A real introduction

Hi!

My name is Abby. Nice to meet you!

Some solid facts about me:

- Age: 23

- Sex: Female

- Marital status: Engaged

- Profession: Student (ugh)

- Nationality: Canadian

- What people are really asking when they ask me what nationality I am: a mixture of white european (Dad's side) and oriental (my mom's side)

- Location: Western Canada (goooo prairies!)

- Family situation: Parents (still married), one brother (younger) and two sisters (older & younger)

I'm going to try and stay as generic as possible on this blog, without resorting to outright lies... This is mostly because I don't actually want any friends and family running across this thing. The idea is that I'm going to be as open and honest in this blog as in my old journal, which means that I definitely don't want the people I write about finding this thing. (Joys!) I do, however, like sharing lots of stuff about my life - it's just in my nature. So I imagine that things I'm going to try and keep secret (like which town/city I live in) will pop up eventually.

And some more background: I'm a science geek. Well, scratch that, I'm just an all-round geek. I love geek culture (don't get me started on Star Trek), and I love learning. God, I was such a nerd in school.

I ended up graduating out of an AP-type program and heading straight to a high-ranking school out east... oh who am I kidding, I went to Queen's. Like I could keep that secret - Cha Gheill! GOD I loved it there. I think they brainwash you during frosh week or something, I swear. (My fiance always said they put the "cult" in "culture"... but I think he was kidding. Right?)

I ended up taking a chem degree (honors, natch) and in my last year promptly got stuck on what to do next. My thesis was currently blowing up in my face (joys), deadlines for grad schools were looming (ugh), and I had no freaking clue what I wanted to do. So I took a year off, promptly got myself a job that had nothing to do with chem, and had a great time.

But alas, my job, as great as it was for the moment, was not career material. So a decision was made, and back to school I went. I'm halfway through a 2-year degree (you can do the math), and let me tell you, I cannot WAIT to be done. Ugh.

Maybe that's part of the problem?