short lived. In February 2020, the day before my birthday, I found out my boyfriend was cheating on me, so we broke up. It was a really rough time but my best friend at the time made sure I didn’t wallow in self-pity. It’s also how I found my now best friend but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. My ex’s parents would still message me to check in and invite me on little outings. I went on a hike with them and my ex’s little brother. They told me all about his new girlfriend, the girl he cheated on me with. They told me her life story and how she just needed to be around the right friends. I was also in the market for some new friends, and I was putting myself out in the dating world so I figured it would be nice for me to reach out and try to be friends with her. Afterall, she didn’t know I existed when she started seeing him. She turned out to be a really sweet girl. Long story short my dad and stepmom became foster parents, and she moved in with us. We had a lot of ups and downs but to this day she is my best friend, my sister, and my ride or die. The whole story behind her and I is for another time.
Let’s backtrack a little. In January of 2021 I bought my first car. A 2018 Subaru Crosstrek in cool khaki grey. I loved her. I went everywhere and anywhere. I felt like I could finally act like a defiant teenager even though I was legally an adult. In May that year my depression and anxiety got really bad, and I quit my job. I went the same day and got a new job at a gas station near my house because I had honestly felt so stupid. I had a car payment and insurance to pay yet I couldn’t handle another day at the deli. It had gotten to be such a toxic work environment due to the immense stress we were all under for various reasons. Thankfully it only took about a week to start at the gas station making more than I did at the deli. There, the girl training me was only a couple years older than I was. She started telling me about this guy that she was friends with and how he was single and needed someone to guide him in a better path than the one he was on. A couple days later he added me on snapchat. Jc. Another long story short we hit it off and now we are 3 1/2 years in with a 2-year-old son. Our son is a whole other story. He’s the sweetest, most adorable little man. He’s our world. Jc and I have grown so much thanks to our little bundle of joy.
The last 6 years are really the years that shaped who I am. The people I’ve met, the family I’ve built, the life I’ve created for myself all happened in the last 6 years. That’s the journey I’m bringing you all on with me. I’m taking you along for the crazy roller coaster ride of building my life with the people that matter most to me. Lexi, Jc, and Caton. My best friend, my boyfriend, and my son. I can’t wait to add more wonderful people into my little circle of life.