Chronicles of a Mixed Chick

I wouldn't necessarily say I'm a super private person, but there are some things I'd rather keep to myself. If someone asks me something private about myself, I will share what I feel I need to share, but there's just some laundry I'll never hang out to dry in public. However, with the way our world is at this moment in 2012, some things just need to be said, no matter how dirty the laundry is. I'll also do my best to be as brief as I can, but given that I'm an opinionated Virgo woman, being brief isn't what I normally do. So if you're able to hang in thru this, I'll applaud you (seriously, I'll clap)! Given this is an election year (please don't stop reading. I won't get all "political" on you, I promise), some issues have come up in the news I have this urge to discuss. One issue in particular has given me the "inspiration" to blog what you're about to read. It's that white elephant in the room (

So much has happened in the last 6 months that if nothing happened in the next 6, I wouldn't be so upset. Not likely to happen, but sometimes doing nothing is one of the greatest feelings in the world... but super temporary. So weird. I won't bore you with too many of the details, just ones that had the most significance to me. So while for me it might not seem like a lot, you might wanna go grab a snack right about now... I'm JUST sayin... This year started off as one of the rockiest years of my life. It was the 6th day of January, and it started with a phone call at 530 in the morning. Naturally I cursed out (in my head) whomever called, but when I was told I had to get to the MGH (for those not from mASS, it stands for Mass. General Hospital), I was there (with my mom holding my hand) before 6am. The next several weeks were... rough, and that's putting it lightly. Being that I was my grandmother's healthcare proxy (a story not for a blog), every time the ph