Life after Benrik

Work:
Decided what I wanted to do for a living.
Quit my job and went back to school.
Resection hit.
Couldn't find work after school.
Really hard times.
Now I've had 3 different jobs the last year and I'm slowly finding my way back to something normal.
This year I will have my first real (2,5 weeks of) vacation in 3 years and am very much looking forward to that.

Creativity:
I'm trying to get there again.
It's working.

Love:
Love life has been so-so, decided I couldn't get involved with someone so I've ended a few relationships on that account.
Had a few "friends with benefits" but they were more just benefits and in the end not even that. They just added emptiness and pressure.
Been leaning towards celibacy the last couple of years - but not really, just barely.
Would like to fall madly and happily in love.

Family:
Parents are alive, although my father just got a small nick of cancer. (However the doctors are hopeful, and so am I.)
My grandmother is nuts and my grandfather demented, but they're alive too.
My cousin is exploring herself.

Friends:
Most are settling down. Building nests. Like birds.
Others are not.
One friend is off to India to find himself. Free, like them birds.
So far he's found and grown a beard.

Animals:
My parents got themselves a dog.
I like her.
She's a Newfoundland dog.

That's about it.