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[wannabelegalllama-blog]

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Hi, I’m Christina. I was a member of the Tumblr community once upon a time, but then I grew up a little bit and had more adult things to do, like wearing pants to a Monday-through-Friday job and paying the bills (usually not on time). I was in a very different, difficult time in my life during my initial Tumblr stint, but I have returned to the platform to start writing again. I have been a writer my entire life, but have not written for pleasure in years. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in history in 2017 and wrote quite extensively for my degree, however I stopped writing for myself. I did the same thing with reading - I was only reading for academic purposes, and not for me. I’m looking to get back into reading for me, too.

I want to rediscover bits of myself that I have forgotten, and I want to discover pieces of myself that are developing. This is my new journal (despite having approximately 29 physical, paper journals that I... seemingly forget about within a month of purchase). Let me tell you a little bit about myself!

I am 26 years old. I live in a small, one bedroom apartment in Connecticut with my boyfriend of three years, Ben, and our two cats, Gorgonzola and Wednesday. Those three beings are my favorite beings and make getting out of bed and putting pants on to go to work worth it. I love them so, so dearly. I am a pharmacy technician with a pharmacy that specializes in mental health care. When I started this position in May of 2019, I had a very rough transition coming from hospital pharmacy. I was very unhappy in the position for several months, but as of late, I am enjoying the position more than ever. While it is not what I want to do with the rest of my life, it is tolerable and enjoyable enough to not consistently search the job boards. Despite this recent contentment, after three years of deep, frustrated reflection, I have decided what I would like to do in a long-term sense. My current goal is to be admitted to law school so as to begin my legal education in the Fall of 2021. After touring a school last weekend, that school has become my top choice and I am and will continue to focus most of my energy into studying for and doing well on the LSAT exam (even if I need to take it twice!) I am actually at a library currently, studying for the analytical reasoning section and for the first time, I am understanding the passages and their conjunctive rules and subsequent questions and answering them correctly! Hooray! This paragraph is an excellent summary of my life on a day-to-day basis. It is relatively uneventful. There is so much more to be said regarding my family, my friends, my coworkers, and my life in general. I’m hoping to delve into much more in future posts.

I am also interested in so much more than just work, home, and law school! It’s mainly my cats... They’re my main interests. And other cats, of course. And lots of other animals! I adore animals. I have always had a deep love and appreciation for music, literature, language, good, true food, travel, and other cultures. I find this world to be a beautiful, rich place full of incredible stories that I seek to learn more about. I want this blog to be my personal journal, but also an account of foods I try, music I hear, books I read, places I explore... I want to share my happiness here. I’m positive that sometimes things will not be on the bright side, but life contains a variety of textures. And that’s okay.

Ultimately, I also think that I have come here to document my struggle to continue climbing, despite any resistance I may encounter. While I just said that I am here to share happiness, I am constantly reminded of the pain and angst that was my childhood and adolescence. While I am nearly ten years removed from that time, crumbs from my past are still scattered throughout my life. I struggle a lot with the relationship I have with my father and I feel that every day. I’m working on it, though. Honestly, I’m trying to work on everything and I am doing my best. And that’s okay too.