. . . and it is amazing.

In the meantime, my new job is challenging and exciting although currently quite stressful; I had a lovely birthday and am loving my first month of being 26; our new place is amazing but still pretty much in disarray; I am getting used to the braces but I would really like them to be gone already; and an old friend moved to town and reminded me of my roots, who I used to be and who I am now.