So here it is, my first post. Stop Traffic.

Let me tell you a little bit about my life, or lack thereof.  I am a 25 year old single gal, (not by choice, well the single part, well I guess the 25 year old part too) and by single I mean not married. I have a boyfriend of five years, yes I said five, and we are a very happily unwed (by we are I mean he is).  I will call him 6'5.  6'5 likes his freedom. He likes to be spontaneous and have no schedule, plans, or obligations.  That is what drew me to this tall dark and handsome man.  It was wonderful!  We would stay up all hours of the night just talking (and other stuff), not worrying about work or other conventional things.  He could work when he wanted or not work because his father owns his own business (another plus).  We spent much of our time talking about politics and religion (by that I mean drinking and making out).  The only problem was, I had to go away to college down in Texas.  We spent our month glued together like gum to a shoe, then I left.  We talked about how it was silly to have a long distance relationship at 20 years old.  That is nonsense.  We decided to make no decisions.  Two weeks after I left, 6'5 bought a plane ticket and stayed with me at school for a month. (Another plus with having no obligations.)  His heart could not take the distance and would sooner explode than spend one more agonizing minute without me.  While sipping slush's at Sonic,  we decided to decide what we should do.  The decision was stay together.  Taking him back to the airport was agony. We listened and cried together to our song, Ben by Michael Jackson (RIP).   We then began our journey as a long distance couple.  That was two years of music school for me, and what a great idea that was because now I have an Associates Degree in Vocal Performance.  I am now qualified to vocally perform and I have a piece of paper to prove it.  I am not too qualified though because I do not have a bachelors degree.  I am just the right amount of qualified.  So "what have you done with the other three years?" you are asking.  You should be asking that if you are not because if you remember I said I have been with him for five years and two of those years were long distance so that leaves three.  It's simple math, keep up.  Since graduating, and by the way while all of my friends were getting thrown these awesome graduation parties, I got nothing. I guess an Associates in vocal performance is really not worth celebrating.  Since graduating, I have spent the past three years trying to "make it".  Not sure exactly what it is I am trying to make, but I think it involves lots of money.  6'5 is an avid hunter/fisherman and by avid I mean that is all that he does.  He eats, sleeps, and breathes fish, deer, turkey, ducks, geese, pheasants.  You name it, he catches or kills it. Brutal I know, but before you go thinking he is a crazy killing maniac, I want you to know that though he does not eat the meat himself, (he is a vegetarian. Weird, I know) he donates it to a program called Share the Harvest which gives the meat to people who are in need.  So I am sure he wouldn't kill if it weren't for the fact that these people need him.  Well he got a great opportunity to own a hunting lodge in North Dakota! It kind of fell into his lap and his dad helped him with the finances.  The point of me telling you about 6'5's outdoor love affair, is that have been going up to the lodge to work.  Every now and then hunters would hear through the grape vine that I am a singer/songwriter.  Basically I told everyone that looked at me.  They would sometimes be polite and ask for a serenade after dinner, so after I did my dish duties, I would play for them.  The last group of the season had one guy in particular that really liked my stuff.  I write about what I know which is my boyfriends obsession with things that are not me, like bass boats and tree stands.  The client could relate obviously because he was there hunting.  He knew some people in Atlanta that heard my stuff and loved me and they signed me and the rest is history!!  Well, not exactly.  We did sign a contract, but we are still to this day working on getting my songs out.  That leads me to where I am right now.  I am heading down to Atlanta on Sunday to start my adventure as a starving artist. (Not starving too bad,  just enough) I am going right now to get ready to hang out with my friends.  I have no idea when I will be back to Missouri.