- March 8th: Doing well in the talent show with CK.
- March 9th: Hilarity with Shmorgs after lunch / awkwardness ensues when I get ice cream down my dress.
- March 10th: Helping Katie with prom situation over the phone after school.
- March 11th: Reading the Philosophy of Climbing / "I'm a banaaaana!" with Kenton and Alex to 711.
- March 12th: Mouthing "sorry" to a homeless man when Nana ignored him, he told me to have a good weekend.
- March 13th: Streetlight Manifesto skanking, ska concerts are so amazing!
- March 14th: Getting asked to prom with nutella and fun. lyrics.
- March 15th: pearlkillers.tumblr.com (Tate) also noticed that I've been happier these past few months, from my Tumblr posts. :)
- March 16th: Forehead kisses. <3
- March 17th: Summery pictures with cousins in Tucker's Field / really trying some moves on lead with Mike.
- March 18th: Perfect freak out about the ice cream man with Geneva - putting on clothes and running outside.
- March 19th: Me & Htoo-Eh's hand shake!
- March 20th: E-mailing Nana from my bedroom at home.
- March 21st: Taking my pants off while driving in traffic on 270 with Deadmau5 playing - feeling like a stripper. :P
- March 22nd: The frappuccino video begins!
- March 23rd: "Did you know that I am taller than 80% of people my height?....Wait." -Alice <3
- March 24th: Another good session with Mike / Saw KB!
- March 25th: Shenanigans with Richie in Trader Joe's and Starbucks after Northwest Branch...complicated Starbucks orders and so many treats.
- March 26th: Watching old home videos with Dad's side of family.
- March 27th: Perfect cuddling session and talking about us.
- March 28th: Parallel parking on the left side of the street.
- March 29th: Multiple Starbucks trips in one day.
- March 30th: Shenans in the bouldering cave after practice; grinding with Daniel and Alex? Okay.
- March 31st: Pax really helping me with my senior paper, getting thesis done.
- April 1st: An amazing overall day. :) ...Pranking Ponitch with saran wrap in the morning with Shmorgs and Hastings twins!
- April 2nd: Lunch with team at Noodles after a Saturday morning practice in Rockville <3
- April 3rd: Alex and I are dating. Hi.
- April 4th: Dancing to Bonafied Lovin' and Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom on the table in the kitchen with Jules.
- April 5th: Venting to Shmorgs during lunch and having Justy Wusty and Mobey listen as well...I miss them.
- April 6th: Being bench pressed by Daniel.
- April 7th: Alex's little brothers being adorable at dinner.
- April 8th: Staying up with Alex until the early morning, cuddling in his sleeping bag.
- April 9th: Jules' confusion over Sonic vs. Dairy Queen / Kenton's anger is the funniest fucking thing.
- April 10th: Actually getting some of my outline & research done for Senior Paper.
- April 11th: Easily finding a cheap prom dress and even new climbing clothes at Forever 21 with Astrea.
- April 12th: Learning how to rap Busta Rhymes' part in "Look At Me Now".
- April 13th: Morgan and Dr. Gritz becoming best friends. Man, I love him. And her. Omg.
- April 14th: Nana is homeeee!
- April 15th: Another amazing day. Prom was actually super fun. "This prom isn't over 'til a blender blends!" -Katie
- April 16th: ET Member's Party makes me happy to be a climber / in the climbing community.
- April 17th: Making Nana soup.
- April 18th: Holding a chicken on our field trip to a farm.
- April 19th: Driving Mobey home, I miss him.
- April 20th: Waffle party in Pax's room during lunch!
- April 21st: Winning the bet with Hank on who would get to dinner first; Poppop or my mom.
- April 22nd: Getting 145 on Flight Control.
- April 23rd: An amazing first official date with Alex - dinner at American Tap Room & going to see Hanna. I love being around him.
- April 24th: Summery weather with evening thunderstorms, love 'em.
- April 25th: Talking to Mrs. Funger about senior paper = no longer very stressed.
- April 26th: Realizing that Pax actually likes me this year, and that is awesome.
- April 27th: Feeling very good about my environmental science study guide.
- April 28th: Owning the environmental science test / sending a sort of project (10B).
- April 29th: Wonderful picture taking during lunch, especially the adorable & hilarious ones of Mobey.
- April 30th: Realizing how incredibly comfortable I feel with Alex, I love it. <3
- May 1st: Just...it's May. Fuck yes.
- May 2nd: Finally telling Alice that she needs to stop feeling so crappy because she is the greatest person ever, I hope it worked somewhat.
- May 3rd: Realizing that a normal day at St. Andrew's is actually quite fun; I am going to miss these people.
- May 4th: Saran wrapping Shmorg's Mountain Dew in my car at the gas station & random stranger finds this funny.
- May 5th: Seeing Dr. Kornfeld!
- May 6th: Last day of high school deserves multiple smiles:
- Feeling connected to my class - one of the few times.
- Shenans & dogpiles in the dark room with Shmorgs Mobey and Christian.
- Running around the school with my class chanting "Two oh!" "One one!" & using a water gun.
- Congratulatory power thrusting circle from my junior loves.
- Successfully studying for physics exam with Sinclair.
- Cuddling with Le B!
- May 7th: Hardcore shopping at Forever 21 with Alice.
- May 8th: Nana & Mom liked my Mother's Day presents! Points for me.
- May 9th: Lead head definitely getting better.
- May 10th: Not studying for the Calc exam, but not feeling bad about it.
- May 11th: Juniors missed me at school / shenanigans in the in traffic on the way to the gym with Alex, including the penis game and creeping out people in the cars next to us.
- May 12th: Getting my old (white) iPod fixed and buying a celebratory cupcake!
- May 13th: Lots of paper productivity and laughs with Shmorgs at her house.
- May 14th: Playing with huge bubbles in the streets of Ellicott City.
- May 15th: Sitting on the roof with my Jules & Geneva during a thunderstorm.
- May 16th: Making Kenton clean the ketchup off of my car.
- May 17th: Throwing away old car seats "TO THE DUMP PILE!" with Forrest, Anna and AJ.
- May 18th: Sam is a cool kid.
- May 19th: "My rhymes are the illest 'cause these flyers are the chillest." -Forrest
- May 20th: Deep talks with Alex on the roof.
- May 21st: I had my favorite breakfast (2 scrambled eggs with cheese, half a bagel, cup of coffee) today and it was extra extra good.
- May 22nd: Being friends with my mom, talking and laughing while finishing up my senior paper.
- May 23rd: Telling Forrest, Marcus, Anna and AJ about climbing and talking about hobbies.
- May 24th: Sweetgreen!
- May 25th: Actually getting a chance to talk to Dustin in person & not just on Tumblr.
- May 26th: Not being tired and migrainey during service. Actually being quite energetic and happy, despite the heat!
- May 27th: Running back from Whole Foods in the pouring rain with Alice.
- May 28th: The best makeout session ever.
- May 29th: Wonderful dinner with Grammie & Dad.
- May 30th: "I wanted to be a Navy Seal. I took the whole two week training course and everything. But then one day, I learned that I like to be comfortable." -Daniel
- May 31st: Laying in Astrea's bed and annoying the shit out of her - always the best.
- June 1st: At the gym for six hours straight, tired as fuck but still having drive to climb.
- June 2nd: Spending all day laying in bed with boyfriend.
- June 3rd: Really doing something about having such a bad cold - Coldsnap, Coldcalm, tea, etc.
- June 4th: I can do every move on the red & yellow 11c on the arch / projecting a 12a, alright.
- June 5th: Text to dad: "Graduation dress - $30. Shoes - $50. Earrings - $6. Speeding ticket - $40. Loving your daughter no matter what - Priceless."
- June 6th: FINISHED MY FUCKING PAPER!
- June 7th: Sammy being the cutest little kid.
- June 8th: It was fate that I bought that rice krispies treat.
- June 9th: Seeing David at Starbucks and he told me he missed me.
- June 10th: Today, I graduated from high school. &,
- Hectic car rides to Georgetown / "No Kia we are in an airplane" / Sweettarts anyone?,
- Usual mealtime shenanigans with David, Alex, Justin, and Morgan,
- Laughing hysterically with cousins,
- Spitting off of the balcony,
- Hardcore Sudoku games with Alex,
- and money, a beautiful quilt from Grammie, and the full Harry Potter series! <3
- June 11th: Read at least 100 pages in my book, 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult.
- June 12th: Talking to Nick S. on Facebook chat, he is so cool maaaan!
- June 13th: Sleepover at Alice's and talking late at night about awkward spotting stories and Kill Fuck Marry.
- June 14th: Blue hair!
- June 15th: Making the most perfect batch of pancakes this morning.
- June 16th: Huge thunderstorm. :)
- June 17th: Doing a very funny run around the climbing gym with Kerry Scott, while simultaneously bugging Ellis, as always.
- June 18th: Climbing team sleepover, making sound effects for the manhunt game behind the system board with Alice.
- June 19th: Alex starting to feel better / when he said goodbye to me on the phone, he waved.
- June 20th: Projecting a v7 while hanging out with Andrew and Daniel and talking about my short wingspan.
- June 21st: Watching a whole movie, start to finish. ("Shrink")
- June 22nd: Skyping with Nico and he laughs hysterically at everything I say. The cutest thing.
- June 23rd: I really want to make this positive, motivational, and productive change.
- June 24th: Helping Alice make a food calendar.
- June 25th: "Everything was lettuce and nothing hurt."
- June 26th: Playing Go Fish with Tucker on a peaceful Sunday morning.
- June 27th: Roby is funny.
- June 28th: Good venting session to Judy helps me talk things out with Nana and Alex.
- June 29th &
- June 30th: The team is being brought together more by all of this, I suppose. And, being there for my cousin today. Everybody being there for each other.
- July 1st: iHop with Mark, Nick, Jules, Kenton, Alex, and Roby.
- July 2nd: Alice came back to do routes with meeeee <3
- July 3rd: "There's a McDonald's, there's a Quiznos, there's a California Tortilla..." "There's a baby..."
- July 4th: Sitting in between Alex and Nico on the couch while Alex does a Sudoku & Nico plays Curious George games whilst naked.
- July 5th: Playing with Nico the naked baby in the lake before dinner.
- July 6th: Sweet outdoor bouldering adventure in Lincoln Woods State Park with boyfriend.
- July 7th: Uncle Mark's homemade pizza in all its deliciousness.
- July 8th: Sweet routes and "Stall Street Journal" at Central Rock Gym in Worchester.
- July 9th: Aunt Robin taught me how to drive stick shift!
- July 10th: Reading Nico a bedtime story.
- July 11th: Singing Bright Lights by Matchbox Twenty super super loudly in the car.
- July 12th: Mom visited Mike. I guess I'm just glad that someone talked to him.
- July 13th: That awkward moment when you are watching animal porn on your iPhone and there is a little girl behind you watching over your shoulder, but when your friend warns you about her, you don't believe him. Oh, Jules...
- July 14th: Meeting a Berman! (The counselor at MC)
- July 15th: Screen sharing with Shmorgs, finding out exciting news, and exchanging music.
- July 16th: Playing with light graffiti after dark behind Miguels.
- July 17th: Sitting with the pug!
- July 18th: Screwing around with climbing ropes, Daniel swinging around on a Gri Gri, and Danny slamming his ass into a tree.
- July 19th: Hanging out in Danny's car during a thunderstorm while the boys talk about penises. And their thoughts.
- July 20th: Going under the waterfall at the Motherlode.
- July 21st: Andrew bouldering a rock over the water at the swimming hole and his facial expressions as he nearly slides off of the slopey top-out.
- July 22nd: "Danny brings his tent to the crag every day but for some reason he thinks he has the right to sit in it." -Daniel
- July 23rd: Hilarious seat-switching in the car with Danny.
- July 24th: Alice making a very unlucky day seem just hilarious and not all that bad.
- July 25th: Talking Warped Tour things out with Kelsey, and everything is okay and she understands. <3
- July 26th: Realizing that maybe my thoughts are easier to understand than I thought.
- July 27th: I had two bagels today.
- July 28th: Pancakes with Astrea in the morning and making fun of supposed Maryland dialects.
- July 29th: Alex comes over last minute in the morning. Baby.
- July 30th: Driving in DC and realizing that there is so much to do and funky places to go.
- July 31st: Starting a skanking circle that leads to putting my arm around strangers and just dancing.
- August 1st: Five Guys with Kenton/Daniel/Nick and finally getting something off my chest.
- August 2nd: Laying on Alex's couch while cuddling and watching the climbing movie Better Than Chocolate.
- August 3rd: Quinn messaging me & saying goodbye & apologizing for making fun of my rock climbing during high school.
- August 4th: Me: "Do you have a smartphone?" Angie: "Well, it's kind of smart..."
- August 5th: Kelsey gave me a back stratch.
- August 6th: Random crappy bracelets!
- August 7th: Working out when everybody else is eating dinner.
- August 8th: Alex read Mike's letter to me over the phone and I'm just glad to know that it meant a lot to him.
- August 9th: Swimming out in the perfect water with Perry, Drennan, and Kelsey to see if there was a sandbar.
- August 10th: Hilarity playing Pit with Kelsey & the Griffiths!
- August 11th: iPhone, new clothes, PIT shenanigans video, s'mores, phone with Alice. Good day.
- August 12th: Sitting on the beach doing sudokus and reading Harry Potter while the moms talk and Kelsey makes a bracelet.
- August 13th: 47 MPH jet skiing!
- August 14th: Taking pictures of Perry farting out a rainbow.
- August 15th: Kayaking with dolphins. And making dolphin noises. Which seemed to work.
- August 16th: Fireworks on da beeach.
- August 17th: Stopping at Sonic on the way home and taking awesome pictures!
- August 18th: Climbing for the first time in two weeks.
- August 19th: Starbucks productivity and talks with Roby about just being happy.
- August 20th: Getting my 5th climb in the last minute of the comp and running to the desk with Dustin while writing down my score. Hahahaha.
- August 21st: Getting the family to sit around the table and talk and do the crossword puzzle, instead of being on our computers.
- August 22nd: Nico was attached to me today <3
- August 23rd: Handstand pictures with Roby and that text.
- August 24th: Talking about earthquakes and California and college with Robin.
- August 25th: Playing with a happy and adorable Nico during his last hour in DC// "You're my little brother so I'm going to make you do a harder route!" "Well you're my older sister so I don't give a shit!" -Marrrrkey.
- August 26th: First official meeting of the Mushu Munchers club!!
- August 27th: HARRY POTTTTTER Ohhhhmygod. And freaking out with Alice after I finished it. Agh.
- August 28th: Driving around DC at night with Daveed and Mobey. <3
- August 29th: Hilarity with Shmorgs on Facebook and iChat.
- August 30th: Actually just not nervous at all for my first college class. Whatever. Getting my knee stuck in a fence. It's all good.
- August 31st: Doing Psych homework while Roby plays guitar in the background is relaxing.
- September 1st: "Hello I like your sunglasses!" from a stranger.
- September 2nd: Grant's pretty hair and my pretty post-climbing outfit.
- September 3rd: My perfect random day;
- Solid day of routes with Alice.
- Bookstore with Mobey & bought a new book :)
- We dyed my hair red oohmygod.
- Watching Fight Club and cuddling.
- Spontaneously driving to Kenton's at 11PM because I "have to live life to the fullest" -Andrew
- Smoking and talking, slacklining, Fantasy by the XX, Chipotle, back massages, Gnomeo and Juliet, Andrew in his boxers, baptizing him...they put my chapstick in JELLO.
- September 4th: Rescued a turtle from the middle of the road. c:
- September 5th: Sitting in a windowsill with Julianna at 1AM while listening to the rain & Bon Iver, and talking about life, time, perspective, people, climbing, Mike, etc. <3
- September 6th: Dreams by Cranberries, Now We Can See by The Thermals, Drugs by Ratatat, Furr by Blitzen Trapper.
- September 7th: Productivity at Starbucks and Andrew's secret Facebook group for "secret things".
- September 8th: Good dinner with Nana at Guardado's.
- September 9th: Selling merch with Luke is fun!
- September 10th: Sitting around Mobey's kitchen table eating Chinese food with him and Justin and being weird kids.
- September 11th: Can't stop thinking about "Aw, Midnight." "What'd she do?" "She thumped." And giggling to myself.
- September 12th: Nick knowing just what to say.
- September 13th: Playing with Nick's cute little kitty. Omg. So cute.
- September 14th: Talks with Ellis after tryouts and hearing that he is on our side!
- September 15th: Playing tiny wings and talking about sex with Katie.
- September 16th: Walking through the rape tunnel with no shirt on while David writes a musical, whut.
- September 17th: Skyping with a cute Tumblr friend / Justin and I stripping to our underwear while Matt is in the bathroom to make him feel awkward, but then he came back in his underwear too.
- September 18th: Phone conversations with my best friend, we never run out of things to talk about.
- September 19th: "If there's one thing I'm good at, it's smelling fucking fantastic." Ilovemynewjournal :)
- September 20th: Reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close while listening to The XX & drinking tea.
- September 21st: Making banana bread with Nana.
- September 22nd: Made a TWITTER! & going to get rid of Facebook, yeeeee!
- September 23rd: Wonderful climbing pictures and Things That Make Them Happy.
- September 24th: Sitting in the back of the van, talking and laughing with my family after the Jason Mraz concert.
- September 25th: Stella and Miles wrestling with Uncle Tom playing guitar in the background - peaceful Sunday morning.
- September 26th: Alice was in such a good moooood =]
- September 27th: Chipotle and shampoo shopping with Mobey.
- September 28th: Writing Katie a handwritten letter <3
- September 29th: Today I felt like I was really making friends in my Psych class, yay!
- September 30th: Perfect random day c:
- Productive College Counseling meeting & seeing Pax
- Starbucks hilarity with Shmorgs, singing Transexual Transylvania in the car
- Caltor with my loves, why does Alex H. want to pee on me, hand holding and Instagram pictures
- 50/50 = an emotional rollercoaster
- Adventures with Roby to watch Kerry play the sax from afar
- Climbing gym buddies and Five Guys shenanigans
- "The lady in front of us at the drive thru....got out of her car...and WALKED AWAY." -Kenton
- Blasting music on the way home with Roby's head out the window
- Late night talks with Nana Banana
- October 1st: The first part of making the pickles/mountain bikes/sugar cubes/goldfish/water bottles/hamsters/socks with Kerry!!
- October 2nd: Bringing dad to Earth Treks & walking around the expanded section.
- October 3rd: Sitting in the shower at the gym with Kerry, Kayla, and Jenny looking at all of the tie dye shirts and having to stop Alice from seeing them when she barges in!
- October 4th: Boner conversations with Alice and making friends with the guy who works at Noodles & Company.
- October 5th: Dustin saving my ass from a scheduling disaster!
- October 6th: COLORADO.
- October 7th: Tattered Cover Bookstore/A cute boy gave me free salsa.
- October 8th: Having a slight crush on the tour guide at Colorado College and seeing Chris Maves!
- October 9th: "Are you Daniel?!?!?"
- October 10th: Dat oxygen. Dat flotation device. Dat fiery explosion.
- October 11th: Making a new friend in the bouldering cave when said person randomly teaches me how to do the 2nd layer of a Rubik's Cube.
- October 12th: Janet (stepping in for Kate at practice today) actually sitting down and asking me what was bothering me.
- October 13th: Helping.
- October 14th: Talking about pot with my mom while she dyes my hair.
- October 15th: Jumping pictures at Ft. Reno with Alice and Roby!
- October 16th: CC interview went very well :)
- October 17th: Oliver (Paula's cat) coming over.
- October 18th: Shweet routes with Alice, doing my own diamond.
- October 19th: Writing the most colorful letter to Katie!
- October 20th: Conversations after class with other kids who saw body parts hanging out of closed car doors. So I don't think I am alone in thinking that it's freaky.
- October 21st: Our pizza delivery guy was Robbie. What. Even.
- October 22nd: Intense Team Earth Treks arm wrestling matches after the comp.
- October 23rd: Staying at the gym after it closed to do routes with Mark and Josh and Gavin and Ernesto and Dean and yeah it was sweet and Dean threw a shoe at my face, awesome.
- & a parent told me I was great with kids!
- October 24th: First ZBurger experience with Roby & Alex.
- October 25th: Going to Barnes & Noble to buy a new book just after I finish my last one.
- October 26th: Ridiculous dancing with Geneva in her kitchen, dining room, living room.
- October 27th: Sending routes project even though I got super pumped.
- October 28th: During a tour of Danny's house, we walk through an office and suddenly, "And this is my Grandma's house...hi Grandma!"
- October 29th: Awesome problems at Midnight Burn.
- October 30th: Being a dinosaur. The Earth Treks dinosaur. Rawr.
- October 31st: Markoff's Haunted Forest with Jules & Colin, Colin protecting and standing over us while they attacked us with chainsaws. Too cute.
- November 1st: Being mean to you and then the movie says "Just because you're beautiful doesn't mean you can treat everybody else like shit" and you saying "Yeah. What he said". And you kissing my neck. Hi I'm confused.
- November 2nd: Telling unknowing people that Jules and I are cousins and having to convince them that we are not lying never gets old.
- November 3rd: A very strange waitress at The Chop House in Tennessee. But I like her.
- November 4th: Campground neighbors slacklining and playing peaceful music all night.
- November 5th: Triple Crown!
- Sending Cuts Like A Knife
- Making new friends from New Orleans
- Merlin's beached whale top out & Strat calling me V
- Shenanigans when prizes are thrown out, fake mustache unibrows, "can a motherfucker win?!"
- Smoking and sitting around the campfire
- Tent hilarity with Julianna, emergency blankets and moving around sleeping mats
- November 6th: Out of nowhere jumping into group picture poses with Julianna, Tommy, Strat, Merlin, & Julianne before saying goodbye.
- November 7th: Being called a music expert by Nick / A late but not ignored talk & apology & "I limbo'd way below the standard for maturity" from Danny.
- November 8th: Facetiming with my Dad for a bit :)
- November 9th: Having Kayla & Alex help me figure out which photos to put in my portfolio and then watching funny videos from Twister shenanigans.
- November 10th: "You should really do something about all these small holds." -Kid at ET Birthday Party.
- November 11th: Kenton jumping from one bed to the other to attack Jules and them falling off the bed.
- November 12th: Trading another climber half a bagel for some nutella and spreading it with a stick.
- November 13th: Walk the Moon facepaint with Shmorgs, parallel parking the shit out of that car at Ben's Chili Bowl. <3
- November 14th: Getting 5 kids at once on each part of a V2 while warming up before practice. Oh, Team Earth Treks...
- November 15th: Walking around Alice's house wrapped up in her big rainbow striped duvet.
- November 16th: Philosophical conversations at practice lead to discussing whether or not Ellis would allow me to stay on the team if I was reborn as a honeydew melon...
- November 17th: Talking to Moon Hooch's 'bazookahorn' player named Wenzl. Who has a fantastic accent. And elbow pads. Classy as fuck!
- November 18th: Justy Wusty hugs.
- November 19th: Lazy climbing days and being cuddly with Roby, Nick, and Alice. Meow.
- November 20th: Mark walking into the office and saying "what's up hoes?" to Dustin & I.
- November 21st: Too much greatness tonight to choose just one thing.
- Daniel is back!
- All the moves on two more v7s :) & feeling good on the workout
- Claire's mom brought their hedgehog! I met a hedgehog!
- ZBurger with Lily, Alex, Ryan, & Roby:
- "I was contented after Dick's" -Ryan/ "I am so upset that I missed the Semen Sauce!" -Me
- "They're totally going to get married" "Him and the hedgehog?"
- November 22nd: A strange old stoned man dances to the door at Starbucks to hold it open for me.
- November 23rd: "I wanted have a nice dinner with all the 12 year old boys, but it turns out that they like to fart when they eat" -Tom
- November 24th: Knitting, beach pictures, high Thanksgiving dinner, continuing the stargazing tradition, Scattergories ("boobs" "bitches" "HIV").
- November 25th: Mosh pits to dubstep versions of screamo songs, Andrewpants dancing around ridiculously as always.
- November 26th: Laying around in Jules' TV room, spooning with Daniel, & "Why did you throw up on the front porch?" "Because I didn't know there was a back porch!" And then making french toast for eight people while playing Dispatch.
- November 27th: 'Saving' a sobbing little girl from off of the climbing wall, and feeling like a pretty good person about it.
- November 28th: Julianna trying to boycott the cardio workout and preach to the team..."Let our voices be heard!"
- November 29th: Skyping & catching up with Danny for three hours.
- November 30th: Opening up more about Mike with Ryan and knowing he feels the same way I do.
- December 1st: Justin talking to Alex Hill's new iPhone: "Make appointment to suck cock on Tuesday at 3pm." <3
- December 2nd: Job offer to coach Intermediate Team yeeeah?!
- December 3rd: Crowded group meetings in Nicole's car to figure out what to do because Jules needs to get Cum Stain the unicorn (what a situation...), sitting in World Market with Roby and smelling all of the incense.
- December 4th: Making great scrambled eggs and ham for the first time in a long time.
- December 5th: Little old ladies in the elevator talking about backing out with their walkers & playing bridge. Too cute.
- December 6th: Shmorgs being weird and slightly deliriously hilarious while trying to be productive at my dining room table - strange accents and funny faces.
- December 7th: Ridiculous amounts of anti-jokes during practice, crying from laughter with Kerry, Nick, Alex, and more. <3
- December 8th: Spontaneously making a new British friend named Jed in the bouldering cave with Alice.
- December 9th: So many old cousin videos. :)
- December 10th: Regionals! Laying around and listening to The Tallest Man on Earth during qualifiers, isolation before finals was a three hour cuddle fest, dinners with team.
- December 11th: Earth Treks staff holiday party, realizing that I will look back on this time in my life and be so grateful for ET and all the people there.
- December 12th: Coming up with a really cool picture idea at the gym to see the old half AND the new half.
- December 13th: Sitting with Rebecca in the MC cafeteria and sort of studying but mostly talking about random things & life.
- December 14th: Driving Jed to Friendship, Sweet Home Alabama comes on & he goes, "FREEDOM!! AMERICA!!!" So funny to hear a British person's perspective.
- December 15th: Andrew describing the pros of having a phone with a full keyboard: "It really provides much for expression."
- December 16th: Talking to a group of strangers outside of Starbucks, giving them a dollar even though they didn't play me a song because apparently that girl just got kicked out of her house :(, them trying to guess what music I like but only guessing rap artists. <3 I like 'em.
- December 17th: Grammie loved her movie, realizing how much happier this year was than last year while doing our time capsules, mistletoe headband!
- December 18th: Climbing the new side with fellow staff members :) Climbing the crash pads, big whips, lots of pictures, taco salad, love these people.
- December 19th: "Tsunami has a house. He called up Earthquake and was like, what's shakin' mothafucka? How was Haiti?!"
- December 20th: Astrea telling me she missed me so much and that I'm one of her favorite people ever. Oh my goodness. <3 And finally hilarity with her in the photo room again, after all this time...
- December 21st: Learning from Maggie that cutting my bangs is actually not all that hard.
- December 22nd: Free venti coffee frappuccinos from Richie at the mall!
- December 23rd: Wrapping Christmas presents with Daddyo.
- December 24th: The way your smile spreads all the way up into your eyes/Christmas Eve dinner at Mom's and finally liking her boyfriend.
- December 25th: Playing with my fisheye lens/the adults wanting to watching Grammie's Grandkids again because they liked it so much.
- December 26th: Sitting outside of the cabin experimenting with my new lens & taking smoke pictures/going on a late-night adventure to Walmart with the boys & making it back alive.
- December 27th: Adventures to the bathroom with Julianna, unstoppable laughter the whole time & talking about Ellis' feelings.
- December 28th: Frisbee with Mark, Claire, Alex & Cotten.
- December 29th: Wonderful LRC pictures & being happy with team, fisheye pictures at Sonic and Jules freaking about ordering from the car.
- December 30th: Trips with team to Walmart while also in Narnia-
- Getting super happy about PB M&Ms
- Diabetic tater tot hilarity
- "Why did the tater tot drop his lollipop?" "Because he had diabetes."
- "Tomato tomahto, potato potahto, bagel bageelay" -Ellis
- Also: slacklining, Jules' journal, crash pad hilarity
- December 31st: Before climbing, stretching peacefully on a rock near the lookout and looking out over the mountains.
- January 1st: "Sloshing", Sheetz, reading Jules' journal, beautiful sunny day with Jack Johnson playing, I love being on the road!
- January 2nd: Cuddling during the first snowfall, with Bon Iver playing & watching all of my pictures on my screen saver.
- January 3rd: Climbing with Brennah & Nairb, realizing that this Nairb that I always heard about is a pretty cool person.
- January 4th: Buffalo Wild Wings with Richie and his friends, I love him, and new people.
- January 5th: Making a list of things that suck with Alice.
- January 6th: Laying on the climbing gym floor with Grant and acting like babies.
- January 7th: The mysteriously disappearing orange bell pepper.
- January 8th: Running around the gym with two energetic seven year olds during open climb/talking about things with Richie and loving the two sides of him.
- January 9th: Learning that opening up to the boys about Alice (August 1st smile!) makes Alice smile too. :)
- January 10th: Smothered with hugs and kisses from CK, Alex, David, and James.
- January 11th: The game that Mark & Jules made up: team kids pranking each other and once you are pranked you are voted off the island! Makes me so happy.
- January 12th: Talking to Dave Hudson & him telling me to practice yelling at the Int. Team kids by yelling at Alex.
- January 13th: Sitting in the hotel elevator with Jules, Bryce, and Evan playing 5 Years Time by Noah and the Whale: ukelele, whistles, claps, & backup singing included.
- January 14th: Sitting with Mark and Douglas the coolest freshman at dinner =) And talking about lucid dreaming in Alex Brown's room.
- January 15th: The lonely little baby pug being adorable in a car at a rest stop on the NJ Turnpike.
- January 16th: Brunch with Nana Banana at Le Pain Quotidien.
- January 17th: Dance parties in your bathroom, listening to If Work Permits while brushing our teeth.
- January 18th: Sunny, happy days at Astrea's house with her and her family, & going down the street to kidnap Dolce and the cute little dog making everybody so happy.
- January 19th: While talking to Dustin, Richie coming up to us and informing us that his shirt has boobies on it.
- January 20th: The climbing gym never fails to get me out of a funk; kicking around a yoga ball with Alex & feeling like a model when I walk down an empty gym with loud music playing.
- January 21st: Ugly sweater shopping & Jaleo tapas with mom / everybody cheering from the dance floor as someone sends the Gnarwhal at the ET member's party.
- January 22nd: Making friends with Open Climb people, them asking more in-depth questions and truly being interested in climbing.
- January 23rd: Laying in Alice's bed reading The Hunger Games, listening to Bon Iver on record, sipping a mango smoothie while she strokes my hair.
- January 24th: Lunch at Noodles with Richie.
- January 25th: The two nice guys working at Office Depot helping me find the pens that I really wanted!
- January 26th: Instead of getting right on the computer for hours when I woke up, I decided to get out of bed right away and go talk to Nana.
- January 27th: Good mood alllll day! Got into Westminster, colorfully e-mailing Katie, printing out list of lists to put in journal, leading good birthday party, shenanigans with friends in the climbing gym, climbing into Grant's sweater & scarf fights with Alex.
- January 28th: "Funny, remorse feels a lot like your butt."
- January 29th: $40 in tips! And lots of pizza.
- January 30th: Napping at the climbing gym again and Alex Brown saying "good morning!" when I woke up/talking to Kerry about journaling and letters to Mike.
- January 31st: I am done applying to college. Holllla~
- February 1st: Chips & queso date with Justy Wusty at Caltor!
- February 2nd: Sitting in the new party rooms with Markey & Alex doing silly interviews with Mark's video camera - "How does it feel to be the lesser Alex?"
- February 3rd: So many good talks in my bed with cousins & Alice.
- February 4th: In the car with Alice on the way back from practice talking about how much greater everything is for her now. :)
- February 5th: Mark doing a provocative dance and waving around/fanning himself with money that he found in his mailbox. Wonderful times in the ET office.
- February 6th: Birthday also deserves multiple smiles.
- Dragging Shmorgs into LuLuLemon & Bethesda, swings, & Starbucks on a sunny day.
- Stop motions of the journey to the gym.
- Wonderful presents from Dustin and Alice, cupcakes from Kerry and Kayla & a happy birthday song from team.
- Richie threw his coffee down on the ground to hug me because he forgot it would just all spill out of the straw...
- "Drink more water, stop being concussed, grow a pair..." -Peter
- Sending my 5.11c project, fun routes with Lily.
- Hilarious pictures & Alex frolicking/mocking Lily.
- Girl talk on the way to the metro with her as well.
- February 7th: FINALLY going to the Melting Pot! So delicious.
- February 8th: Didn't leave the house all day...so much Hunger Games.
- February 9th: "You should make a post that says “funny things that Alice says…I’m not funny’" -Alice
- February 10th: Snuggled with/petted three different cats today.
- February 11th: Two big smiles: Chasing 7 year old boys around a birthday party room pretending the ropes are jellyfish tentacles that they can't touch & I am a shark // in Mobey's basement, Justin picks me up and I make myself go upside-down and see all of my friends on the couch reaching out frantically to catch me. I think Shmorgs and Alex and David? :)
- February 12th: Belaying Mr. Kosasky. Omg.
- February 13th: Starbucks with Shmorgs, she was in such a good mood.
- February 14th: Making a journal entry of pictures to remember & writing colorful captions.
- February 15th: Driving around with Richie in his car after midnight, talking about life.
- February 16th: Coaching Int. Team puts a smile on my face. Giving Ben circuits after practice & Becca & James saying I should be the one to talk to Sam next week.
- February 17th: Sitting around with Nick & little Ben (visiting from Ohio) at the climbing gym, talking about pugs, telling silly jokes and watching as he laughs deliriously on the floor. He's so cute.
- February 18th: Eating decently again, must keep this up.
- February 19th: A toddler in Barnes n' Noble enthralled by the moving escalator railing // shooting Dustin & Grant with hand sanitizer as they walk into the storage closet!
- February 20th: Lots of silliness in the kitchen with Nana today.
- February 21st: Some Nights! <3
- February 22nd: Love these random days where I end up seeing everybody. Laying in a field with Alice, playing with Mobey's hair in the senior lounge, Kieran flipping upside down while being lowered and swinging towards me face to face while he makes sort of a fishy face.
- February 23rd: Official Earth Treks book club with Alice. :p
- February 24th: "We've come a long way from watching 10 Things I Hate About You...now it's just ten things you hate about me."
- February 25th: Sitting next to Alex Hastings during the musical! And all the senior performers doing so well!
- February 26th: Being a therapist on Omegle.
- February 27th: Rock climbing for the first time in three weeks!
- February 28th: Slacklining in Alex's backyard on such a nice day.
- February 29th: One of those great, hyper days at the gym. Especially because Grant and Richie were BOTH there...also because my iPod was playing! And just everyone was funny.
- March 1st: Briefly bouldering with people from St. Andrew's class of '09...what.
- March 2nd: Playing song lyric games with Stephanie, Morgan, Gavin, and Collin while working on a dead Open Climb day. Too funny, shouting out (sometimes inappropriate) lyrics to each other in the office/front desk area.
- March 3rd: That solid go on the 11b on lead and being so determined to get all of the moves.
- March 4th: Having the same little kid on Open Climb as last weekend, seeing him go from giving up halfway through to getting to the top of every wall, knowing our little chalk bag system, and having both of his parents tell me they want me to run his birthday party. Makes me feel so good.
- March 5th: Got into Redlands!!!!! So relieved.
- March 6th: A Great Big Pile of Leaves with Julianna and Andrewpants! "Not just any pile of leaves, mom...a great big one!"
- March 7th: Sitting at a table with the Alex's & Mark before practice, eating lots of honeydew & Five Guys french fries. //Talking to Richie about last night makes me feel so much better.
mar 10 2011 ∞
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