It's been a hot minute!

My broke ass went to check my AdSense account to see if I have any money and can cash that out (I don't- $0.97 after 3 years...) and saw that my last post was nearly a year ago. Holy shit. Obviously, a lot of stuff has changed in the past year, but here's the short version:

• I directed my first independent short film.
• It's not finished with post-production yet, but once it is I'm posting a link here for sure!
• I was involved with a TON of student films on a wide variety of jobs.
• I think I want to become a talent manager.
• I helped found a chapter of a film fraternity at my college!
• It's been a ride, but the people are amazing.
• I've been working an on-campus job as an assistant at one of the dorms, and I love it.
• I'm working on my very first "real" professional film job! I'm a Production Assistant on a Dwayne Johnson movie that's coming out next spring. It's really hard work, but it's so so cool at the same time.
• I've been having some kidney-related health problems, and still don't totally know what the cause is.
• I had kidney stones earlier in the spring and have been dealing with them ever since.
• Because of the kidney stones, I went vegan to help cut out excess calcium and sodium in my diet since that contributes to stone development.
• I'm a terrible vegan. Y'all know my weakness for mac and cheese...
• I'm starting to realize how FUCKING STRESSFUL adulthood is. Medical bills are a bitch and with Trumpcare coming close to existing, I'm pretty fucked for finding health insurance once I'm kicked off my parents' insurance...
• Tomorrow, I sign a lease for my first apartment. I'm stoked.
• The place has no AC, but I'm still PUMPED.
• I'm more broke than I was in high school, currently, and BOY is it stressing me the fuck out!!! I don't even know if I would be writing this if it wasn't for the fact that I'm broke. I'm on a very strict no-buy/no-uber/no-nothing-but-work-or-things-that-are-free.
• Last, but certainly not least and hands-down the most significant thing on the list: I'm dating my best friend and I couldn't be happier. 

While I'm stressed about 9,000 things, overall I've improved a lot this year and my mental and emotional health are in the best state they've been in ages. While I'm very afraid for the future in general, I'm excited about all the awesome things to come. 

I don't know if I'm going to go another 11 months without a post, but either way, that's everything.

If you wanna help a bitch out, venmo me a few bucks PLEASE :P @Emily-Dunn-18