- March 8th: Morgan's roof on a beautiful sunny day, taking pictures, listening to music, writing, and talking.
- March 9th: Talking with Alice about how lucky we are & then her going on the roof that I didn't know existed. //Walk the Moon, & burying my face in between Justin's shoulder blades during Kaiser Chiefs.
- March 10th: Playing piano with Richie!
- March 11th: First time I ever walk a whole slackline - while on the phone with Richie.
- March 12th: Routes with cousin, first really productive busy & training practice in a while. :) I love teeeam!
- March 13th: Waving at a little boy who was playing Sweet & Sour and he got so excited!
- March 14th: Claire Bresnan always makes me smile, today she was being cute during the workout bahaha.
- March 15th: Taking the metro makes me feel more adventurous somehow.
- March 16th: 15 seconds on the speed route on like my fourth go. & holding hands with you in the car and talking.
- March 17th: Hiding behind Justin's kitchen counter for his surprise birthday party & Will Ruben offering me a mustache, birthday spanks for Justin. <3
- March 18th: Man my life has been so good lately.
- Drawing for Kerry & listening to fun. in the ET office as everyone else tosses around a balloon.
- Slacklining on a beautiful evening in the park with Richie, Kenton, Mark, Andrew, and Jules.
- Kissing you for the first time & you had a Snickers in your mouth c:
- March 19th: Biking around my dad's neighborhood & talking & sidewalk chalk with Chelsea.
- March 20th: Getting silly tired with Morgan & Gavin at the end of a day at the crag.
- March 21st: Hiking all the way from Gallery to Shady Grove with Julia & James and liking how comfortable I feel with them.
- March 22nd: Singing happy birthday to Julia outside with her birthday muffins and all of Miguel's joining in.
- March 23rd: Down in the Valley playing and seeing the Airstream on 270. Gave me the chills.
- March 24th: Snugglin'.
- March 25th: Speed climbing as the gym closes with Mark, Dustin, Morgan, Sabrina, Richie, and Carlo!
- March 26th: Order #69 at Five Guys. Mark was so jelly.
- March 27th: Looking through so many of Richie's old film photos and listening to LCD Soundsystem.
- March 28th: My lead head is the best it has ever been. :)
- March 29th: Starbucks & Chipotle run with Alice Douglas Mark!
- March 30th: Multiple produce section shenanigans with Richie. I love you - Awesomesauce.
- March 31st: Using my fisheye to videotape blowing up a condom out the car window & playing the alphabet game!
- April 1st: Finally interacting with Sol from PRG & learning how funny he is.
- April 2nd: Being open about pooping and farting at the crag with Alice, Alex, Evan, and his dad.
- April 3rd: Making a new friend named Trin while slacklining, and sitting in the basement of Miguel's & eating ice cream with her.
- April 4th: Perfect time spent in the hammock at the Motherlode, reading & napping.
- April 5th: Light graffiti with Kerry, Claire, and Alice.
- April 6th: Slacklining as the sun goes down with team loves, then Alex, Ryan, and Diego from Atlanta.
- April 7th: "In New York, concrete jungle wet dream tomato!"
- April 8th: Spending all day with Richie :)
- April 9th: Jules telling me how she got her period at Disney World - "dreams really do come true!"
- April 10th: Hanging out with Nana in the kitchen as she teaches me how to make things, running around Tenley with Richie making friends with everyone as we get my slackline supplies!
- April 11th: I have made my decision. 'Cause Redlands is the coolest place ever.
- April 12th: Sitting in Leah's dorm laughing with friends Leigh & Sarah.
- April 13th: Playing my first real note on a didgeridoo while hiding in a rock cave from the freezing rain on our first day in Joshua Tree.
- April 14th: Unexpectedly sending some random problem that I can't find in the guidebook.
- April 15th: Getting the "you suck" sticker out of the coin machine & leaping out of Santana's in happiness with Leah trailing behind me.
- April 16th: Realizing that I am a beach person, talks about why we climb on hikes with Dustin & Daniel, In-N-Out, skimboarding with Daniel, handstands, seeing Maggie!
- April 17th: Surfing for the first time ever! In the Pacific Ocean! Ahhhh!
- April 18th: Making friends with flight attendants :)
- April 19th: Realizing that we hadn't even made out yet after six hours of hanging out. Just knowing that that is possible with someone. I don't know.
- April 20th: Feels talks in the car with Shmorgs before prom instead of going inside right away. I just love all those St. Andrew's kids. The whole group. They are so nice & funny and so lucky that they have that.
- April 21st: Markey and I having talking dates.
- April 22nd: 9 o'clock open climb shift with Grant = fantastic first day back at work!
- April 23rd: Sitting around Grammie's living room with family, taking turns saying what we are "up to" in life, while Geneva braids my hair.
- April 24th: Being so hyper from the latte in the car on the way to dinner with Richie, being so happy on the way back and sitting in the car and talking again.
- April 25th: Bouldering cave shenanigans with Alex, Evan, & Roby for the first time in a long time.
- April 26th: Listening to Richie play the song that he wrote on guitar that makes me want to cry.
- April 27th: Mushu Munchin', finding out a bunch of little girls from Friday Nite Rox remember me & want to see if I am better from my concussion c:
- April 28th: Being silly in Barnes n Noble with Shmorgs & Alice.
- April 29th: Befriending two dogs and a small child during my five minutes at Starbucks before work.
- April 30th: I swear my iPhone knows just what to play when it's on shuffle sometimes.
- May 1st: I didn't eat any gluten today!
- May 2nd: Yogi Castle with Richie and agreeing on mean people.
- May 3rd: Laying on a crash pad with my team loves as Richie takes pictures of us (and his own crotch) while standing on a chair & wasting all of Alice's disposable camera photos.
- May 4th: fun. & at the end when they did Stars as a 2nd encore, one by one left the stage, until it was just the audience & Nate singing "you're always holding onto stars".
- May 5th: Value Village with Geneva and Ian - finally!
- May 6th: Got tipped $140 today whadduuuppp.
- May 7th: Ellis was in such a good mood. :) A happier coach makes a better coach!
- May 8th: Intense Instagraming, finding lots of new people & photos.
- May 9th: After a long night at the climbing gym, singing & dancing & fake arguing in the puddle covered parking lot with Richie.
- May 10th: Okay, the Intermediate Team kids are hilarious & adorable // 11.3 on the speed route!
- May 11th: Spending time outside & slacklining on a beautiful day in Lafayette Park with Justin and Mobey. // Richie pushing me up against the hood of the car & kissing me to make Mark (sitting in the front seat) uncomfortable.
- May 12th: Reliving the tragedy/drama of illegally going on someone else's private property and being intensely reprimanded for it - nonstop laughter & Mark's inability to move on.
- May 13th: Spinny chair & climbing rope dances in the office with William during a slow Open Climb day.
- May 14th: Laying in bed with Richie until 2pm.
- May 15th: Alice lives! Routes with her while hanging out with Shmorgs.
- May 16th: Sitting at a tiny table behind Starbucks with Richie eating our Potbelly's, and his friend Marcos comes up to us and says we're so cute.
- May 17th: Visits to Alice's to snuggle with her in her bed and talk about boy feelings.
- May 18th: Claire slipping on the speed route and simply flipping upside-down because of disappointment.
- May 19th: Strong & efficient Sat. morning practice with Kerry Scott!
- May 20th: Made a 2-yr-old friend during Open Climb who has a horse named horsey // cooking a delicious late night dinner off eggs, ham, & fried potatoes with Richie in our underwear.
- May 21st: Mark accidentally rodeo clipping and then taking a victory lap around the cave, with everyone cracking up.
- May 22nd: Spontaneous adventures to DC with Alice to get the perfect tattoo idea on the back of her neck. :)
- May 23rd: Sitting in my car in the parking lot of the mall on a rainy day by myself, eating an Annie Ann's soft pretzel, listening to Trevor Hall, and writing in my journal.
- May 24th: Spending time with Andrew, the post-wisdom-teeth-removal couch potato, at his house & the park with him & Alice, Kenton, Jules & Daniel.
- May 25th: Walking to Jumbo Jumbo to get bubble tea & cashew chicken.
- May 26th: Sitting in a field at the pool party with Geneva, Stella, & Mahalia and deciding that we are content.
- May 27th: Richie sprawling himself out on the floor at every intense or emotional part of Crazy Stupid Love. I love this movieeee :)
- May 28th: Will naming two new climbs "Estrogen Crew" and "Testosterone Posse".
- May 29th: Telling a middle school girl at a party at the gym today that I'm 18 & her pointing out that that means I can marry Justin Bieber.
- May 30th: Chillin' behind the front desk holding a random baby.
- May 31st: Shopping at Cotton On with Mark!
- June 1st: Pulling up alone at Artomatic to see familiar faces - Liz and Edwin Welles! Yay!
- June 2nd: Louie's and Funland with Shmorgs, Alice, & Richie.
- June 3rd: The way the light hits your face when we lay in bed as the sun sets, walking home along the boardwalk during the beginning of a storm.
- June 4th: Having a good & open talk with Nana for the first time in a long time. We've been too busy this spring.
- June 5th: Getting free chicken salad, rainbow cake, & doughnuts because the lady who works the Royal Bagel Bakery possibly thinks Richie & are a poor couple...?
- June 6th: Sitting in the tree outside of the gym reading Shades of Grey.
- June 7th: Giving Geneva a hair wrap while she talks about her Tarzan theories.
- June 8th: Embracing the Hansen linger & simply adventuring up the coast to Divisionals with them & Jules & Jim. Good road trip day.
- June 9th: Climbing first and then getting to hang out and take pictures all day yaaaaay!
- June 10th: Fancy restaurant shenanigans when Maureen pushes Rick on the floor into a plant.
- June 11th: Good random days at cousins' with lots of friends, first Nationals training practice, laying in bed and talking a lot and not worrying about doing anything else.
- June 12th: Wandering in the rain with Richie to find a mysteriously well hidden crepe place.
- June 13th: Discussing baking recipes with Kayla, the master baker. Mwahahaha.
- June 14th: Go/ghost with team buddies in Sabrina's pool on a pretty summer evening.
- June 15th: At Silver Diner with a bunch of kiddooos, wrestling with Richie and noticing a terrifying but adorable little Asian baby girl watching us from the next table over.
- June 16th: Evan, Bryce, & Nicole cursing like maniacs while circling the Timonium gym in Nicole's car.
- June 17th: Yo Nick Gava is so damn nice. Also Dad almost stole a napkin from a fancy restaurant in Rio today.
- June 18th: Hair wraps & bracelets with Kerry, Alex, and Mark.
- June 19th: Driving to Dulles with Mom.
- June 20th: Dave Clifford telling me I was the only one to get so many angles of a boulder problem & that it was great. :)
- June 21st: Taking a picture of Sasha and the word "Sneezes". // Suddenly feeling very at home with these people as I walk back to my tent from a light painting clinic.
- June 22nd: Making a friend in the tiny Aspen airport and seeing her and her parents again in Denver, pondering how we'll never see each other again.
- June 23rd: Sitting outside of Buffalo Wild Wings with Richie and laughing and laughing and laughing.
- June 24th: Becca put a BandAid on my elbow for me!
- June 25th: Nana borrowing my Friksn baseball hat, putting it on and saying it's silly.
- June 26th: Happppy day :) Productive errands, slacklining and snuggling with Richie, projecting a v9 and good circuits and laughing with Alex and Mark, Ben & Jerry's runs, lots of e-mails, single dorm!
- June 27th: I love climbing for hours and hours and even after workouts and circuits and speed and projecting, still wanting to climb more.
- June 28th: Feelin' like the puffy paint master.
- June 29th: Brought my time down from 10.03 to 9.23 on the speed route tonight. HOLLA
- June 30th: Going on an adventure with a random old lady through Bethesda neighborhoods because traffic lights are out, trees are down, and River Rd is blocked.
- July 1st: Visiting the Carleton pool for the first time ever with Richie & Mark.
- July 2nd: Seeing the cutest little boy dance to the music playing over the speakers while watching us speed climb.
- July 3rd: Synchronized seat dancing to Beethoven with Mark.
- July 4th: Lounging in Alex's hotel room with him & Bryce & Evan, realizing that they are there for me.
- July 5th: Ryan Youra nearly spitting my mango smoothie (or milkshake..?) everywhere at the Cuban restaurant, 'cause I caught him sneaking some & he started laughing.
- July 6th: Staring at Kerry as I gulp down her delicious smoothie // realizing just how much Mark loves Jules at dinner as I see him help her box up her leftovers.
- July 7th: "Alex, Ima sleep in, but Ima make it." -Mark
- July 8th: Making up a new rock paper scissors with Mark - fire, water, duck.
- July 9th: Laying on a blanket in the field behind Alice's house, catching up with her for the first time in so long until late at night.
- July 10th: Spending time in Whole Foods' smelly aisle with Alice, picking up Mark & running upstairs at his house, insisting on seeing his room.
- July 11th: Walking down Rockville Pike to dinner with team & burying my nose into Kerry or Danny's shoulder whenever I got sad or tired.
- July 12th: Dancing along to the main characters of Moonrise Kingdom in the back row of the movie theater with Shmorgs & Alice.
- July 13th: Watching Richie sword fight with noodles with little kids during Friday Nite Rox.
- July 14th: An employee at the really nice Whole Foods in Northern VA really helping me figure out about gluten free and whether or not semolina flour has gluten.
- July 15th: Learning about different beers while at Gordon Biersch with fellow Earth Treks employees.
- July 16th: Dinner with Mom at Whole Foods & then home to eat & talk.
- July 17th: Reading Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger.
- July 18th: Sorting through old clothes with Mom at her house.
- July 19th: A good climbing day.
- July 20th: Horrible pain in the middle of dinner (Pho!) & nearly panicking & needing to sit outside for a bit, but then Justin coming to sit with me after a moment. :)
- July 21st: Hearing Douglas fart & him denying it.
- July 22nd: A little girl in Open Climb nearly crying on the wall, looking down at her dad & saying "I don't want to disappoint you!"
- July 23rd: Outdoor showers, chocolate & toffee covered popcorn, my drugrug smells so good op.
- July 24th: Tanning on the hottest day & periodically going into the water even though it was quite cold, because for once it felt good.
- July 25th: The view of the light blue Chesapeake Bay from the bridge.
- July 26th: My face being close to your face.
- July 27th: Laying in a wrestling pile in the mezzanine - Richie giving me a noogie while I'm punching Douglas repeatedly.
- July 28th: Random busy days :) Yes yes yes.
- Chipotle with Roby, switching cars with Mom at her house
- Bouldering with Roby & Nicole &
- JED! I thought I would never see him again :c
- Adventures, stopping at my house & Jed's place
- Slacklining in Ft. Reno as it cools down, & taking pictures
- Home, pasta, phone with Alice
- Justin & Mobey over
- Steak & Egg with them & Matt & Noah until after midnight
- July 29th: Helping Alice dye her hair in my tub with vegan hair dye that literally looks like poop.
- July 30th: Richie coming over to snuggle with me and make me food and get me ice packs and ~awl dat~.
- July 31st: Watching the Olympics with Nana in her bed.
- August 1st: Watching two (similar) movies in one day & liking them both. Friends With Benefits / No Strings Attached.
- August 2nd: Having the loveliest and most loving late-at-night talk with Richie.
- August 3rd: An unexpected call from Geneva.
- August 4th: "Side note; I just sat on an anthill" -Kenton.
- August 5th: Going through lots of my belongings with Mom and finding that I can get rid of so many of them - the best feeling.
- August 6th: Alice cracking an egg after not having done so for so long & saying, "still got it."
- August 7th: Richie smashing a fortune cookie by punching it on the table and Alice calling immediately after. I don't know.
- August 8th: Using Ellis' iPad to videotape speed climbing but also taking selfies with my buddies and videos of my grotesque ankle.
- August 9th: Seeing my buddies/Breaking Borders play their last show!
- August 10th: E-mailing Katie and going through old Facebook messages, remember what having a consistent social life was like.
- August 11th: Laughing with Justin at not the movie or TV Show, but Mobey's laugh.
- August 12th: Walking into the Earth Treks staff office and everybody shouting hey! because they hadn't seen me and asking about my boot/ankle situation.
- August 13th: Spying on Shmorgs' dad with Nana during dinner at Jaleo.
- August 14th: Staying at Shmorgs' house for dinner with her family & my mom, singing Bright Lights by Matchbox Twenty to Richie in the car with his juice bottle as a microphone.
- August 15th: Wonderful day in Takoma. Hair wraps, Mark's Kitchen chocolate shakes, Htoo-Eh counting my mosquito bites, MarioKart with Miles.
- August 16th: Sitting behind Starbucks at Lakeforest with a huge caramel frap & telling a boy about Earth Treks because he came up to me and asked what there is to do around here because he's new and doesn't know anybody.
- August 17th: Laying in Nana's bed talking to her while she gets ready. Eating salads outside of Sweetgreen with dad.
- August 18th: Group hug with Kenton, Andrew, Julianna & Daniel before I leave the gym for the last time.
- August 19th: Mark's Kitchen with Nana and Richie!
- August 20th: Bursting into tears in the elevator after a movie-esque moment saying bye to Paula, someone doing the "Where the Hell is Matt?" at baggage claim at the Ontario airport.
- August 21st: Sitting by the basketball courts at Redlands with a new friend talking about long distance relationships.
- August 22nd: IKEA!
- August 23rd: World Market funky pillows and a beautiful new thermos/mug :)
- August 24th: Sitting in the hotel parking lot on the phone with Alice & then Richie on a cool Southern California night!
- August 25th: Watching a man and his dog drink out of a water fountain together right off of the Santa Monica beach.
- August 26th: Seeing someone's little siblings run around the dining hall with to-go boxes on their heads as hats, laying on my bed in my new room with all my stuff unpacked.
- August 27th: Phil saying something about a "date night" and Annie saying, "Yeah, date night with my game controller..."
- August 28th: Annie bought me a gluestick at Target and I finished up my poster of pictures :)
- August 29th: Robert walking me to the Health Center. // During Playfair, the guy brought up anyone who was having a horrible day, and we all gave them a standing ovation.
- August 30th: Shouting "Sixteen!" and hearing it echo from the chapel across the quad.
- August 31st: Eating lunch at the table Ben was sitting at, ended up meeting a bunch of the Havasu Falls kids, making a bunch of new friends, and getting a bunch of new numbers.
- September 1st: Getting out of the weird hugging game we were playing with our orientation group and Blaine shouting "NO! We're a package deal!"
- September 2nd: Walking down the street from the Grove Apts. late at night with Leah, Cara, Jesse, Jesse, & Kate dancing & singing Some Nights.
- September 3rd: CLIMBING FINALLY! And doing a pretty good workout with Leah afterwards.
- September 4th: Elizabeth coming over to ask me questions every five minutes as she writes her essay.
- September 5th: The Tallest Man On Earth with Ellen, Emma, Garrett, and Perrin, and becoming closer while sitting around before the show and grabbing milkshakes at In-N-Out afterwards.
- September 6th: My first yoga class, I loved it.
- September 7th: Working out! Fuck yes. & Blaine lifting me up to the pull-up bar :)
- September 8th: Spontaneously going to Santa Monica to lay on the beach and hang out in town/on the pier. This, I think, is what I was waiting for.
- September 9th: Texting Blaine telling her that Robert said she can eat his Cheez-Its. <3
- September 10th: "I JUST WANT TO MAKE COOKIES WITH MY FRIENDS" -Julia
- September 11th: Climbing with James! I [tend to?] click with climbers so much more easily. :)
- September 12th: Knowing that Robert is an ~established friend~. Mapping our family trees in our FYS and when Jenn said something awesome about the mapping program, turning to him and making the mind blown noise.
- September 13th: Going into Bekins for the first time to meet with a teacher and deciding that I like Bekins. Yay.
- September 14th: Hanging out with bros at the pool, tanning & and talking about photography with Garrett.
- September 15th: Sitting in Robert's room helping his roommate get dressed and tie a tie.
- September 16th: Watching Fight Club with East friends; when people started talking Ben said "movie goin' on!" instead of just shushing them.
- September 17th: Researching for two hours straight. Productivity lyke shit ~
- September 18th: Spending time with Erin in her room and just talking with her and Willie. It's good to know I'm not the only one who wishes our hall was closer.
- September 19th: Today in general, I just felt social and like I'm getting a bit more comfortable with more and more people, because I talked to a lot of different ones today.
- September 20th: Getting both course contracts written and hearing Julia shout in her midwestern accent at lunch.
- September 21st: Laying in the quad (& his room) for hours with Robert, laughing so so much about all this random stuff, I needed that.
- September 22nd: Hangin' in Fairmont, talking with Madi, climbing the doorframes, doing cool tongue tricks, etc.
- September 23rd: Phone tag with Richie, "call me later so I can tell you to call me later!" <3
- September 24th: Talking to Elizabeth about everything and running to her room at night to vent to her.
- September 25th: I BOULDERED TODAY! ACTUAL BOULDERING! I WAS PARANOID AND WIMPY BUT I BOULDERED!
- September 26th: Going poster happy with Leah to advertise for the climbing club, going to dinner three times just to hang out with people even though I wasn't eating.
- September 27th: Market Night. Pet a pug. Holla.
- September 28th: Hanging out in East again / Met Christian!
- September 29th: First SoCal comp with ~coach James~, Hangar 18 OP trip and starting to work on stuff a bit again.
- September 30th: Watching stuff on the Whitest Kids You Know Youtube channel with Robert.
- October 1st: Richie called me his love // becoming calmer about the brain issue after talking to mom on the phone.
- October 2nd: Helping Fairmont defend the rock from Zeta! Andddddd then a dance party.
- October 3rd: Mariah spray painting her eye at 2nd rock attack // Laughing in the Plaza for over an hour with the Daniels.
- October 4th: Slender Man video game, Tyler not knowing where to stand.
- October 5th: Shoes and sunglasses for $4 total.
- October 6th: Reading by the pool. Well, half in the pool.
- October 7th: Listening to music with Robert while puffy painting lyrics onto my laundry bag.
- October 8th: Watching Dane Cook while Robert scratches my back.
- October 9th: Getting invited to the Hangar 18 team without even trying out.
- October 10th: Rebecca's enthusiasm for the climbing club and getting everyone outdoors makes me so happy. And she said I did a good job and was well put together at the interest meeting!
- October 11th: Skipping down the sidewalk ~flapping my box~ and singing to Lauren and Elizabeth. Going through a serious period of happiness here.
- October 12th: Kenton's package: nutella, twinkies, coffee, a bottle opener, and an adorable photo of a pug <3
- October 13th: I pulled my first all-nighter! Well it was technically tomorrow but oh well.
- October 14th: Going to pick up Alejandra from Pomona. Sebastian is hilarious, Mariah snorted, Robert eating Mochi and not knowing how to chew it, unicorning with soda or coffee, In N Out stickers!
- October 15th: Meeting with Rebecca again and budgeting and just talking, I love being friends with a teacher.
- October 16th: Laying on a blanket in the quad doing homework with Cady.
- October 17th: Meeting new friends at Hangar, loving that they'll just talk about random stuff with me, giving them climbing advice, and being invited to go get bubble tea with them!
- October 18th: Slacklining forreal, doing quite well, I think yoga has helped it.
- October 19th: Alejandra saying she's going to become good friends with me.
- October 20th: Playing with a puppy after the pumpkin patch!
- October 21st: Boulder problem send trains in Big Bear, pb&j on rice cakes, Ellis and Richie texting me while they have dinner together.
- October 22nd: Carving pumpkins with friends on the Fairmont balcony.
- October 23rd: Making a tie dye shirt in like a minute. I am a tie dye machine.
- October 24th: Collarbones.
- October 25th: Driving back from Hangar 18 blasting The Shins and Weezer with Ethan and Colin, talking about sex with Leah.
- October 26th: Hanging in Merriam and having lunch with a bunch of Merriam kids. It feels good being with new people.
- October 27th: The feeling of grabbing the topout when you don't expect it, falling love with Johnston.
- October 28th: "I would look at you while I'm talking to you but I'm trying to move this glass of water with my mind." -Tyler
- October 29th: Playing ping pong with Tom...while sitting on the table.
- October 30th: Successful climbing club meeting, lots of fundraiser ideas, spontaneously slacklining at 10:30 at night because Austin is so damn into it.
- October 31st: Talking about synesthesia with Rebecca on the way home from the gym and finding out that she has it too!
- November 1st: Ranting to Monty while walking to the Commons after class and then just talking about music and shows.
- November 2nd: Taking pictures outside of the Old Spaghetti Factory, the boys in a secret huddle at the dinner table while the waitress asks if they want refills and Robert coming out of the huddle and saying "please!"
- November 3rd: The Last Bookstore - the largest $1 book collection in America, I believe? Beautiful.
- November 4th: Sitting on the floor of Merriam with Leah & Michelle & Maya and just talking with them c:
- November 5th: Dorm storming! Yay! Actually a blast I love new people.
- November 6th: Hanging out in the Fairmont lobby, watching the election and writing a paper. Aannnnd OBAMAAAA!
- November 7th: Catching you smiling at me from across the room during class.
- November 8th: Talking to Richie about how even though he's 24 he's still going to fart and eat goldfish all day.
- November 9th: Crash pad shenanigans in the middle of the quad with Sebastian and Tom.
- November 10th: Running around Holt and meeting Johnston people!
- November 11th: Joshua Tree, friends with da guize, ridiculous voices and accents in the car and almost peeing my pants, Sonic!
- November 12th: Watching Despicable Me while spooning, eating the peanut butter out of mini Nutter Butters, and feeding you the cookies.
- November 13th: Good ass motha fuckin' rock climbing sessions.
- November 14th: Generationals show, sitting in the back with Sebastian and Mariah and Robert laughing about random shit as the opening bands play.
- November 15th: Deeeelicious Thanksgiving dinner in the Commons with Fairmont kids.
- November 16th: Explaining to Hollis that I tried to order a chai at the cafe and I couldn't talk, and his face pretending to be in the situation & him looking around like "oh no what do I do".
- November 17th: Shakey's pizza and Mojo's, taking a picture of Robert stuffing said Mojo's in his mouth, "I thought a falafel was like a fluffy waffle".
- November 18th: Climbing club plans & sitting in the library talking to Maya and Michelle and Sage.
- November 19th: Lunch with Alejandra and Mariah, pacific grill line twice in a day, first official climbing club trip!
- November 20th: Talking about glory holes, penises, Tom's dad's beard, and blow jobs over dinner with Tyler and Tom.
- November 21st: Trader Joe's, coffee, Augie's, reading, snuggling, kissing, stand-up, pizza, phone with Alice and with Richie. Peaceful day.
- November 22nd: NANA! That's what I'm thankful for. Nana.
- November 23rd: Climbing with Dean at Santa Barbara Rock Gym.
- November 24th: The most beautiful bouldering spot at the top of a mountain in Santa Barbara // starting Christmas shopping in downtown.
- November 25th: PCH with music playing, no traffic the whole drive home.
- November 26th: Waking up to you kissing me and calling me beautiful.
- November 27th: Petting a fucking adorable pug in the quad before meeting up with Leah.
- November 28th: Getting goofy during dinner and during the walk back from dinner with Mariah Yoko Tom Tyler Sebastian Daniel.
- November 29th: Hectic night at the gym feels like Earth Treks // Elizabeth coming into the shower to get boy advice.
- November 30th: Agreeing with Michelle that we hate everybody // running around at dinner and talking to Johnston kids and the crew and Blaine and Michael, yeah.
- December 1st: "You have a nice butt! Go and just kiss a bunch of girls!" -Abry
- December 2nd: Library productivity // Nonstop laughter & getting so hyper with Robert at night - "I'm going to plant my sorries and water them with my tears"
- December 3rd: Great climbing day at Thresh, projecting onsight comp style and hanging out with Carla and Nicole, who I had met at Reel Rock Tour.
- December 4th: Studying & laughing about things on the internet with Mariah late at night in the library.
- December 5th: Tyler stopping by the library on his way to class to talk to me.
- December 6th: Library hilarity with Leah awwwl night. Having to take a lap around the library because I was laughing too hard and needed to calm myself down. Halp.
- December 7th: "If a woman can crush my head between her asscheeks, then I know that's the right one." -Tyler
- December 8th: Having James Leah Robert Mariah Bradley at Regionals // Secret Santa gift exchangingggg :)
- December 9th: Making a friend at "art in the alley" in downtown, & him giving me a bag of hope instead of a bag of dope.
- December 10th: Talking about peeing in ball pits over lunch. <3
- December 11th: Going to BJ's with Robert to get a gluten free pizookie and staying there for two hours just talking. :)
- December 12th: Hangin' in Fairmont until 1am after a spontaneous McDonald's trip.
- December 13th: Playing with Konah and stuffing a cupcake in Sebastian's face and getting frosting everywhere. Good last night with the crew.
- December 14th: Getting to Alice's and immediately attacking her and insisting that we cuddle on her couch.
- December 15th: First full day back at home,
- Douglas making me coffee and being goofy in the morning
- Driving around DC with Mobey, showing him the Generationals and him getting so happy
- EARTH TREKS.
- Roby's with Sabrina and Alex, nearly peeing my pants 23499429 times as we fuck around while baking brownies
- December 16th: Streetlight Manifesto craziness as always: "This is our last song of 2013 so that has some sort of significance" & someone shouting "SIGNIFICANCE!" <3
- December 17th: Dad modeling/holding up floral leggings and smiling as we try to figure out if Stella would like them as a Christmas present.
- December 18th: New clothes from Nana!
- December 19th: Playing with Dolce at Astrea's // talking with Alex and Daniel about having sex with a guy in a spaceship just because he has a spaceship or just because he painted a large cardboard box so well that he had me convinced that he had a spaceship.
- December 20th: Cousins and time capsules and stories from the past year.
- December 21st: Taking videos of people's reactions to the head massager that Claire got Kerry for Christmas.
- December 22nd: Steak N' Egg with Hank!
- December 23rd: Deciding with Alice that if the world was a body, Christmas would be the nipple.
- December 24th: Talking about my pickle with Alex and Mark // catching up with Chelsea when she comes over to my dad's after work.
- December 25th: Singing/yelling At Least I'm Not As Sad with Geneva while she plays guitar at the end of the day.
- December 26th: Changing in my car in the ET parking lot with Alice, then running through the rain and climbing with Richard Wood.
- December 27th: Running back from Jumbo Jumbo with Douglas in the cold as he shouts "come, Veronica! Come!" and his sandal falling off and him saying, "You'll have to go on without me!"
- December 28th: Sloppy pho eating with Mobey.
- December 29th: A lazy day reading a shit ton of A Spot Of Bother, cleaning, facetiming with Robert.
- December 30th: At Five Guys with Richie and Nick and Douglas and when Douglas says I'm taking his leg room me and Nick and Richie all just put our legs all over his.
- December 31st: Wonderful games of Mafia with climbing friends and high school friends all at once. Wonderful way to wrap up a year.
- January 1st: FaceTiming with Robert.
- January 2nd: Getting into the front seat of Mobey's car, Justin opening the door, leaning over and unbuckling my seatbelt, picking me up like a baby and placing me out of the car so he can get in the front.
- January 3rd: Hours filming & editing for the video of Dustin that is turning out quite well, naps in the bouldering cave like the good old days.
- January 4th: Twizzler fights with Richie in the middle of the bouldering cave. ALways causin' shenans.
- January 5th: Chill Saturday morning practices, Instagramin', makin' stuff up, etc.
- January 6th: Robert snugglinnnnn:)
- January 7th: Can Robert snugglin' be my smile for two days in a row? Umm, discovering that 3/4 of my classes might all be about kinda the same thing but from different perspectives. Awesome!
- January 8th: Walking the dog with Tyler and Tom // spontaneously getting new clothes from Yoko and Mariah, small friend hollaaaa!
- January 9th: Hilarity of posting things about Kevin having a girlfriend and Zach wanting to use my card on the Redlands Class of 2016 Facebook page.
- January 10th: Robert being ridiculously delirious and saying all this funny shit while half asleep.
- January 11th: Angie's mom not realizing that Rhi wasn't in our car until like an hour after she left and then freaking out when Rhi wasn't in the backseat.
- January 12th: Laughing with Danny and Sabrina and Alex in the hotel room, when Danny scares me as I come out of the bathroom and when Alex puts on my colorful leggings and Pugs Not Drugs shirt.
- January 13th: ABS NATIONALS. SDLKFJLSDKFJ
- January 14th: Helping Tom shop for underwear at Target and Tyler telling me that I'm fun to be around.
- January 15th: Hangin' in the lobby at night with the Fairmont boys as they talk about their pubes. Why is this my smile of the day?
- January 16th: Sharing a story in class (Norms, Liberation and Danger) and everyone laughs with me. Good moment in my busy class-filled Wednesdays.
- January 17th: Daniel making a piece of abstract art and then posing hilariously next to it.
- January 18th: Gilmorein' with Leah.
- January 19th: Ridiculously hyper walks back to Williams from Fairmont with Robert, just like the good old days.
- January 20th: Climbing with Juan and Sarah and just venting to Sarah about lack of truly close friends and wanting to be in Johnston, etc. etc.
- January 21st: Everything in the Commons today: Philosophy class over breakfast // lunch with Johnston kids // talking about kissing
with Tyler and Tom and Daniel over dinner.
- January 22nd: Being in a really good mood after the Johnston Community Meeting and talking to Hannah about Improv and then going to Sebastian's and Fairmont and rounding the troops yay!
- January 23rd: Climbing and meeting new friends and kinda feeling more of a community at Hangar 18, at least for a night.
- January 24th: Lunch with Maya and Blaine! // climbing with James and Austin // James is sassy AF and I love it // free sticker from Stell Coffee // the grill line was short tonight // Greek lip sync with Mariah was hilurrrrious.
- January 25th: Playing Cards of Humanity upstairs in Williams with a new group of people until 12:30 in the morning.
- January 26th: Laying in bed with Robert all day. Babe.
- January 27th: "Can we just give props to Veronica for being like the chillest girlfriend ever? Like the fact that Robert is having this conversation with us in front of her, talking about other girls, that is awesome." -Michael
- January 28th: Dr. Krueger being the tits and dismissing class with "if you take one thing from this, it's DON'T DRINK CHEAP BEER".
- January 29th: Hyperness in the cafe with Tyler and Kyle from drinking too much coffee. Me drinking the coffee, not them. Just them witnessing the hyper.
- January 30th: Productive as shyt. Yo I'm actually interested in my classes and stoked to learn about this stuff. Holler.
- January 31st: Belle Pez dispenser shenanigans with James on the way back from climbing & dinner & Michael's. While loading the Pez dispenser: "this is like, the hardest part of life".
- February 1st: That guy Tyler that I met at Bekins yesterday telling me as I walk out of the library that the haircut looks great.
- February 2nd: Talking with Lindsay & JJ after breakfast // hangin' wit da crew again & people kept telling me my red hair looks nice.
- February 3rd: It's nice when a really horrible day turns into a really good day once again.
- February 4th: Yo, Thresh climbing days are good climbing days. Also someone there told me "I like your cat's beanie" instead of just complimenting my shirt as a whole bahaha.
- February 5th: OP. Austin walking in late "Ohh, shit I'm an hour late" // Franco showing me the mini 'hang loose' and playing me an early happy birthday on guitar // getting a back massage from Leah while listening to Ocean by John Butler.
- February 6th: Lots and lots of smiles today.
- "Shut your birthday mouth" -Robert
- President Kuncl's secretary calling me cute
- Gym with Mariah! Running (kinda) a mile?!
- Talking to Richie on the phone
- Madi and Elizabeth getting mad that I didn't tell them it was my birthday
- Elizabeth coming to me to vent
- Telling Sage that Robert didn't like my space outfit and her shouting "yeah that's right Robert walk away! Don't act like you don't know what you did!"
- Lovely Tumblr message from Geneva
- February 7th: ABS Nationals pants puffy painting.
- February 8th: Hyper with Mariah before and after workout today.
- February 9th: Homework with Sky and Jake.
- February 10th: Knowing Mariah and Leah are there for me. Robert just talking to me. Being able to cry.
- February 11th: Robert kissing me a bunch of times in a row and saying, "we gotta make up for those six and a half years".
- February 12th: Light shining into the climbing gym and making up a cool boulder problem.
- February 13th: Galaxy leggings & Robert walking me to the health center just like the first day we met.
- February 14th: Great fuckin' sex.
- February 15th: Mariah on Youtube beauty gurus: "it's really nice like, watching people talk about their lives, like the same things you do, but you just...like hearing about it, you know?" Me: "so....like a friend?"
- February 16th: Making a commercial for Redlands for the Ad Host Super Saturday and using Sarah McLaughlin's In The Arms Of An Angel.
- February 17th: First club trip - climbing in a new area of JTree (Echo Cove). Great climbing day and perfect weather :)
- February 18th: Monse freaking out while trying to say the word "Observatory" while talking about museums over dinner, and literally not being able to get the word out.
- February 19th: Lunch with Dan and Riz and Robert and Robert getting the Fairmont CA job and then a cafe trip with him and he kisses me on the forehead, yeah.
- February 20th: Taking a stand against only being able to buy whole bagels. Causing quite the scene about it at dinner, u no.
- February 21st: Great climbing day, and good talks throughout it all with Corey, Michael, Juan and Christina.
- February 22nd: Talking to Annie Ann on the phone about the Jimreivat's future trip here :)
- February 23rd: Watching The Lucky One while also watching ABS Open Nationals. Mixed emotions like shit.
- February 24th: Monse and Mariah being mad that we can't cross the street at the Walk of Stars because of the Oscar's, but me not being able to stop laughing at their anger because we're basically at the fucking Oscar's.
- February 25th: Eating pink gluten free pancakes at the breakfast table with Mariah, Monse, and her whole family. I feel so welcome at Monse's. :)
- February 26th: Morning sex // Barbecue (with frisbee and slacklining) on the quad - what a lovely thing.
- February 27th: I was crying so much but Robert pressed my face into his chest and whispered "shhh" in a really calming voice.
- February 28th: Hotel room with Jules, Danny, Sabrina, Carter, and Roby. Taking pictures and watching stupid videos and laughing about random stuff.
- March 1st: Taking great pictures at Ute Valley with Jim, Jules, and Danny.
- March 2nd: Things seemed to fit together so much: questioning school and major life decisions but then talking to Lily Cornett and then Nina Williams about college and Boulder CO and just realizing I can do anything and what is important to me (climbing community) and yeah. It's nice how things work. Idk. And then talking to Dave Hudson about it.
- March 3rd: Danny's parents us buying back-to-school chocolates at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory on the way back to Denver airport!
- March 4th: Whenever I climb at Thresh people there tell me a lot a lot how strong I am and it's pretty coool. :)
- March 5th: Dinner with Leah.
- March 6th: Waking up to Robert knocking on my door and immediately coming into bed and spooning with me.
- March 7th: Talking with Kathryn after tech class. She's wonderful.
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