Hey there lovelies ❤

At the rate I'm going, I guess it's pretty obvious that I don't have much time for cosplay anymore. It used to be such a big part of my life, and now I barely have time to watch anime.... I still really enjoy it every time I do cos, but there's just so little time for me to be able to sit down with my sewing machine and really make a costume (or procrastinate until the week before the con...same thing). So real life is taking over, and I don't want to keep saying 'hiatus' since I'm really not sure when or if I'll ever have time for this again.

Cosplay has honestly been life changing for me. I have met so many amazing, beautiful people, many of whom I am still friends with, others whom I have grown apart from, all of which I still love. I've grown up so much and being in this has opened my eyes to so much more. It's given me not only lifelong friends but faith in myself, that I can be anyone or anything I want. It's inspired me, it's brought me together with people I'd never have talked to in a 'normal day' basis. It's given me ideas, creativity, it's given me a /fashion sense/, and it's shown me that no matter who you are, what you wear, people will still love you despite everything. The community has always been so welcoming towards me, and despite the drama, I'd like to thank everyone for being just absolutely wonderful. I don't know where I'd be without you all, you know who you are. Thank you, thank you so much, for everything.

As for me, I'm happy right now. Actually extremely estatic with my life and direction. I've been keeping really busy (I'm sure that's obvious...) with school, volunteering, life. I'm actually helping to organize a few nation-wide movements with the NGOs I volunteer with; I'm super excited. (Doing meeting and Skype calls are so cool!!) I'm working on perfecting my languages, looking to work overseas this summer, trying to juggle lots of work and balance it out with lots of play, haha.
In the future, I'm not sure if I'll be attending cons anymore, with or without cosplay. I'd ideally like to finish off all the coses I've planned with people and maybe go to a few cons across the globe, but we'll see where life takes me. I'll still keep an eye on the scene, so keep an eye out for me!