Nine

Nine years ago.

I had too many dogs. I had contact with my family
I had no job, no worries.
I had a roof over my head, running water. Flushable toilets.

Now I have three dogs, no contact with any family, a job, plenty of worries, too many to sustain my relationship for very much longer, and a shed as a house. It's dismal.

But boy-howdy am I ever learning lessons.