Well, I was out of the house when I was 17 and moved to 29 Palms with my boyfriend, who was 24 at the time. I lived there for a few months and then went back with my mom. It was hard doing things on my own, buying my own food, paying rent etc. Then I left the house with my bf, brother and his gf and we moved to Lake Isabella and lived off the lake for aproximately 2 months. I took my cats with me, my two hamsters, my toroise and my frogs. We took showers in the River, and got our food from the River. After that we packed up and moved to Vegas for a few weeks. We were pretty much just a traveling party and it was very fun! I loved living in Vegas and taking daily trips to the Coca Cola Factory. Then I moved back home, and ten days after I turned 18 I moved out and all four of us got our own apartment together. I've been on my own every since, thank god!

There was a brief time I had to move back in with my parents twice, once after my bf tried to kill me and I had to leave and go to a safe place, and just last year when Dan and I were having problems. Just one week is enough with my parents though, and I quickly left again. I just enjoy my freedom very much.