Raced home to spend a few hours in lounging the pool... decided that the saying "life is what you make of it" is often incorrect.. its what life makes of you. How many of us can say they chose their path deliberately? When I was young, I thought I would have a couple of kids, dogs, a husband with a great job, and I would work if I wanted to. It wasn't my dream, just something I thought I should have. If I look back on dreams, I would have to say the only recurring one I've ever had was to live on a coast and work in marine biology. But while I never lost the dream, I got lost... an abusive mother with diagnosed mental disorders led to serious rebellion and attitude problems, and by the time I was 16 I was sneaking out of my house, getting drunk and smoking weed. Despite graduating high school with honors, I simply fell of the grid, wanting something other than school. By 19 I had at least professionally gotten it together and worked my ass off to get a job I was good at, but my relationship life was a disaster. There were moments in life where I made an active choice, like jumping off the cocaine train, stopping drugs, leaving my ex... but for the majority of my life, I've ridden along on the ride, not steering.....