Emilycatherine1989

My name is Emily. I am 35 years old and live in the woods in Pennsylvania. I am married and have 3 wonderful little kids. My oldest son is 13, only girl is 7, and youngest is 3 months old, so I’ve got my hands full! I went through a lot of trauma in 2021 (if we become friends, I can explain. Please be kind. I had an awful thing happen to my youngest, but he’s fine now. I’m still not over it all. Letters are being sent back to pen pals at a slower speed than I typically do (I’ll get swaps out on time, I’m just very unorganized with replying because of what happened). I had someone be insanely rude to me and it just made me relive that trauma. Don’t be that rude person.

I went to Vet Tech school for a year, but decided that the medical field wasn't for me. It was extremely overwhelming as well! For example, last semester (September-December 2020) I was in 10 classes- half online, half in person. I barely had time to BREATHE let alone spend any time on anything that wasn't school related! I'm currently a SAHM working on my jewelry business. I will be returning to school in the fall, but to begin my Bachelor's Degree in Wildlife and Conservation. My dream is to work with animals in their natural habitat and help preserve their lands. (Obviously, I'm a huge animal lover!) University life is hard with a toddler, so I opted for something that's more functional, rather than something I would want to do. That is Medical Billing and Coding. I am currently taking online courses, and will hopefully find a WFH job!

Since I've been home, I decided to go back to an activity I enjoyed as a teen,but stopped too early and always regretted doing so. That is Irish dancing. I've always had a passion for it, and I'm excited to finally reach my goal as a World Champion (one day)! I'm a competitive dancer, and am going to the Irish Open in Dublin this May! I am SO excited!

I love all things cottagecore, fantasycore, fairycore, and whimsigoth. I consider myself to be a hobbit, haha! That's my fashion sense now.

Other hobbies I have are pen palling, making macrame jewelry, and sewing.

I like classic rock and folk music. I'm kind of obsessed with Irish folk music at the moment. My favorite classic rock band is Fleetwood Mac.

I try to make time to read, but don't get enough time to! I don't know what my favorite books are, but I enjoy horror stories, have the complete collection of Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and I love fairy tales! I also love The Hobbit and LOTR. I also LOVE folklore, and love to hear stories from different cultures, so if you would like to tell me a story from your culture, please do!

I used to LOVE horror, but now it's just...mehh. I'm a fantasy nerd. LOTR, GOT, anything with elves, fairies, and beautiful scenery!

I don't really craft that much anymore. You're lucky if you receive anything more than a letter with stickers and washi tape from me. It's too expensive to send out bulky things these days. I'm slowly making little things, but it takes me a while!

Unless it’s Halloween related and cartoony, I am VERY arachnophobia, so please don’t send things with spiders. I don’t mind Halloween stickers/washi with them, but anything realistic will make me cry. I have no use for post cards. Unless it’s a written on postcard for a swap, I do not need them. I'm not really into the whole kawaii thing.

My Post Office kind of sucks. For some reason, it seems like sometimes they work quickly, other times they work slowly. I get things returned to me for an extra stamp or two A WEEK AND A HALF after I initially sent, which makes some of my swaps late because they took that long doing who knows what to get something back to me that should have taken maybe 2 days tops. I try to use different post offices when I can, but when I'm at work, my mailing address post office is what I use. If I happen to get something returned back to me very late, I absolutely let my partner know. It seems sometimes, even when I put the swap in the mail box the day it's due, the post mark date on it is 1-2 days later. Unfortuantely, there's nothing I can really do about that. I try not to mail out on the last day possible, but especially while in school, it happens! If there's ever any kind of issue, please contact me first and we'll work it out! I also don't check my mail every single day, so if there's ever any type of issue, I make my partner aware of it as soon as I am!

I make macrame jewelry. I use lots of earthy tones, because that's the type of person I am!