Let me start by saying that I love strong female heroes. Laura Croft, Jean Gray, Rogue, Storm, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batwoman, Doctor Aki Ross (Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within), the 2016 Ghostbusters. These are just a few of the strong female characters I’ve grown up with and love, but the hero that started it all for me was Princess Leia played by the indomitable Carrie Fisher.

Princess Leia was the first strong female hero I saw on the big screen. She was no nonsense, take charge, funny, smart, tough as nails, and drop dead beautiful. She taught me that princesses weren’t helpless twits who needed some big strong knight to save their honor or their life. Princess Leia was a bad ass.

Carrie Fisher wasn’t just an actress to so many of us who grew up watching her and dreaming about adventures in a galaxy far, far away…she was our Princess.

Though Carrie had some tough times throughout her life, and struggled with addiction and mental health issues, she loved her fans and we loved her.

So it’s been a couple days that I haven’t posted anything. My husband and I have been busy with buying a house in OR so we can get the hell out of TX. As of Sunday afternoon we’ve got a verbal acceptance of our offer for what we hope will be our new home in OR. It’s scary picking up and moving 1700 miles, but also very exciting.

We’re heading to Portland for the Christmas break and I may not get many opportunities to post so check my twitter feed for the next week or so!

Happy Holidays to you all!

Today has been an extremely stressful day for me. I had an interview yesterday that I think went well, but I’m not sure. Yesterday I also, found out that the owner of the house that we put an offer in on has decided to delay their decision until Saturday now (they were supposed to decide tomorrow…and we are the only offer at this point).

All this anxiety hit me hard today and I’m had a couple really nasty panic attacks. 

I could sure use some good news right about now.