Hello from Washington State. I arrived here late last night and am just getting settled. I'm very happy to be by the beach again and I'm liking the scenery a lot better than TN/KY (where I have lived for over a a year and a half). My husband is deploying overseas tomorrow (he doesn't want me to say where) but it's a much more dangerous area than his previous deployment so of course I am really feeling the stress... so much that I feel like my heart is going to explode.

I will miss Melbourne and Australia in general, of course, but I firmly believed that me staying in STUPID FAT PEOPLE LAND America would be better for our marriage. I think both my parents have been disrespectful towards our relationship, which partly led to me deciding not to go home, as my Dad was pretty much the only reason I wanted to go back to Melbourne anyway. Transfering back and forth between countries each year actually really sucks.

I don't know what else to write now, I am just very sad. Like, a huge lump forms in my throat and I don't know what to say or write. I will make a new comic tomorrow or the day after. Drawing comics makes me happy.