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1) How old were you?
THEN: 25
NOW: 35

2) What was your online presence?
THEN: Email..... that might have been it.
NOW: Sheesh - so many. LJ and Facebook, plus Goodreads, LibraryThing, Flickr, Ravelry (I'm not using that one much) plus occasional comments on blogs of the mommy-variety.

3) Where did you work?
THEN: I was on the verge of getting hired at Planned Parenthood as an Administrative Assistant - which led to 7 years of working different jobs at different PPs. Fabulous!
NOW: The children's department at the local library.

4) Where did you live?
THEN: We had just moved over the summer to Seattle and were living in an apartment on Queen Anne
NOW: da Berkshires

5) Who did you live with?
THEN: galagan
NOW: galagan and Elena

6) How was your health?
THEN: Excellent
NOW: Still pretty good - just occasional aches and pains

7) What pets did you have?
THEN: none
NOW: none - though we keep talking about getting a couple of kitties

8) Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner/spouse/S.O.?
THEN: galagan, but we were on the verge of breaking up, and did so in January - we were broken up for 4-5 months (depending on how you count it). It just didn't take.
NOW: galagan, now married for 5 years

9) Any kids? Any plans for kids?
THEN: It was kind of a bone of contention between us - I had always wanted kids, he wasn't so sure.
NOW: One kid, no more.

10) What was your worst struggle?
THEN: Our relationship, definitely. Things were suddenly messy in very complicated ways, and I was very lonely, because we had just moved to Seattle and I knew no one else. (No wonder I hated it there so much. It was a lonely place, for me - the whole 2 years I was there.)
NOW: Figuring out how to balance it all - relationship, kid, work, life, fun......

11) What was your biggest joy?
THEN: Wow. I don't know. I was entering a really bad period. Um, I was really really happy when PP hired me - I remember thinking, well, at least something is going right for me at last. It was a definite bright spot.
NOW: My gorgeous child, finally feeling like I have a plan and a few ideas of what I'd like to do with my life.

12) What did you consider your greatest accomplishment?
Geeez..... My independence, financial and otherwise.

13) What advice would you give your younger self?
You need to try to figure out how to reach out to people. You'll be so much happier if you aren't completely isolated.

14) What would your younger self say to you?
Wow. Is that really my life? I can only recognize little bits and pieces.

15) Looking back, is your life what you thought it would be in 2008?
Not at all.