(This is going to be a place holder for my physical journal, but it’s late and I can’t find it, so I guess I’ll just blog and write.)
I haven’t journalled in eleven days which makes me upset with myself. It’s not like I didn’t have time…maybe at night I didn’t, but the next day I definitely could have found time to sit down and gather my thoughts. It upsets me because even now, eleven days later, I have the days and the moments mixed up. I will not be able to accurately pin point how I was feeling when all of these things were happening. And, that upsets me because that’s the whole reason I journal. To remember. The times that you think you will never forget, you do. The feelings that are so strong and make you feel so infinite and magical and alive that you think will never go away fade. It’s inevitable and that’s why I need to get to journalling daily. So, as I’ve stated, it’s been eleven days since my last journal, and a lot has happened. One word to describe it all though, and I am saying it because it is true, is surreal. These past eleven days have been loaded with amazing memories with amazing people and in no other way can I describe it besides surreal. It has just been perfect. May 5: The senior BBQ at Loose where I got willed Courtney’s cat napper shirt. (YES! I love it and actually sleep in it every night. I know, I know. I’m a crazy cat lady…) And the seniors last chapter. I can’t believe it. I can’t believe that next year when we sit down on Sunday nights at 8 o'clock in Science 115 that the seniors won’t be there. That Tina, Courtney, Ashley, Ariel, Lizzy, Nora, Hop, Val, all of them won’t be there. Granted, I cannot wait to watch these girls set the world on fire. They are all SO amazing and have so much good to give to the world. I’m so glad they are doing it while representing ASA. May 6: Megan and I woke up early this morning, went out and bought mat board for our photos and got everything done before noon! It was such a relief because we were so afraid that it would take us all day. I was so happy to finish that class! But, also, SO happy I took it! I would have never connected with Megan had it not been for that class. The night ended great too, well, for studying. I studied from like 8-9, then had a study break for all the ASAs, then went back to the grind in the library until they closed at one. Then, Courtney and I sat in the fishbowl till threeish and I was quizzing her with some psychological quiz thing for her final. When our brains had turned to mush, we went back to the chapter room and slept on the big couch and talked to Mary Kate and Maria who were also up studying. May 7: Early start this morning with two hours of sleep because those of us who slept in the chapter room got up at 6 and studied some more. (I don’t think I ever study this much…) So then I had breakfast with Courtney and then we took our tests, so I got one of my two finals done. Christianity II is over and done with, now I just need one more and I’m done with it forever. Later that day, Courtney and I were going to donate plasma, so we spent three hours in a clinic only to find out that I can’t donate because of my epilepsy, and that Courtney would only get paid $30. So, we left there and were hungry, so Jimmy Johns was the best answer. In more exciting news, $0.25 beers at Harpos! We were thirty seconds too late and had to pay a $5 cover. Thirty seconds! Dumb. However, I had an amazing time and hung out with Courtney, Adam, Tina, and Liz a lot. Then, we all started getting life advice from these 31-37-year-old men and they formally met Lucy. (Gosh, I love bringing her out.) At that point, I had had ten beers and was good and drunk and did not want any more. Until Tristian, (one of the old guys), bought me an irish car bomb. Which, at the time, I had no idea what it was, but was told to drink fast or it would curdle. Uhm, well, that’s gross. But, I chugged it and it was actually really good. After that, and someone buying me a beer, (I drank the neck of it), I was drunk to the point where I couldn’t stand without swaying, so I would not drink anymore, except for water, and try and sober up a bit. At like 11:45, Courtney, Adam, Liz and I all went to the Granfalloon for their famous nachos. YUM. I don’t know if it was just amazing drunk food, but I am pretty sure they were just amazing and I have wanted to go back their since. All in all, good night. May 8: Tonight was a night in for me because for the better part of a week and a half I was getting drunk every night. Meh, I don’t mind, the people I was hanging out with are all seniors so it's warranted but at the same time, I’m with them, and it’s summer time, and we are having fun! For the sake of my liver I stayed in, and I also had my hardest final the next day, so it was back to the library! I got there at 8 and closed it down at 1 with Tina. Then, we went and danced in the rain and jumped in the puddles and basically acted like we were five. By the time we got into XL we were both completely soaked, but it was so worth it. This night I also told Courtney and Adam that I would be their sober driver and to call me whenever they needed to pick up. Courtney resisted at first because she didn’t want to inconvenience me, which, by the way Courtney, if you are ever reading this does NOT inconvenience me.. I actually love to do it, for anyone, and I offered. However, she finally broke down and asked to get picked up around two. While I was waiting for them in the car, some drunk asshole backed into my car. Nothing big, it actually didn’t even leave a mark, but he saw me and just sat in his car. Whatever, I don’t care, nothing happened. BUT, I was listening to Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews at the time and I was just like REALLY?! Can you hear my music? Are you doing this for the irony of the song? Oh well, so then as promised, since I picked them up, Courtney and Adam treated me to Joe’s Pizza. Which, again was really awesome. Pizza and honey together… who knew? May 9: Thursday. My last day of exams. And what better way to end sophomore year than with Sturgill’s test? I was done in about twenty minutes, because I know what I know, and I know what I don’t, and I am not going to sit and pretend like I know something if I don’t. But, I ended the course with a B, which is pretty amazing considering the way he teaches compared to the way he tests. I had to once again pack up my life into boxes, and put the remnants of the year in XL in boxes only to be opened again really soon in the house on Lydia. However, when packing I found a check from YoMy from $185! I didn’t think it would work, but it did, and I promised Courtney and Tina that if it did I would buy their tickets to Dave Matthews Band concert, and guess who’s going!!!! Gah, I’m so stoked. This night, we went to Mikes. There was nothing extremely exciting about the night, except that Kelsi, Ariel, Tina, Ashley and I all karaoked to Titanium together which was really fun. After that, I slept at Tina’s house. May 10: Claire’s birthday! My little poopface is 12-years-old now! Also, in celebration of her birthday you could say, “Mary Rae” got her first happy hour at Pizza Bar! And Sugar Ray had a concert in PNL that night, so it was good all around. Once eleven o'clock hit and I got rid of all my free drink tickets, Ashley, Tina, Ariel, Laura and I went to McFadden’s and danced on the bar. And I mean danced. My muscles in my back, legs, and abs actually hurt for like three days after this. We danced until two, so it was over two hours of us just dancing, I’m not just a wimp. I learned that Love in this Club is Ashbabe’s song of choice and she can sure as hell dance to it. (I already knew that last part.) May 11: GRADUATION. What?!? How has another year flown by already? These are the juniors.. They are not supposed to graduate. I can’t believe that they are actual graduates now. I spent the day waiting for them to get to Power and Light with Mary Rae (the real one) and Erin. It was a lot of fun, and I love seeing Mary Rae as much as possible. She is just such an amazing person and I am so blessed to have met her. But, yes, after they got to PNL we drank some beer (more beer with the grads since we had already drank a bit), snapped some pictures, and then went home. Later that night is when we reconvened at PNL and had fun with the new graduates and had a blast. Katie had a happy hour in Shark Bar so I had spent more time in there than I ever had before, and I was sober. Weird. I also got really excited when I saw Tina and felt the need to barrel into her for a jumping/screaming/missing you kind of hug and did not realize she was carrying a drink….needless to say we were soaked again. And I had curled my hair that night, so one side was still pretty and curly, and the other side was just dead straight. Price you pay for loving on your best friend, I guess. After PNL, I went to Mike’s and sat and talked to Courtney and Adam, and later on Mary Rae came back and so we all talked for a while, but when we were kicked out of Mike’s at 1:30, I went home and went to bed. Well, actually I stayed awake to make sure Foxy and Katie made it home okay, but my bed was so damn comfortable. May 12: Sunday. During the day I babysat Kailey, and we just had a fun day at Loose and then she watched as Katie, Foxy and I played Frisbee. Then, that night Katie went out with Mary Rae, which I wish I would have got to say a proper goodbye, but, I’ll see her again, so it’s okay! Courtney and I had a night in together and just laid and on my bed, looking up funny pictures, laughing, talking, that is until Court fell asleep… Hahh, well, that’s okay. I just didn’t want Adam to be stranded. It all worked out fine. But, as you can see from the layout of my past week, Courtney has become a big role in it. I am so glad we started talking this year because I really like her. And I don’t know if she realizes the impact she made on my sophomore year. Even though we only started talking in March, some of my favorite memories from this year are with her, and I feel like we just connected. There wasn’t much awkward getting-to-know-you stuff, it was just like we fell into being friends. We’ve laughed together, cried together, and made amazing memories together, with many more to come! I’m excited to see what she does in Denver, and even more excited to go visit her! May 13: Getting closer to the day I’m on, and I’m glad because I am getting really tired of typing. But, Monday I went to Loose park with Courtney and met up with Clare and Adam and had a fun day throwing the Frisbee around and laying out. Granted, now I lay out in my chacos because I WILL beat Tina in our chaco competition. I am hell bent on beating her. However, it was an amazing day at Loose. It was the first day that it really hit that “woah, it’s summer.” We were driving around with the windows down, blaring, music and singing. So, yeah, summer really came. Later that night, Courtney and I went to see the Great Gatsby. Good film, I really did like it. After that, we both went our separate ways and went home. May 14: Tuesday. I had a pretty lazy morning/afternoon. I went to City Market and got some fruit, and Katie and I tried a BBQ place. Not as good as Oklahoma Joe’s, but still, good. I spent my day porch sitting and finishing Looking for Alaska, which is a book I’d like to see be made into a movie. But, later on in the day, Foxy and I went to the field to play catch with Katie. When we got their we realized we forgot Katie’s glove, which was actually a blessing. This left me with no excuse not to run. So, I decided a barefoot run on the field would be nice. And it was, but then I got bored running around, so I decided it wouldn’t be too bad to just run around campus barefoot. It wasn’t, especially because I only ran two miles, but it felt good. I’ve been extremely lazy and out of shape lately. So, then I started the book Gone Girl and just sat down and read 100 pages, and it still is kind of slow, so I am waiting for it to pick up still. May 15: I had a lot more productive day today. I woke up and took my bike to the bike shop and got a new insole thing for my tire, so it’s good as new, then took Katie to the airport to go to Florida for a couple weeks. Then I came home and spray painted my dresser, well as much as I could. I ran out of paint, so I need to go buy some more tomorrow. After that, I was really excited to get my bike out and going, so I biked to the Walgreens on 63rd looking for some Now and Laters, because I have really been craving some, and I thought I’d give some to Courtney because she was leaving today. Walgreens didn’t have them, but shady shell did. I was also planning on biking somewhere and reading, so I biked with this huge satchel purse which I thoroughly regretted because it was not thee easiest thing to ride with.. After my bike ride, I met up to say goodbye to Courtney, which was really weird for me to do. I still haven’t shed many tears about the senior class leaving, but I think it’s because I have Tina all summer, as well as Hop, Nora, Ariel, Val, KP, and I have set days, like the concert to hang out with Courtney. So, I guess it still isn’t goodbye, but just see ya later. Which, is what I want it to be indefinitely. I said goodbye to Courtney, which ended with her saying, “Well, it was nice knowing ya…” Hahah, after she left, I continued reading my book, which still is pretty slow, and then went inside for a little nap. My nap actually sucked because I was dreaming that I was drunk and really, really exhausted so all I wanted was sleep, so my nap actually made me more tired. After I woke up, Tina, Liz and I walked to Subway for dinner, and because Tina order it, I found that the kid’s meal is honestly the best way to go. You get a lot of bang for your buck. We walked back to Da Hill and met up with Ariel and just porch sat and talked outside for like an hour and a half. Then, we left for snowcones, which, by the way are not easily found in Kansas City! There are so many places in St. Louis to go, and I always go, so I am so not accustomed to this yet. But, we went to Miami Ice on 39th Street (the best place! 39th street, that is, miami ice is weird.) But, we got our snowcones and walked around 39th street a bit, and then drove to a sex shop, (obviously Tina’s doing), went inside, and she bought a few things, because she “can’t break the trend” of buying something every time she goes to a sex shop. So, it looks like we will be using penis straws this summer…. After that, we went to the parking garage roof on the Plaza, and then decided to climb in the big bell tower-like thing that is right when you enter it. We had to shimmy our way up the stairs because half of them were blocked off, so with some skillful climbing, as well as some coaxing, we were all up and signed our name so that people who would venture there in the future would know we were there. After that rooftop, we drove to another parking garage roof, (the one over Tom Fooleries) and sat and danced and listened to music. It was perfect. I felt like my life was a movie and the songs that were blaring from TJ (Tina’s car) was the soundtrack. Once we descended from the parking garage, we decided to walk across the bridge because none of us had ever done it, and we sat with some statues of Winston and Lady Churchill and read up on some history of Kansas City. We apparently have a lot of sister cities…Tonight was just absolutely perfect. And I have to say that about my life right now. It was nights like tonight that remind me of how truly blessed I am. Recently, every day is a new adventure and it is fun and refreshing and exhilarating and perfect. And I am living it with the people I love and I am happy. I am happy. P.S. I give myself mad props for remembering the days like I did. I think it was mainly because they were such memorable days that it came easy. That, and I also had very little help with social media, so thank you twitter and facebook! But, this took over an hour to write, so I just need to journal more regularly!
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