New Year, New....something

   I've been procrastinating this post. I had to make something fancy. Something put-together. But that's so hard for my brain to accomplish, when it's being pulled in twenty different directions and the thought of blogging makes me want to cry.
   I think I felt that if I started blogging at the beginning of the year, I'd have to be consistent for the rest of it. And I don't know if I can do that. But right now, it's after midnight and 2017 is 8 days old and I have no filter, so here we go.
   2016 was a mess. Not just for the world in general, but for me. I don't think I've mentioned this yet, but my family moved in August, and I started college. My dad wasn't able to move with us, because he needs to sell the businesses he owns first. My little sister is going to a real brick-and-mortar charter school for the first time in her homeschooled life. My mom is working for the first time since I was born. So, life has been understandably difficult. And if that wasn't enough stress, Mom's health problems and anxiety have gotten way worse. For a while, she was barely able to eat, and she had to go to the ER twice. Since my sister is so busy with school and ballet and my dad isn't here, that leaves me with a lot of the responsibility.
   That's why I've been so inactive here. That's why I failed NaNoWriMo. And that's why prayers are really really appreciated.

   I have lots of great plans for 2017. Big plans. Exciting plans. Whether or not blogging will fit into those plans, though, remains to be seen. I want to do better. I'm going to try to get better. You can expect some posts coming up in the next few weeks, at least.

   I swear, I had a plan for this post when I started it. Oh well. There's your 2016 life update. I hope your 2017 is off to a good start.

Get To Know Me Tag

   Well. I'm back. 
   I wasn't planning on posting again this month, but then I remembered that this was sitting in my drafts and figured that talking about myself was a good way to celebrating my birthday(which was yesterday).
   Or something.
   I literally got tagged for this by my dear sweet Carlyn back in February, I believe. And I totally forgot. But at least I remembered!! Eventually. Sigh.

look at my lovely blurry selfie. i tried.

Name: Kristana Collene Aleman
Nickname: Krissy, K, Tana (by myself, when I was tiny), Stana (by the two-year-old I used to nanny) Naw (by my precious three-year-old cousin)
Birthday: October 21, 1998. (I'm an adult now. Waht is life.)
Place of birth: Anaheim, California. The same city as Disneyland.
Star sign: Libra (but I hate it, ugh)
Occupation: writer, college student, occasional nanny

APPEARANCE

Hair color: dark brown, but I really want to dye it someday.
Hair length: To the bottom of my shoulder blades, when I straighten it.
Eye color: Blue!
Best feature: Um. My dimples? Everyone always comments on them.
Braces: Fun fact: when I was like, ten, I really wanted braces because a boy I had a crush on had braces. Then I learned more about them.
Piercings: Just one in each ear.
Tattoos: Nope!
Righty or lefty: Righty

FIRSTS

Best friend: Emma when I was nine. She moved away two years ago (rude), but we try to stay in contact.
Award: The first one I remember getting is a silver medal from my piano teacher.
Sport: Tennis. The teacher was a friend of my mom's, I believe. I was like, six.
Real holiday: Halloween. I was ten days old.
Concert: Imagine Dragons! My friend took me for my birthday during the Night Visions tour, and it was awesome.

*cue nostalgia, even though this picture isn't mine*

FAVORITES

Film: Tangled. But also HTTYD (1 & 2), Rise of the Guardians, The Force Awakens, The Giver, Pride & Prejudice (2005), Harry Potter, LotR/The Hobbit, The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, and Hercules. And like, a million others.
TV Show: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Studio C, Granite Flats
Color: Black and hot pink
Song: *literally cannot pick just one and just links you to my Spotify instead*
Restaurant: This AMAZING Thai restaurant near my mom's work. Also In-N-Out.
Shop: Half Price Books, probably, because I'm poor.
Books: The Lunar Chronicles, Fablehaven, The Giver, Harry Potter... *continues for seven years*
Shoes: Converse and combat boots

CURRENTLY

Feeling: in a good, relatively peaceful mood
Single or taken: Married to Aimee Meester's character Havard. 

eternally screaming over this precious, mistreated, wonderful human being

Eating: Cereal. Never mind that it's almost two in the afternoon. I'm eating cereal.
Thinking About: Havard, dang it.
Watching: ...the words as I type them? do people actually watch movies/shows while doing other things?
Wearing: a green plaid dress I got for my birthday yesterday and black leggings

FUTURE

Want children: Yes? But also no? I know I'll have kids, but I'm mildly terrified.
Want to be married: YES PLEASE
Careers in mind: writer(duh), chiropractor/natural medicine doctor
Where you want to live: Everywhere.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN

God: Shakily, sometimes, but I'm trying.
Miracles: God and miracles go hand in hand, I think.
Love at first sight: There's definitely attraction at first sight, but you can't truly love someone if you don't know them. 
Ghosts: Sorta? Angels/spirits are a definitely a thing.
Aliens: Who knows.
Soul mates: *cue that one scene in Ever After* (go to the 50 second mark)
Heaven: Yup
Hell: Can you believe in one without the other??
Kissing on the first date: Well I mean, it depends on the situation?
Yourself: 80% of the time, maybe.

   I tag Hannah @ Ink Blots and Coffee Stains, Katie @ A Writer's Faith, Imogen Elvis @ Gossiping With Dragons, and Abbiee @ Sing. Write. Eat Waffles. (i don't actually know the name of her blog??? i'm just guessing because that's in her header. this is tragic)