PICS
Continuing my journey...
This is a photo I took of the Grand Canyon out my airplane window as I left Arizona for Texas.
I've been spending time with my sister here in Austin. My first weekend here, we went to a fun boat party where her boyfriend was the DJ.
The following weekend I checked out a bit of the ROT Rally that was going on. Tons of cool motorcycles and fun people.
Austin has an interesting crowd. I love the vibe - everywhere you look, tattoos and piercings. I've decided to fly back to Iowa this friday just to get my car and a few things. Then I'll be moving down here for a while. If any of you are located around here, let me know. I'm new to the area and could use some cool people to hang out with
I've already started the job search. With any luck, I'll have something steady soon so I can rent my own place and not have to couch crash at my sister's place. It's been really great getting to see her again. It had been over a year since we had last seen each other and now we're getting some much needed catch up time. I'm pretty much an open book with my sister. I love having a family member I can share everything with... Even if sometimes we're at each other's throats over stupid things.... Siblings
I'm pressing onward, through all the mess of my last big break up. I think getting my ass completely out of Iowa is the best thing for me right now. It's been a hard road but there's no sense in turning back now. I just keep hoping I can make something good out of all this. Better than whatever I had before.
Until next time... 
(Plus you get to see more photos of me naked 
)Irish Eyes
Preview:
So you may have noticed I changed my hair again. I took some fun pics with my phone before I went to the new look. I thought I'd post some before and after pictures to see which you like better I'll say right now I'm partial to the new red - it's mischeivious.
Strawberry Shortcake. I forgot to take pictures of it curly though!! 
Mary Jane.
I'm growing my hair out so I can put it into really nice, long braids. So I think I'll be keeping this red color in it while it grows and gets some health restored to it. What do you guys think?
I wanted to say thank you to BitterAsHell for sending me this awesome gift! I love Marvin the Martian and this hat is so fun! Pretty much the best thing ever.
I've been saving up (or trying to) as much as I can. I really want to move out of north Iowa to an area with more opportunity involving the things I'm good at and like to do. I'm hoping to move in about a year, but we'll see how it goes. Life seems to have this horrible habit of creating detours. I'm pretty damned determined though.
I have to deal with a lot of bullshit where I live and I'm ready to get away from it. I'm sick of worrying about someone breaking into the house or having someone shoot at my dogs when they're playing in the yard. This environment has just started to seem toxic to me over the years. It's not always like that here, but certainly all too often.
I'd like to keep writing, improve my photography skills, and keep up on sewing. (About to order a new corset pattern to try out - looking forward to creating my own patterns at some point.) I'm not sure these things will ever equate to much for sustainable living, but I'm pretty sure creativity is just good for the soul.
Anyway, I think I'm going to continue shooting here and Zivity - see if I can't just save enough to settle elsewhere. Any support is always appreciate
I'm pretty excited my anemone has a new name. Someone of my instagram (@SaraHeathen) suggested "Symbiote" and I thought it sounded perfect
Clownfish Photo Bomber
I've discovered I'm not too shabby at baking. If you know of any good recipe sites, let me know
The latest batch was Red Velvet cupcakes with pecan and cream cheese frosting - all from scratch!
I won't lie - my phone took a pretty deep plunge into a vat of batter during the course of those photos. It was unpleasant, but the Q-tip came to the rescue. Pretty sure my mic is a bit fucked now... I'm just so clumsy!
Xx
I meant to blog about my most recent adventure much sooner. Unfortunately, I've felt a little under the weather since returning and have procrastinated. This is probably going to turn into one of those longer than average photo dump / ramble sessions. Hope you don't mind
I had no intention of doing anything exciting, but an early phone call changed that. My friend had a few days off of work and needed a vacation. She told me to back my bags because we were leaving in a couple hours. Spontaneous adventure, who could say no?
I consider myself pretty fortunate that she happens to be one of the few people in my life who really understand my mental health struggles. Also, it helps immensely that she's a nurse. It certainly makes it easier to agree to such a plan (or lack thereof) when you can really trust who you're traveling with. While we generally spend our time watching the gore on the surgery channel (I'm pretty much her only non-nurse friend who can stomach it) - a little road trip seemed like a good change of pace.
The goal: New Orleans.
The journey: Through Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and back again.
We were gone for nearly a week. Meandering through the countryside on our way there and back, we ventured through some really beautiful countryside. I ate alligator, played in the swamp, explored the French Quarter, traveled the dirt back roads between tree farms in the middle of nowhere, and watched the sun set over the Ozark. I even managed to sneak in some time at the pool.
We left winter Iowa to find some semblance of Spring and we found it... only to return to a snow storm.
Once I was trapped indoors again, I decided to pulled the last of the fading purple from my hair (so sad to see it go). I took a picture while it was blonde, simply because someone once told me it was a look I could never pull off. I guess you'll have to be the judge of that.
Oh and I took a photo while I was bleaching - just because I thought you should know what a strange creature I really am
I was feeling some kind of Strawberry Shortcake vibe and decided to do something Pink.
I'm thus far feeling uninspired and have no idea what I'll do to it next - I always love suggestions (if I like the idea, maybe I can work it into a photo shoot
).Speaking of future shoots -I'm trying to come up with something for my next. I've added some things I'd like to use in future shoots to my Wishlist. Any love there is always appreciated
Since my recent adventures, I've been mostly keeping to myself and my small circle of close friends. I'm not really one for the bar scene or clubs. Once in awhile, I check out some metal concerts (they're cheap and you get to thrash with the unwashed masses - even someone lacking social skills like me can totally fit in there). Otherwise I curl up with a book or play games.
Got to play with my friend's new little python. Their scales are so silky soft and their muscles feel crazy awesome when they are crawling against your skin. I absolutely love them!
My friends surprised me with Meshuggah tickets after we had thought they were sold out. Good people seem to be few and far between. I am a lucky girl to know the ones I do. It was a fantastic show, even saw HeruUr while I was there! Very cool fella.
This is just some billboard we saw on the way... I really have no idea what it's about, I just thought it was awesome. Totally have me a thing for some Dainty Barbarians.
I didn't have the time/space/patience to post all of my photos here, but you can always catch more of my story in real time on twitter @HeathenSuicide or instagram @SaraHeathen
Ending this with a quick thanks to the SG community for giving me a space to share my life - it's one way I'm learning to cope with social anxiety in a safe/accepting environment. It's something I never had before. Thank You
