A little more about myself.

I have decided to tell everyone a little more about myself. I have never wrote a blog before, so I figure what the hell..

I was born in Pennsylvania; I am 18 years old; and moved to Upstate NY when I was 7. I hated it. For the longest time I had a hard time fitting in. I felt bored here..or trapped I guess. I had a couple good friends throughout grade school and one pretty much only my freshman year. I had gone through a couple "boyfriends". Not exactly serious ones until my freshman year of high school. His name I will not mention was much older than I was. He was not in school and worked in the same place I and my mother worked ( I only worked weekends) We were together for a total of 8 months. The first 2 or 3 maybe were amazing. He totally had me fooled. By the 4th month, I was under his total control and lets just say it got bad and skip all the harsh reality. It was abusive and hard. After I had the guts and made the right plan to get out of the relationship, I had no friends. I was not caring about school or how I looked or how I acted. Eventually I just dropped out of high school when I only had one more year to go.

I eventually got my GED and got through all the bullshit. I fell in love with an amazing man who I am still with today, for almost 2 years now, but I have known him since grade school. I now go to college online at University of Phoenix for Health Administration. Things are good and things are better but I will never forget what happened to me. I never want to see someone else go through what I went through.

This is why I am glad I spoke about that on here. It was a big deal in my life and I want to talk to other women/men that this has happened to. I can't be the only one blogging about this right?

Anyway on a happier note, I have a lot of hobbies. I love to write..(cant you tell?) I love to spend time with Peter, I love to dance anytime and anywhere. I love going to the beach and walking the boardwalk. I like to hula hoop =) and want to learn different types of dance. I love animals and have a cat name Chance and he is the best cat in my world. I have 2 nephews; one is 4 and one is 7. I have one older brother who is 32. My father is a recovering alcoholic and my mother and grandmother (who is from Sweden) live with me.

I love poetry and have a lot of books filled with my own. I like to listen to what people have to say and try to help in whatever way I can. I can be stubborn but also very timid. I like being my own person and having my own unique qualities.

I want to hear people's opinions.