You know how sometimes people on your friends list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

Please copy the topics below, erase my answers and put yours in their place, and then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration. One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out. (:

FIRST NAME
Megan

AGE
20

LOCATION
Humble, TX, USA
Just about 20 minutes north of Houston. I've lived here all my life. I'm a Texan, but not a redneck. I don't ride a horse to school. I don't own a ten-gallon hat. I do say "y'all" and "fixin' to" but for the most part, I speak correctly and with very little of an accent.

OCCUPATION
Student: I'm studying ASL interpreting and I plan on being an interpreter. Why? Because it makes money, and I have a really disgusting relationship with money. I do enjoy studying languages, but that alone was not enough to sway me.

Cashier/stocker/bad ass: I do stuff at Party City. I handle returns/exchanges, tax exempt transactions, discounts, as well as cashiering, answering stocker calls, assisting customers, blowing up and arranging balloons, setting aisles, playing with the rtf gun, and breaking out in random dance parties on the aisles with Becca and Kayla.

Scribe: I take notes at school for student's who are physically unable to do it themselves. I pretty much get paid to sit in class.

PARTNER
No one. It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I have a lot going on in my life. I'm really busy and I'm not in a good place. My family has a lot of money problems. This affects me. More than it probably should. I'm up and then I'm down, and until we're more secure, that's just how it will be. I also have a lot of health problems and I'm honestly wary of entering into any relationship until I find out why I have these problems. If it's something serious, I don't want my significant other to feel like he HAS to be with me and support me because he feels guilty about me being horribly ill. I want to be able to enter into a relationship with full disclosure, so he knows exactly what he's getting into. And also, since I don't know WHAT is wrong with me, I have been accused of just faking it for attention by my last three boyfriends. I'm really not able to deal with being called a liar by people I care about anymore.

I'd like to get married one day, but I think I would be perfectly content being in a committed relationship without marriage. I'm not fond of kids; I greatly dislike children of any age. But if the man I love wants kids and I am physically able to give that to him, I think I would want to do that.

TL;DR: I'd really love to be in a relationship. But right now, it's just not feasible for me.

KIDS
I don't like kids. I'm not awful with them, but they make me really uncomfortable. Like I said above, I wouldn't mind having a family with my husband, but I honestly don't know if I wouldn't end up on the evening news for having had drowned them in our bath tub.

BROTHERS/SISTERS
A younger brother who is 18. We don't really get along and we are very different, but he saved my life and I love him.

PETS
We have four cats:
Todd, the eldest and smartest with a very loner-type attitude. He's very big on routine. He is Mommy's baby.
Meeko, a fluffy tabby with no tail. She is fat and lazy and mostly just sleeps all day, yet she is the only one able to bring animals home. She looooves cuddling. She is totes my baby.
Kiwi, our white "hurricane" cat. Right before hurricane Rita hit, I found a little white kitten outside our house and guilt-tripped Mom until she let me take him with us. He was so young, his balls had not yet dropped and he was almost named Rita. He likes sitting outside and thinks the litter box is for playing in. We are still trying to find him a home (but he is totally my baby).
Bernard, our baby. BERNARD is actually a GIRL, but that is what you get when my brother names cats. She is our only indoor-only cat, and we have a lot of toys for her. She likes to look outside the window and her poop stinks a lot. She is my brother's baby. Because I clean her shit up and feed her.

THREE TO FIVE THINGS GOING ON IN MY LIFE
→ stressing about what classes to take next semeseter
→ super excited because I'm getting blood tests on Wednesday and I really think I may FINALLY find out why I feel like shit
→ I'm stuck on Golden Girls and docudramas.
→ I don't know what I want for Christmas
→ I spend most of my days at home, doing homework and chores, while talking to my cats

PARENTS
My father told me that my parents ELOPED. It sounds very romantic. They lived in teensy apartments, but then moved to a house and had me and my brother. ♥ They spoiled us rotten as kids. But unfortunately, life sucks and my dad was laid off from his VERY IMPORTANT JOB at Bank One heading up their check processing department as debit and credit cards became more popular. Stuff happened, and we lost our very beautiful house where I had a window in my closet and we moved to where we are now. More stuff happened and then Dad died. Um. I didn't deal with that well. Actually, I didn't deal with it at all at first. That was the summer before tenth grade, and I didn't actually start processing things until the end of eleventh grade. As a result, my whole mourning process has been pushed back and I'm still not over his death. But, you know, that's really not something you get over. I've been told I shouldn't be effected by it anymore, but I think that's bull and I am. I always will be. I was a daddy's girl through and through and I fucking miss him. He should be here to see me doing things. Now my family has money problems but my mom loves me and my brother and she tries really hard to give us what we need. I know she tries hard, so I just have to work hard to make things easier on her.

I hope that wasn't too depressing. I tried to make it sound cheerful, because I want to tell the truth, but I don't want to get y'all down. My life is what it is. It's made me stronger and I'm glad for it, but that doesn't mean I don't wish things were easier.

CLOSE FRIENDS
Beth, we have antics together and wear high heels to the park and eat.
Sarah, she is my sunshine.
Becca, you make me smile.
Lauren R., my darling "wife." You are so warm.

I have other friends, and they are good to me, but I cannot list everyone because otherwise this post will EXPLODE, so I settled for the top four. But there are others, who have been there and supported me, and given me love when I needed it the most: Lauren-butt, Naomi, DJ, Chris, Belle, Kayla, Kate, Koutney, Cindy, Rob...and there are even more. You make me smile and you give me a reason to get up each day. I love you all. ♥ ♥ ♥