{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Minty (mintystarshine)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-14 23:26:23 UTC","author_name":"Minty (mintystarshine)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/mintystarshine","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3248073","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/1199\" class=\"url\" title=\"The Black Baron\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">colfax<\/span><\/a><\/span> I did the same thing. I moved 800 miles away from my hometown and all my friends. Nine years later, I have a ton of great friends, happily married for four years to my first best friend that I made here, and am generally quite happy. My only regret is not being able to visit my family as often as I could before certain things happened. It was really hard at first, but I made it out okay and have carved a really nice life for myself here. Just make time to visit and call those you love back home. :)"}