[Error: unknown template qotd]Ten years ago at about this time of year, I believe that my last temporary job had just become permanent. I was working at Wal-Mart then, and I had just met WD.

I was newly witchy, and in a very soft and bunnie-like stage. The world was all pink and fluffy, everything was wonderful, and magic was actually real in the modern world. I can remember the wonder of it all. I felt like a little kid again.

Though, it wasn't all peaches and gumdrops. My mom was fighting cancer, and I had no clue what I was going to do with my life. I was just happy to finally be out of the hell of high school.

I think that was also the year that I started writing my story about Ella. She came to me in my very first attempt at a past life regression.

I also remember how quickly I picked up the skills at that time. I learned to meditate with my eyes open by focusing on objects that were on either side of me. I still wonder if I actually made my eyes roll to the outside of my head.

I learned the significance of the pendulum that my mom had made for me when I was about 12 or so. I bought my first set of tarot cards - the Sacred Circle Tarot. I still have those cards somewhere.

I also remember that year was the year that I learned about reincarnation and the theory of non-linear time on the other side. Figuring that out for the first time gave me a headache for about a week.

That was also the year that I spent a couple of months fooling around with online relationships and realizing that words on a screen are nothing when compared with a real live person by your side. That part got a bit messy, but I learned my lesson.

I am a very different person today than I was then. I am making a good living now, at a full time job that I actually enjoy doing. I have finally started school again and while I don't dream about huge changes in my life at the end of this program, I am glad that I didn't miss out on college entirely.

I have a house to live in again. And while I am still a little nervous of thinking of this place as home (I think I won't settle down until we have been here at least a year), it is by far better than anything I have had since I moved away from the house I grew up in.

Spiritually speaking, I think I have grown in leaps and bounds from the person I was in 1999. It's been a long road with a lot of different hats, but I think that I am probably where I should be - doing my own thing, and fitting my ancestors and family heritage into a 21st century life.

The less time I spend online, the more I realize that I wasn't meant to be in a lot of the moulds I have tried to cram myself into.  I was always just meant to be me.  And no one else's approval is required.

-PT

 Memeage stolen from Everyone - I are a lemming ...

So --> If you saw ME in a police car, what would you think I'd been arrested for?

--PT

Mexico was great! We had so much fun. More on that later with the pictures.

I really needed this vacation. I feel so different even after only a week. I missed BC and my kitties and my brother and friends. But being away really helped me to put some things into perspective.

I feel refreshed and vibrant in a way that I haven't felt in a really long time. I can see myself and my place a little better now, though I don't think that things will go back to being the way they were before.

I'm a little worn out still from last night's Welcome Home party, so I am gonna write more later.

While we were gone, my little purple egg turned into a big dragon that I have named Violet Beauregard:



And I have finally gotten some of my dragons to mate successfully! Here are the new little eggies:



Nighty night guys - more to come later.

--PT

When you believe in Dragon Reincarnation! Meet Cookie Monster the Resurrected!





--PT

In two weeks, I will be on white sandy beaches, sipping some brightly coloured and heavily alcoholic drink. I am SO excited. This will be my first real vacation as an adult. The first trip I have taken that is more than a road trip.

It's also a bit surreal. I missed a lot of the summer and September flew by in a blink. I feel like I woke up and it was two months later without my noticing. I feel disoriented in general - it's a little like the path I've always followed has become fogged over, and I can barely see the dirt in front of my feet. I am hoping that our holiday will cure that.

Work is good, mostly. But I can't wait to be working freelance and taking photos for a living. The new year will mean a lot of changes for us, I think. I don't know what, but I think we're ready for them.

Aside from silly dragon memes, I have recently become obsessed with old movies. Not classic old, but 70s, 80s and early 90s old. We're watching Evil Dead tonight, and I recently picked up Edward Scissorhands (which is a much more entertaining movie when you are not 10 years old) and the Goonies.

My next few acquisitions will be Short Circuit, the Last Star Fighter and the Monster Squad (and the other Evil Dead movies, of course).

Not much else to say - other than Click the Babies!



--Phae

Yay! My dragon didn't die! Now she is all big and pretty!




I really hope that Cookie Monster and Julio end up being boy dragons.

 

--Phae

I am thinking of naming him Coomo the Devourer, when he is all hatched :)



The Puppy Kicker is still all small and cute. I can't remember if Pink Dragons are supposed to have wings or if I am waiting for something that won't ever happen.



Beware! Teh Keyootness!!

--Phae
ETA - and now I have an orange egg too!

I think I see a baby dragon in there!

--Phae

Now let's see if I can keep it alive.

--Phae