Hello! I'm Andrea, and I'm originally from Chicago but I currently live in Lee, Massachusetts, which is in the western part of the state (also known as the Berkshires) so I'm about 10 minutes away from the border to New York State. I guess I'm considered an "older" player because I'm 37 (although I'm told I look roughly 24-27 which is nice) but I honestly don't think that age has anything to do with enjoying video games or anything like that. I own 17 video game systems and counting so for me, gaming is a passion but also a way to just relax after working or dealing with other things. I got my first video game system for Christmas in 1990 and it was the NES with the Duck Hunt gun and the Power Pad and I remember spending HOURS playing the TMNT games, Battletoads (still one of the hardest games ever), and Bubble Bobble.
I have two black cats named Sawyer and Finn (they're twin sisters and they are my world), and a 4 month old hedgehog named Quillizabeth Bader Reiki Sharp (Reiki for short). I'm a certified Reiki Master, and even though I've been working in marketing for my entire life, my dream is to move west to either Sedona, AZ, or possibly in the area of Santa Fe, NM, and open my own crystal reiki studio where I can both do reiki healing, and teach others how to do reiki. If you don't know what reiki is, here's a great article on it:
What Is Reiki?
In addition to working and reiki, I'm a big fan of horror movies (the Nightmare on Elm Street series is my favorite); the TV shows SNL, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, RuPaul's Drag Race, and Ghost Adventures; sushi and Rice Krispies Treats (not together obviously); and anything having to do with history and Scotland (which is my dream trip).
I got introduced to Animal Crossing kind of late in the game with ACNL, and I was obsessed with it for years. I stopped playing for a while but when ACNH came out, I got back into it while also getting into ACNH for a few months. After a while, I took a break from both but recently I got back into the entire Animal Crossing universe after going through a few really hard years. In January 2019, my brother died at age 47 from complications due to pneumonia. A month later, my friend Cody died also from complications due to pneumonia. In July 2020, my best friend Megan died suddenly from a tragic accident. Sadly, my dad passed away two weeks ago on February 19th. Needless to say, the real world isn't always fun so these games have always been a way for me to escape to a really happy place. I also really love that I have Megan the bear on my ACNH island since it's kind of like having my best friend in the game with me, since she was also obsessed with the games as well
I promise I'm not a total downer but I enjoy being able to let people know who I am, good and bad, because it's so easy to hide behind our usernames and never let anyone know that we're real people, and I'm always an open book about who I am (it also tends to make me a very good friend because I don't judge anyone and I listen to everyone). I believe the good and the bad in our lives all make us who we are and we need the bad to really appreciate the good. Also I have a degree in English and I love writing so I apologize for the novel
Anyways...that's me! Nice to meet/get to know you all!