u/miserable_mitzi

I’m a pretty normal 31 year old woman. I’m engaged, work as a professor, and have a whole adult life. But back in 2003, I was a painfully introverted kid who discovered RuneScape and basically lived in Gielinor for years.

I met this guy in game who always wore black robes, had bright green hair, and chose the darkest skin tone possible. We ended up spending years playing together. Eventually he smelted a ring and proposed to me, and we got “married” at the Saradomin chapel with all of our friends there. At the time it felt incredibly real and important to me.

Then one day my account got hacked. I was devastated and honestly so embarrassed about how upset I was that I just stopped playing altogether and unintentionally ghosted him.

I still think about him sometimes and wonder what happened to him. Miss coming home after school and logging on to fish lobbies or pray that a random event would happen to me while I’m mining gold.

I’m a lecturer at an R1 and there is this award I received for professional development. It basically awards you money to pursue opportunities outside of teaching like a conference. I was awarded $1k.

I genuinely am not sure if this is supposed to be something I put on a CV. You basically send in your CV/Statement/merit review in order to get it. I have no idea how competitive this is. Also idk if I put the right flair.