All That Matters

I finally needed to have the talk with my dad. I brought it up really out of thin air and told him I wanted to switch majors back to psychology. He had questions, and wanted answers. But it wasn't agressive. There was no anger or visible disappointment. At the end of the conversation, he told me "All that matters is that you're happy". I wanted to cry and just do a huge sigh of relief. Once we parted ways for the night, my shoulders felt completely free of burden. I could enjoy my break and look forward to the future.
I left for Josh's house the next morning (New Year's Eve). My dad gave me a ride part of the way and I made sure to tell him I loved him before closing the car door. I'm lucky to have a dad like him. He can be difficult, but I'll always be his little girl and he'll always be my dad. The transit gods were on my side, and I made it to Josh on time and sane. We talked and hung out with his parents while they got together some food for his brother and his boyfriend next door. They were going to spend a majority of the night there, which left Josh and I time to just be together. We made drinks and ate and talked and watched tv. We watched the ball drop, kissed, and his parents came home shortly after. By the time Josh and I made it to bed, I had had 6 drinks. 5 rum and cokes, and 1 spiked hot cocoa with homemade alcoholic whipped cream. At this point, I should have a bartending license. I put on a pair of his boxers and a big tshirt to bed. After some fun, we cuddled up and went to bed. I'm unsure of how long we slept, but we didn't get up and out to lunch till around 1. I eventually got a (long) ride home and was greeted by my cats and family. 2016 has some major downs for me, but it also had many amazing positives. I'm turning 21 in a matter of days, Josh and I will be dating a full year come March, I'll get an associates degree (baby steps), and hopefully get into the last college I will ever attend (Lord help me). 2017 has the blueprints to be a pretty awesome year. I hope all of you in the audience (all 3 of you) had a great New Years. Except JP. Go fuck yourself.