Hello, everyone.

I never know what to put here. Is it acceptable to say that my therapist supports me posting on here? Or that I have been feeling incredibly lonely lately and just missing getting mail in my mailbox and reading what people had to say. I sort of made a soft commitment to making new friends this coming New Years, so I'm starting early, I guess.

I'm looking for an ongoing, long term friendship! One thing that people have always said to me is that they love my brutal honesty and authenticity. I have very little tact, honestly. I work on it in therapy, but I don't have the emotional wherewithal to not just say what I feel. I think that I have a really good balance between giving people the benefit of the doubt and enabling/coddling ugly behavior. I love wholeheartedly and have always been happy to support people from afar while they work through things that I cannot be a part of until they are ready to come back. I like to think of myself as a mooring, almost. That I'm the thing that will constantly be there.

I'm disabled and dealing with all of the things that come with that. I have a wonderful service dog named Odin who I speak about almost exclusively. I plan to go back to school in Spring 2024 to finish my ASL interesting degree in time to walk the stage with Odin before he fully retires. I've worked with dogs in all capacities for over a decade and am extremely passionate about training and working. I've lived such a crazy life and it really is incredibly hard for anyone to say things to me that would make me think less of them for. I've been homeless and I've been upper class, multiple times in my life, and know both sides really well.

Soooooo.. I guess that's it, really. I hope that this touches someone out there.

Thank you for reading.

ODIN FOR TAX