So far 2017 has been going rather well~!I'm actually enjoying college way more than I initially thought I would. I haven't made too many friends, but I think that's because the atmosphere of the program I'm in (as well as work) keeping me busy. So far across 5 quarters Ive averaged a 3.9/4.0 GPA and I'm pretty darn proud of that. I'm super grateful for the the people who steered me this direction and told me I could do it. Though, with college working me 8 AM to 2:30 PM M-F and 30-40 hours a week of work I haven't been as active on chat clients as much as I'd like to. Kinda been trapped in an "on the outside looking in" mindset a lot recently with a lot of groups, but I suppose this is kind of normal when i don't have the time, and often, energy to dedicate to conversations as I once had. Its still an odd sensation to put everything in my life on a backburner for now to further my education, but I know I should, and need to do it to increase the quality of my life later. Another note is due to some mechanical worries about my accent I have sold it to buy a 02 subaru outback, which has turned into far more of a project car than I could have ever expected. While I enjoy the car immensely, the owner who sold it to me was less than truthful about a large amount of the work that had been done (around 6,000 into the car, taxes and parts so far). A positive to this though is having done the headgaskets, timing belt, and majority of the suspension has solidified some of my confidence in mechanical work. the only negatives so far being lifter tick (the "normal" subaru tick) and intermittent low end power loss atm (still diagnosing, valve lash set high, timing belt off tooth, thousands of other possibilities). but the car has been driving and running well after the rebuild. Not a whole lot more to report on the bunfront~ thanks to all who read these and hope you've all been well~!