Hey thanks all!
It has been a rough year... and things are still hard. But this is definately a light at the end of the tunnel!
I've made the decision to stay in Ohio. I want to get my residency here, and have to have a permanent address for at least two years. After that, I'm going to apply to graduate school here at OSU. I want to get my MFA (Master of FIne Arts) and then my PhD. I want to teach. So, yeah, that's the long term plan. Now I just need to get a semi-decent job to support it! I'm meeting with one of the store managers of CVS next week to hopefully begin my training in managment... trying to shoot for an assistant store manager position. Wish me luck!