Things feel much better now. Been a day since I left and while I cried a bit it wasn't as bad as the previous days. My friends have been really helpful and we had a nice day out shopping for necessities. Probably going to stay with them for a few weeks then rent out the place I've been looking at, I just need to get a job for next semester first.

I also decided to start a journal yesterday since I always wanted to but wanted to wait until it made sense. I figure becoming independent is the most sensible time to ever do it so I took a spare journal that I was planning on using for RPG stuff and wrote in it last night. It was very, very nice. I didn't realise how cathartic it would be to write my feelings down like that. Like I've vented by ranting to friends (and more recently here) but writing in the journal gives me a stronger feeling somehow. I'm gonna have to start adding lines to the journal though, my handwriting is too messy for the simple dots it has

On the whole feeling hopeful, just took a bit to get through the other emotions to reach this point. I'm sure my next updates won't be as doom and gloom as the last few have been.