These are the basics; Name is Janine Nicole. Born March 19th, 1992. One of seven children. I'll be starting my freshman year of college this fall, but I'm just attending a community college for the time being since I still don't know what I want to do. I work as a waitress. I have the two best friends in the world who I would do anything for and who are more caring and understanding than I deserve sometimes. Some of my biggest flaws are that I base my decisions off of the happiness of others rather than my own and that I push people away, especially those who mean the most to me. I'm trying really hard to beat said flaws. I love to be happy and have fun. I'm a little OCD (I suspect) but probably more just because I stress about things until they're taken care of. When it's all said and done, I'm not perfect and I'm not imperfect; I'm just me.

Basically this journal is about moving on. It's about getting it down, letting it out, pushing past it, moving forward, getting back to normal; back to being okay again. Or at least, that's what I'm trying to do. We all have tragedies in our lives; they may not be as big as some but we all have them. It's how you deal with them that matters. I am finally beginning to deal with it.

Tragedy blows through your life like a tornado, uprooting everything, creating chaos. You wait for the dust to settle and then you choose. You can live in the wreckage and pretend it’s still the mansion you remember, or you can crawl from the rubble and slowly rebuild. Because after disaster strikes, the important thing is that you move on. But if you’re like me, you just keep chasing the storm. - Veronica Mars