- March 8th: Animal Shelter with Julia and Josh! Theeee cutest puppies :)
- March 9th: Tram is perfect // Ann Peppers until 1am with Lewis, helping him with printmaking, doing yoga on the floor, snuggling on the table, u no
- March 10th: Third Floor was bumpin, running around and being loud, running downstairs with Amelia to talk to Adam about rooming next year and him dubbing our pinky swear official with a measuring cup.
- March 11th: Bryce wearing his fast shirt because we had to go fast in Neuroscience today.
- March 12th: Staying up until 6am with Lewis and learning that he in this moment loves me and writes poems about me and knows we met for a reason. Oh fuck :3
- March 13th: Hanna's grad review making me cry and realize how important she has been to this community this year. Eternally grateful.
- March 14th: Being Bishop bound / "Hold on, lemme turn real quick" -Andre
- March 15th: Projecting Green Wall Center in the Buttermilks with the help of friends & most badass old climber couple and their grumpy pug Buster.
- March 16th: Sending Lewis a photo of me with the Sierras in the background and him texting me later saying, "I've been looking at this photo all day".
- March 17th: Chasing James with neon green facepaint out front of the commons. Missed yooou
- March 18th: That perfect downhill section of Barton Road on the way back from Thresh with the view of the valley & mountains.
- March 19th: Johnston getting it together and Adam winning ASUR President // Smoking joints in nice places, like my window with Lewis, and the Duke fire escape with Riley & Amelia.
- March 20th: U Club with Leah & Sari, acupuncture & 330 drives by myself rreally helping me relax.
- March 21st: Teaching Outdoor Rec for the first time and feeling like I did a pretty good/efficient job!
- March 22nd: Photoshoots in Zach and Benji's with Riley and Amelia pretending to be them. TOo fucking good
- March 23rd: The way the light shined into the Jimmy ROom, trying to take pictures of it, and then falling over the couch onto Becca.
- March 24th: Studying with Becca and Simon is fucking glorious and hilarious.
- March 25th: Kevin and Brandon freaking the FUCK out about how I tie my shoes, insisting on me teaching them, snapchatting it, etc.
- March 26th: Triple hammock stacking outside Bekins. "This is my HELL" -Z
- March 27th: Laughing hysterically with Lewis, sex on the floor, "Character twist: Lewis can't say the word paja-", man I love you.
- March 28th: Leah's birthday dinner with wonderful people who are in a totally different social circle but who I still love and remind me of when I first came to Redlands.
- March 29th: Hugging Nadia in the thrift store to thank her for driving us, then she kinda turns to Lewis and he kinda shrugs like "yeah, we might as well hug too." SO GOOOD
- March 30th: Laying in bed with Lewis until the afternoon, smoking and reading and having sex and listening to good music and sldkjflskdjf xoxoxox
- March 31st: Sitting in Alex's room letting him talk about shit going on in his life, gossiping about FIE and eating raw cookie dough with him & Jake.
- April 1st: Pushing through not feeling well and setting all my climbs, realizing that there are so many things I didn't think I would survive, but did.
- April 2nd: Getting a new perspective and gained independence from/with the Lewis deal. And then climbing again and feeling strong.
- April 3rd: Realizing I am going to Australia // seeing a dope shooting star on the way back from the study abroad meeting.
- April 4th: Good hip hop music to and from Hangar 18 with Sage & others in Outdoor Rec class.
- April 5th: Sitting at Leah's house with Lewis talking and drinking coffee // running into cool people in the parking lot at Sender after SCS Nationals.
- April 6th: Circuits on the Sender One system board with Dustin. Just like old times :3
- April 7th: Setting up a table and chairs in the hall outside my room, playing Bananagrams, Jake getting ranch dressing everywhere and "that was a warning burp!", Ian running in and just shouting, Amelia pretending to pee on the floor...it made things energetic.
- April 8th: Texas helping me with Photoshop shit. He's a good friend ok.
- April 9th: Waking up early and having lazy morning sex with Lewis & then him bringing us dirty chais from the cafe :3
- April 10th: Bryce pretending to be an auctioneer in Neuroscience - "We've got females with testes, females with testes!"
- April 11th: At Becca's Grad Review, telling the story about when she was first getting super stoked about her Otter research & jumped off the couch to dance around and tell me about it.
- April 12th: Standing on the porch with tons of Buffalo, cheering for Jake, Kelsey, Riley, and Amelia doing the chapel run with a PSafe car driving by.
- April 13th: Last floor meeting sitting in the hallway, eating pizza and chips, talking about how much we love the floor, me telling everyone that they literally saved me from wanting to transfer schools, etc. I love third FLO.
- April 14th: Being beckoned to dance with Jakub in a "happy" video, and then immediately being beckoned by Nick Lowe to learn a Poekelan move when I walk by their class.
- April 15th: Dinner with Amelia, her flashing the Plaza, and random strangers in their windows in Founders, and finding out our moms have the same birthday.
- April 16th: Bekins porch talks with Nadia, watching Julie play with her adorable twins.
- April 17th: Lewis telling me that I'm probably anxious because weed is opening up walls that my meds have been creating in my brain for so long. How does he say the perfect thing.
- April 18th: Asking a guy at Augie's to watch my laptop and him literally staring at it as I walk back from the bathroom, and then asking for a tip.
- April 19th: Hanging out on the porch with seniors on a beautiful day as Nick plays his mbira.
- April 20th: Good talks about money and drugs and other things that we needed to talk about, over breakfast with Lewis, Chris, and Amelia.
- April 21st: Fantastic sex in between my two finals.
- April 22nd: Tim Seiber really made my day today, from giving me fancy artist paint for my mural to making the community free waffles for dinner.
- April 23rd: Dinner & ice cream date with Momma Bear, Jake, & his mom!
- April 24th: MINNIE!
- April 25th: Sitting in Sarah's car with her, Minnie, Lucy & Bri, talking about how to say things in hilarious Australian accents, etc. while eating our A La Minute.
- April 26th: During graduation, falling out of my chair on the Bekins balcony while leaning over to look at Mikyle // Chris & Kat pulling all of Jake & Avery's furniture out and switching it with the furniture in the nook.
- April 27th: Riley drawing me and Lewis snuggling on the ground // multiple group hugs with them today.
- April 28th: Funny talks on the Bekins balcony & then bananagrams and facemask in the basement with Maddie and Bree.
- April 29th: Setting 5 climbs in 3 hours on my last day setting at Thresh.
- April 30th: Driving through beautiful Big Sur, laughing in the backseat of Nadia's car with Lewis, smoking joints, windows down, Allman Brothers Band playing. <3
- May 1st: Seeing the loveliest chiropractor (Jack Knox) up by Santa Cruz who really took the time to help me and figure out what is wrong with my back!
- May 2nd: Beautiful pictures at the top of the de Young museum (overlooking SF) with Nadia.
- May 3rd: A kickass home cooked meal with veggies from the garden with Lewis, Nadia and her family.
- May 4th: Lewis always saying the right thing and us just generally getting each other. I am so in love with him.
- May 5th: Starting the painting of the 3rd flo mural!
- May 6th: "Saturn's Rings" bonding game with the May Term group. Hella comradery.
- May 7th: A cat joining us at evening meeting tonight in Zion.
- May 8th: Free shoes from a free bin at Zion Adventure Company.
- May 9th: Hiking the fucking beautiful Narrows / / Telephone Pictionary tonight.
- May 10th: A squirrel running over TJ in his tent, getting a photo of everybody's reaction when he explained what happened.
- May 11th: Staying up late to play Mafia around the fire pit.
- May 12th: Creating cook groups for Big Sur with Nadia, Michelle, & Kaitlin. Feeling stressed but things just kind of falling into place.
- May 13th: Mid-trip debrief with Hollis, him telling me I'm a strong woman mentally and physically and that I've handled challenges well, etc.
- May 14th: Ruby's room with lots of people and beautiful light coming in through the windows, hitting the smoke. Laying on Lewis and Liam, telling Benji the sun radiates from his face, arm wrestles with Ruby.
- May 15th: Walks on the beach in Pismo with Nadia & Anna.
- May 16th: Loving the shit outta my cook crew (Nadia, Riz, Michelle) with our flexibility & go-around dinner questions.
- May 17th: Jay & Hollis stopping on the trail to tell us all that we're doing a great job, that it's ok we're struggling, & showing us where we are on the map. Lifting our spirits.
- May 18th: Reaching our highest summit at Pine Ridge camp // cards & watery hot cocoa in the tent.
- May 19th: Lovely cook crew meals together today. Oh, and pee trips.
- May 20th: Skipping down the Ventana Camp trail with Kaitlin & feeling like we're in a movie.
- May 21st: Waking up with two squared at 4am, eating cold quinoa for breakfast, Riz saying she is glad we did the weird food for breakfast because of our weird situation.
- May 22nd: Breakfast burritos and finally finishing all of my evals!
- May 23rd: Lots of productivity on da muraaal
- May 24th: Making friends with the In N Out drive thru worker // Hipstamatic photos of the loveliness of Buffest.
- May 25th: Sitting in Chris's room listening to beats Jake made, getting a backscratch from Minnie, and Chris just being generally hilarious.
- May 26th: (In a British accent) "Forearm bump is raised! Dually noted! Ten points for Gryffindor!" -Riz
- May 27th: Community dinner from Nadia! Last big Johnston activity of the year, sitting outside on the lawn afterwards all talking & throwing gummy bears into each other's mouths.
- May 28th: Bekins rooftop photoshoots with Real Ideal // LEWIS. I just love his smile and our communication and the way he looks at me and talking about living with him and sldkjflskjf
- May 29th: Dessert pizza (finally) with Michelle and Nadia, tons of people hanging out in the 3rd floor hallway as I finish up the mural.
- May 30th: Finally crying (in my last hour on complex for quite a while) // a cat getting loose on the plane as we land in Baltimore at 3am.
- May 31st: Reunited with Matt, Justin, and David in Guapo's.
- June 1st: Alice's house even briefly to catch up snuggled in her bed as usual.
- June 2nd: Cousin car rides from the White's to Silver Spring in our driving hats.
- June 3rd: Seeing so many friends at the gym tonight! Kenton, Jeremy, Evan, Claire...lalala (:
- June 4th: First shift back at ET - walking in, introducing myself to Denis and him telling me he follows me on Instagram. Haaaa
- June 5th: Deeelish gluten free carrot cake with Nana at Open City in Woodley Park.
- June 6th: Routes for the first time in a year. Just falling. Maybe I should do this more often? Or, you know, maybe not.
- June 7th: Free pizza and $20 tip after one of the loudest birthday parties ever today.
- June 8th: Tire swings, slacklines, and tiki torches at Kerry's grad party tonight.
- June 9th: Making a list of rainy day activities with Claire and Mark, including cocaine, getting fake IDs to go skydiving, taking Mark shopping, making a movie about Mark called "The Fault in Our Mark", having a tea party at the American Girl Doll museum, and having all of our pets battle it out to the death.
- June 10th: Getting a $100 dress for $50 because the power went out in the mall so I got 30% off and then Claire and Kerry each gave me $10!
- June 11th: PETTING A FIVE MONTH OLD PUG NAMED BELLA
- June 12th: Bonding with Gillian over working two parties and then having to work two open climb shifts this Saturday. Also being annoyed at the same people.
- June 13th: Watching the movie "Mile, Mile & A Half"
- June 14th: Even though I did Open Climb for 7 hours today, it was actually nice because I was once again told that I am good at what I do and I think I really helped multiple families have a good day, too.
- June 15th: Having sex in our sex palace on the living room floor, getting stoned and talking lots with Lewbear.
- June 16th: Nice photos while in Chelsea Market with Lewbear :) I like New York City
- June 17th: Navigating New York City subway stations, staring through the fence at a dog park and taking photos overlooking the water to Brooklyn with Lewis and Nadia. Also making a belt for Lewis out of a camera strap.
- June 18th: Crying in the first coffee shop in America to serve cappuccinos, feeling like I'm really letting things out recently, Lewis being perfect about it as always.
- June 19th: Being drawn by an artist on the subway with someone playing Sweet Home Alabama on the guitar nearby.
- June 20th: I cried a lot today but I suppose it shows how fucking lucky I am that I have Lewis in my life, that I have someone to cry over leaving.
- June 21st: Feeding a three year old a cupcake.
- June 22nd: Mark and I both talking to each other about our boy/girl issues and feeling like I'm good friends with him again; haven't felt like that in a while.
- June 23rd: While eating dinner with Lewis, Annie Ann and Jim, everybody's heroes (including the author of Dumbing us Down) come up in conversation.
- June 24th: Lewis likes rock climbing and I got to teach him how to belay! Also realizing how much free food we are getting, and then dancing in the shower to Paul Simon, and then him slipping and falling out of the shower.
- June 25th: FINDING JULIANNICA
- June 26th: Top roping with Lewis!
- June 27th: Hammocking and incense burning in Ft. Reno with Lewis.
- June 28th: Working a birthday party in which the birthday girl was turning 28. So good.
- June 29th: Sitting in the National Mall eating Kenyan and Chinese food with Lewis and Amelia.
- June 30th: Watching firefly fireworks from the back of the truck in the woods by the Potomac.
- July 1st: "The only thing Reddit has done for me is made me watch weirder porn" -Alex
- July 2nd: Making a new duct tape wallet with Shmorgs in her new home, to replace the one that we made nearly four years ago at the beginning of my senior year.
- July 3rd: Kenton walking out of Walmart with ping pong balls and then speeding back to his house shouting "quickneeesss!"
- July 4th: Crying at dinner with NanaMomDad and being able to tell Nana that I didn't need comforting, I knew everything would be ok, I just needed to cry.
- July 5th: Getting to talk to Alice for a long time in the airport!
- July 6th: Sitting next to the loveliest people on the plane to Sydney who helped me through motion sickness with breathing and peppermint oil pills.
- July 7th: A moment during our Sydney walking tour in which I was like, damn, I'm in Australia for five months, I might just have a fucking blast.
- July 8th: Meeting a climber - our guide in the Blue Mountains! And talking about climbing and getting his info. for Facebook in case we're ever in the same area again.
- July 9th: Wandering Sydney with Lida, Arielle, Patrica, and Reyna!
- July 10th: Bonding with Steph in a terrifying moment walking into a pitch black stairwell.
- July 11th: Having a really productive time at Victoria Market, with the different vendors sending me around to each other as I try to find a french press and quinoa.
- July 12th: Exploring by myself, the barista in Ethos Cafe calling me love even though I accidentally didn't pay, phoning with Lewis, and climbing with a beautiful Australian boy named Sylvester.
- July 13th: The coffee stand/truck in St. Kilda with the super cool barista playing John Butler.
- July 14th: Scavenger hunts through the city including making lovely Brazilian and Dutch friends, dramatic readings and climbing on statues, posed wedding photos, and literally finding a member of Parliament.
- July 15th: Good conversation with Andrea on the bus back // bar crawls and intense ping pong games in which I laugh harder than I have in a long time.
- July 16th: Vic Market at night.
- July 17th: Fitting into a toddler sized Australia shirt and "down under" bucket hat for the partaaay
- July 18th: First Australian footy game! Go Kangaroos?!
- July 19th: Wine and chips and dip and good music and lots of fun with lots of friends at CLUB RYAN!
- July 20th: Adorable videos from Lewis this morning and finally getting a membership to the Lactic Factory!
- July 21st: Getting all of my classes sorted out - four dope classes and only on three days of the week! Holla
- July 22nd: Well at least I burned a lot of calories in hot yoga today...
- July 23rd: Finally taking some good shots of Melbourne // New Brazilian friends across the hall! Yay!
- July 24th: Meeting another climber who goes to Melbourne Uni, and seeing a pug perched in an open car window.
- July 25th: Good food, good friends, good music, and bananagrams at Club Lidaaaa tonight
- July 26th: Taking selfies with a beautiful bird on my arm and then another as said bird yelled at another bird that landed on my head AHHHH
- July 27th: Cafes with Lida and Nicole!
- July 28th: Realizing how cool Poetics of the Body is gonna be especially in relation to my emphasis.
- July 29th: Being at a pub table tonight with climbing helmets strewn about and even a GriGri was brought out at one point, too. Slowly but surely I'm more and more home here.
- July 30th: Holding hands with Steph and getting a backscratch from Lida.
- July 31st: Good homework day and good climbing day.
- August 1st: Arting and reading and such all by myself. I think it was my first really really chill day in Australia. Much needed I think.
- August 2nd: Cafeing with Nicole, talking about relationships and petting the cUTEST FUCKING PUPPY
- August 3rd: First trad climb, first Victoria Bitter.
- August 4th: Intense discussions about public transport at Nicole's house with her & her roommates & Lida, talking about how I'll make a step by step book on how to use the myki, trams, etc. for future Melbourne noobies.
- August 5th: "I'm an entitled bitch so I complain about Office Works when there are people who don't have anything to eat" -A song by Steph, feat. Sam on the beatbox and me as backup dancer
- August 6th: Eating fifty cent wings while walking the streets with Lida and Burke, night market & petting the fluffiest dog in the world.
- August 7th: Meeting & climbing with Dustin's friend Rigel, getting numbers at the gym tonight and making plans to climb at Gramps?!?!?!??!
- August 8th: Uno and Jenga at Sister Bellas!
- August 9th: Best burgers ever at Grill'd with Sam, walking down the street eating leftover desserts so Lida wouldn't throw them away, FIFA and MarioKart at Nicole's.
- August 10th: Perfect morning yoga and then a long day of climbing!
- August 11th: Take two on the quinoa, onions, bell pepper, sundried tomato and corn on the cob dish -- went MUCH better/more smoothly than take one, aw yeah!
- August 12th: Today on the city sidewalk I saw one guy friend hold down his other guy friend's shirt while he was taking off his sweatshirt.
- August 13th: An Asian baby standing alone listening to the band at the night market.
- August 14th: Climbing with Steph!!! I think she and I will get along and climb well and hopefully have adventures together soon.
- August 15th: Two pugs and first hammock in Melbourne all within a half an hour.
- August 16th: The best fuckin porridge, oatmeal, whatever, at Auction Room in North Melbourne!
- August 17th: The moment when a bird pooped on Lida and she asked me if a bird pooped on her and I just stared at it (mid-bite of a huge cheeseburger...) for like eight seconds in shock and confusion before casually looking at her and saying..."yeah...", and then her freaking out.
- August 18th: Steph dancing in the bowling alley with a slice of pizza in her hand.
- August 19th: Lovely guitar being played outside the library in the late afternoon.
- August 20th: Going to get candy for the climbing gym candy bowl with Steph, her and Ruben still never checking my expired membership...
- August 21st: WEED and chamomile tea and spring break planning with Sam David & Rense.
- August 22nd: Gavin telling me, when I help him pick things out in the grocery store on the way to the Gramps, that I'm good to have around and should stay for longer.
- August 23rd: Rob's pooping stories before bed in the kitchen of the dorm in Horsham.
- August 24th: That moment today in the Gramps (Bleachers) when Matt sent, Rob shot a pad over underneath him which ended up flying right into Gavin's nuts, who was supposed to be spotting but ended up curling into a ball on the ground, me and Katie just watching all of this from the top of a boulder. Also sending that v3ish climb at the end of the day!
- August 25th: Damn my scrambled egg game was particularly strong today. Grilled tomatoes and basil helps too.
- August 26th: Homework and coffee in a dope ass on campus cafe at an open window -- starting to feel like springtime.
- August 27th: Feeling a bit more at home when I do things at the climbing gym other than climb, stay until close, get a ride home, etc. Stoked on road trip plans.
- August 28th: Renting a car with Lida Nicole and Steph, feeling wonderful freedom and happening upon the most beautiful beach at sunset!!!
- August 29th: That moment when I was running around Lactic collecting holds and screwing holds onto me and Steph's climb and All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem was playing and I was just amongst other busy setters and it was nice.
- August 30th: Stumbling across the dopest fucking cafe (Grub Food Van) with Steph, with dogs and ping pong balls and chocolate cake, oh my.
- August 31st: Perfect bananas in the middle of climbing sessions on beautiful days //
- September 1st: Escaping Psychology tutorial for a few extra minutes to sit in the bathroom and stare out the open window at the beautiful, rainy view from the 11th floor.
- September 2nd: Hiking boots // and multiple coffees at Lactic today.
- September 3rd: Meeting Yavus & Samet outside the library on the lawn -- really and truly making my week. Thank god for lovely people.
- September 4th: Nikki: "Well you're handling it really well! I would have been ten feet underneath...burying myself in sand..." Indie: "I got a roast chicken"
- September 5th: Doing my entire Anthro take-home exam in one day so I can go off for the weekend with Katieeee!
- September 6th: That moment when Katie and I discovered we have a tattoo of a wave in the same spot.
- September 7th: Something so lovely about waking up, eating a nice breakfast in the sun, and walking right on down to the beach to lay out.
- September 8th: "You're being a good buffalo and representing us worldwide" "How?" "By staying above gossip and thinking integratively about vaginas in the modern female social fabric" -Lewis
- September 9th: Taking the time to patiently stand or sit in places in public when I don't know what to do with myself or my time. Why rush, ya know? // Also, getting a text from Lewis saying "the sun rose this morning" xxxx
- September 10th: The best fucking meal at Lot 6 today, along with some nice quality journaling time in the sunlight coming through the vast windows.
- September 11th: Rueben using that app to put cats all over a photo of me in the library that Steph took.
- September 12th: Mother Tongue open mic. I missed being around such creative souls.
- September 13th: That moment at the Reddit meetup at Cookie when I was about to leave and Christian, Mark and Erin convinced me to stay and Christian got me a coke.
- September 14th: Master Liu getting through the tension knot in my back, helping me really relax my back and chest down, and then feeling more floaty than I have in a while.
- September 15th: Actually a good guest speaker in Poetics of the Body. Holler
- September 16th: Feeling like I climbed well today despite getting sick af
- September 17th: Cut up strawberries.
- September 18th: Juice. Lots of juice.
- September 19th: Meeting Frankie who works at the Quick Brown Fox in Fitzroy and she was really nice :)
- September 20th: Seeing a lovely face from home - Michelle! & her people watching with her outside the library while being able to catch up.
- September 21st: Finally talking to Lida about how she hurt me and why I kinda backed away from her.
- September 22nd: The weather was lovely today and I didn't feel like I had to dress all nice.
- September 23rd: Post-climbing pizza & nutella crepes with Indie, Steph, Nikki, Katie & Victor - and Indie talking about how sometimes she'll just say "chicken" instead of someone's name by accident.
- September 24th: Mom changing my flight home to two weeks earlier (right after my exams end) and it somehow helping me feel a little bit more myself.
- September 25th: Driving on the left side of the road for the first time // smiling when I see someone else get a hard move on a climb that they look super happy about.
- September 26th: Being greeted with "gday mate" at Coorong campground tonight.
- September 27th: Nice people in Orroroo campground moving their tent for us, talking to Bruna about thinking more in the moment - it's only 11 days.
- September 28th: Flinders Ranges hikes - seeing baby emus & just being in nature! And then leading the stir fry making.
- September 29th: Wandering Hawker, finding out that David knew I was crying in Adelaide the other day, families at gas stations & poolsides helping us plan our new trip, finding a roadside pulloff to finally camp at and bonding over the process of getting used to it.
- September 30th: Friendly truck drivers // hysterical delirium during card playing in the van in Mt. Remarkable National Park // rock paper scissors tournaments getting so intense.
- October 1st: Getting to talk to dad on the phone!
- October 2nd: Pulling a tent stake out clean // driving for a long time with music playing for the first time in a while.
- October 3rd: Pink lake walking // sex position talk around the campfire.
- October 4th: Throwing grapes between me & Sam & catching them in our mouths.
- October 5th: David bringing me coffee in my hammock // Rense putting two and two together about how I grew up with a network of loved ones and now networks and communities are what feels like home to me.
- October 6th: Bruna singing "I keep bleeding, keep keep bleeding love" in the van as we drive through the city & she starts her period.
- October 7th: Lovely drinks with Nikki & Katie after climbing, getting to talk about my trip, Melbourne feels, boys, etc.
- October 8th: Feeling like I'm more friends with my reading circle group in Sport & Education class today.
- October 9th: The light moving through the bus on the way to Lactic // Indie's face when I told her that Nikki gave her her leftovers because she wanted room for dessert, realizing then that SHE (Indie) also wouldn't have room for dessert...
- October 10th: "A gay Alice plummets at full speed to the straight earth" || Journal writing outside a cafe on Swanston with an acoustic guitar performance across the way
- October 11th: Looking up at the beautiful Taipan Wall & bouldering a great traverse at the bottom of it.
- October 12th: That moment on the way home from the Gramps when the bass dropped in Wonderful by Chance the Rapper and a bird soared out of a tree above the car.
- October 13th: Leaving David the most hectic voicemail and not being able to finish it because I was laughing so hard from Lida or I don't even know what.
- October 14th: The guy that offered to buy me a latte as I was sitting on the sidewalk outside a cafe on Lygon St. eating my sandwich.
- October 15th: "All I have for breakfast is chocolate, coffee, and alcohol" -Reuben
- October 16th: Bondi Beach reading out loud to Steph (The New American Road Trip Mixtape) // "It's happy hour and I am happy" -Reuben
- October 17th: "If you have a dream, don't ask people for beta" -Hazel Findlay
- October 18th: Good climbing partners with Victor // Getting stoned with Katie, Victor & Reuben, talking about Reugrats/Where the Wild Things Are, eating pizza on the floor in front of the open fridge.
- October 19th: Petting dogs this morning in front of a cafe in Katoomba.
- October 20th: New York Jewish Mom accent to Reuben... "sweetie stahp networking hera we have a schedual to keep" "nice footwork honey don't fahget to clip the rope"
- October 21st: Being in the silliest mood today over coffee in some random small town & energetically playing music in the car back to Melbs // Sam shouting across the room, "What's your problem?" and Burke responding "I love you."
- October 22nd: A conversation with a stranger in a cafe. Thank god.
- October 23rd: Me: "I just don't like missing a dog opportunity." Alex: "A dogortunity."
- October 24th: Good setting session at Lactic today - successful pinchy climb, pretty light in the gym, coffee, quinoa salad.
- October 25th: Getting m&ms with my cappuccino while playing cards at a bar/pub in Hobart.
- October 26th: Burke explaining different kinds of rocks and how granite forms while scrambling around the granite on the shores of Bay of Fires.
- October 27th: That moment at night when we were all (Me Lida Nicole Sam Burke) in the tent right by Richardsons Beach in Freycinet National Park snugglin' and talkin'.
- October 28th: Filming lil baby sheep while Ludacris plays in the background.
- October 29th: Finding this perfect little cafe across from our hostel, with coffee and colorful chairs and pillows and foreign music and art books galore.
- October 30th: This man coming up to me while I'm crying on the sidewalk of Hobart, putting his hand on my arm and SO genuinely making sure I am okay. People sometimes, man.
- October 31st: Katie Kaminsky
- November 1st: REUBEN GOT ME A PLATE OF TIM TAMS AT THE BAR TODAY
- November 2nd: So my poster for poetics turned out way better than expected...
- November 3rd: This morning I skyped with Lewis to start the day and it made me feel soooo nice :3
- November 4th: Guys walking into Lactic half an hour before close saying they've lived down the street forever and didn't know there was a climbing gym here, then pointing out that Reuben is ripped.
- November 5th: Such good dinner conversation with Steph || Post-yoga moments of clarity, smiles bringing bittersweet tears just from being present and some nice stretches. Nine days.
- November 6th: Sending my project! Holy shit, I worked on it so much, and I didn't even expect to send it tonight but I just put my mind to it, and felt so focused, and I think it was my first white climb. Yay!
- November 7th: Feeling & talking about little pieces of myself and who I really am with Katie. And then finding the perfect dessert on Smith Street. Yaaas
- November 8th: Probably the longest Skype I've had with Lewis since I have been here. So so ready to fall back in love. Hearing him say we complete each other and that smile when I do something he likes and really expressing my emotion to him again, you know.
- November 9th: Two Pocket barista remembering me & asking how my food was yesterday. Being a regular is nice.
- November 10th: Ohh, another barista today, being so nice making sure I have water and a fork and talking about how lovely Melbourne is and how she wishes she met me earlier.
- November 11th: Gelato & walking home from the gym with Steph while talkin bout everythang.
- November 12th: Getting in a group selfie with the guys at the table next to us at Stalactite.
- November 13th: Victor talking about asparagus syndrome, aka aspergers...
- November 14: The lady sitting next to me on the plane not minding that I grabbed her arm || Lewis popping out in between the pillars of the porch.
- November 15: Joking with the Trader Joe's cashier about how I have no money and might have to get a job there to pay for my groceries, and then actually considering it.
- November 16: Sunset walks around Joshua Tree with Lewis.
- November 17: Finding dried mangoes from Aussie in my bag and eating said illegal mangoes with Z, Lewis and Amelia.
- November 18: Maddie's room human design drawing & hanging out in her perfect bottom bunk cove.
- November 19th: Finding a new journal (getting to paint in it right away!) and underwear with pugs on it.
- November 20th: Hammocking with Lewis again.
- November 21st: Post sex walk through the bathroom to friends room, telling Kat and Austin they look nice and Kat telling me I look nice and I just like being around friends.
- November 22nd: Olive Market Human Design reading my 6/2 profile description and feeling like I maybe finally make sense to someone || maybe starting to feel close with Ri & Amelia again.
- November 23rd: Augie's dirty chai and phone conversations with Mom.
- November 24th: U Club lunch date with Baph again!
- November 25th: "Oh it's crowded because it's Thanksgiving on Thursday" "Oh no will they still have grapes!?"
- November 26th: Cliff smoking in Santa Cruz and Maddie trying to get up the hill with the sleeping bag, me trying to help & her shouting LEMME SEE YA MRS CARTER!!!!!
- November 27th: First thanksgiving meal in three years || taking my screen cover off and feeling like a new woman.
- November 28th: Nadia's "hang of lost kids in a crumbling mansion" label on her computer.
- November 29th: Conversations between Malik and Yula in the front seat involving "let me know if I'm driving too slow" and Malik giving me free weed when we got home.
- November 30th: Home Depot paint swatch stealing with Lewis || That moment Maddie came in to burn photos of an ex and almost lit the chair on fire || multiple orgasms.
- December 1st: Seeing Breezy!
- December 2nd: Skyping Alice!
- December 3rd: Tonight I could sit without being in pain for the first time in like 48 hours. :D
- December 4th: Today I HUNG OUT WITH AMELIA and saw TEXAS AND JUAN and MADE A SIMS FAMILY WITH CHEY AND COLE.
- December 5th: Riley running around the dark storage closet alllll nakey.
- December 6th: Outdoorsy Johnston days || Chance dance parties in Lewis' room.
- December 7th: The best nap I've had in as long as I can remember.
- December 8th: On the way to Naan Cafe with Nadia & Lewis, blasting music in the car and suddenly he goes, "Veronica?" and I have to turn down the music for him to say "I love you" from the backseat.
- December 9th: Third floor puppy resting her head on my shoulder!!!!
- December 10th: I love sitting next to cool, genuine people on airplanes. Also, landing made me smile.
- December 11th: Getting to pick up Nico from school & making an Elf Yourself with him!
- December 12th: Talking Human Design with Mom & Derek.
- December 13th: Honestly it's so nice to talk with Lewis a little bit each day and he sounds so good!!!!
- December 14th: Playing the telephone drawing game with family at Jimreivat's and laughing too damn hard.
- December 15th: Blasting Chance in the car with Geneva.
- December 16th: Playing Trivial Pursuit with Alice and her mom!
- December 17th: DC Holiday Market doughnut splurgin'
- December 18th: An actual social night at Earth Treks, oh yee.
- December 19th: Sitting in Busboys and Poets and writing about how watching Short Term 12 has made me so good. Feeling healthy and like maybe I'm getting my shit/thoughts together.
- December 20th: Group hug with Momma bear & Nana.
- December 21st: Getting to pick Nico up & drive him back to Nana's.
- December 22nd: Getting to see Kenton!!!!! And Morgan and Kayla and Daniel ansdf lsdkjflskjf
- December 23rd: Hearing stories about Andrew throwing up in a tent at the New this summer and then got it all over everything. Love Five Guys trips with the crew
- December 24th: Making a GF pumpkin bread with Dad, and by the end literally giving no fucks about what we substitute or whether or not we measure correctly.
- December 25th: Aunt Jen being hip as fuck, such good laughs during game time with family including Jules "doing strategy" and Jen taking photos of her.
- December 26th: Smoking cigs and talking on a bench in Matts backyard with him and Justin.
- December 27th: Game night with Team ET!!!
- December 28th: Good talks with Annie Ann for a long long time today :3
- December 29th: Being able to talk to Alex about relationships is dope.
- December 30th: Being able to look at someone else on the plane tonight during turbulence and say, we're okay.
- December 31st: Walking to CVS and yelling at Lewis for dropping our lube on the ground.
- January 1st: Butthole.
- January 2nd: LA Boulders!
- January 3rd: To dinner with the Scotts at a sweet deli. I am starting to feel like I can really mesh with them.
- January 4th: Jumping around with Leah and Sari in the parking lot and shouting at Sari's boyfriend Ben when I meet him & pretending I haven't seen him in so long.
- January 5th: Fran Grace saying that she likes being the weirdest one in a group, so if someone, for example, farts in class, it doesn't matter, because she's already done the weirdest thing.
- January 6th: Tommi pointing out a hickey on a guy in photo class's neck and asking if it was worth it.
- January 7th: Singing and dancing in a round in meditation today. Also finally fuckin hanging a little with Jake.
- January 8th: Roommate contract success & Chipotle date with Minnie. || Also Ari & Josh's reactions to putting on John's rave glasses holy shit.
- January 9th: Maddie's Tschauner packing for her sleepover and walking into the plaza with the most ridiculous outfit saying "I look so fuckin good right now".
- January 10th: Overeasy playing, hennaing my leg while Lewis combs olive oil hair lotion into my hair.
- January 11th: Olive Market with Nadia, writing a profile on the barista flirting with me.
- January 12th: Avery time in the basement today :3
- January 13th: Maggie's speech during community meeting.
- January 14th: Threshold felt SOCIAL TODAY YES.
- January 15th: Darkroom for the first time since high school. So nostalgic!
- January 16th: Making challah bread with Johnston friends at Elana Nadia Leah Sari's, & that moment when it was done baking and all the Jewish people said/sang their prayers :) :)
- January 17th: Doing calisthenics on top of a rock in Big Bear.
- January 18th: Maddie Ryan getting it and leaving the room with me when I needed to keep venting, then talking to her on the floor of the Bekins basement bathroom.
- January 19th: Julie & Kelly being super impressed with what I had to say during Narratives of Addiction today. HOLLER
- January 20th: Having a photo taken of me kissing the buffalo || Reading to Lewis in the Jimmy Room.
- January 21st: Katya (sp?) telling me after meditation that I have a good aura. <3
- January 22nd: Open Mic magic Johnston is the most talented place in the world. Harlin's poem and John's poem and Kamal's rap with Baph beat boxing and then Rivers and Roads singing with Har and Sari and Nadia. xxxxx
- January 23rd: Dinner with the Scotts & family friends, talking to Lewis's old tutor & her telling Lewis he has a great girlfriend.
- January 24th: Almost getting a v7 at LAB.
- January 25th: Back massage trading with Maddie!
- January 26th: Going on a drive with Hanna Bratton, her being the best listener, reminding me why I wanted to be a CA in the first place & inspiring and motivating me as always. So much love
- January 27th: A good contact sheet in the darkroom || New Mariokart in Bekins basement yaaaass
- January 28th: Wearing an outfit I wasn't sure if others would like & not caring || Augie's with Maddie for hella long
- January 29th: Preeeetty sure game night was my idea & was successful as hell in nighttime Java tonight.
- January 30th: Living Root Cellar smoothies and Oscar's breakfast burritos.
- January 31st: Good carefree sunny sex with Lewis
- February 1st: Post-superbowl Duke fire escape blunt adventures with Breezy Maggie Maddie Z Sari Frisby Lucy and a random European kid <333
- February 2nd: Talking to Fran before meditation class about how I've been struggling recently, & then feeling so much better during & after class this time around.
- February 3rd: Mallory saying something about not wanting to step on Harlin's bare toes and him saying "I don't have bare toes, I have human toes." I LOVE HARLIN
- February 4th: Sari making a Facebook post about my birthday party, using the lyrics to the Hannukah song & replacing it with "Veronica" // Banana grams & chess with Baph!
- February 5th: Successful froyo & errands with Nadia, catching up at the car wash and watching the cars.
- February 6th: Birthday candles in a loaf of challah before a huge party. So many lovely people there.
- February 7th: The adorable lil puppy outside Augie's starting at me through the window // Bananagrams with crazy pinky & partner rules with Miles as my partner.
- February 8th: Joshua Tree driving and perfect Talking Heads/ Neil Diamond music playing. Having the most bomb car and hiking crew.
- February 9th: Slobes (and Maggie and Nadia) loving my profile of him and saying it made his month!!!
- February 10th: Waking up early to go get fresh OJ with Lewis.
- February 11th: Talking to my mom, for the first time in a month, for an hour on the phone.
- February 12th: Fire pit love and porch party craziness. <3 <3
- February 13th: Dinner at Maya's & sharing our roses and thorns. || Ryan helping me out for free at Jiffy Lube.
- February 14th: CA OF 2ND FLOOR HOLT NEXT YEAR OH LORD I FEEL LOVED AND IMPORTANT AND EXCITED AND TRIBAL.
- February 15th: Harlin getting juice from the piercer so he doesn't pass out, Leah holding it out for him to drink in between piercings as Nadia and I hold his hands.
- February 16th: Fran's beginning of class talk, asking questions, her poking fun at me & it feeling okay.
- February 17th: Z giving me a big congratulatory hug about being CA and saying I deserve it.
- February 18th: Talking forever with Lorenzo Garbo || Johnston soccer game love.
- February 19th: Dinner with Lewis and Grace and Ryan, Ryan freaking out when he realizes that I'm an internal transfer and had classes with him in my freshman year.
- February 20th: Toontown omg
- February 21st: Perfect simple meal at the Russian restaurant tonight.
- February 22nd: Successful food shopping with Lewis for our trip.
- February 23rd: That moment we turned the corner and saw the walls of rock through the clouds and blue sky.
- February 24th: Eating rice with half melted cheese and chunks of cinnamon in Camp 4 with Lewis.
- February 25th: Food with Lewis on a rock at the top of Vernal Falls and cooking on the ground at Camp 4. // Thinking about me and my life from my parents perspective.
- February 26th: Making myself a bomb dinner including sweet potatoes fried in honey and coconut oil.
- February 27th: Pulling up behind complex and kissing Lew over and over.
- February 28th: Writing a lot in my journal with a soy dirty chai and fresh blueberries.
- March 1st: Maddie Ryan catching up at Augies || From the window of my room, seeing Maddie Catterson's car pull into the back parking lot with a crash pad on top, and Michelle freaking out with everyone about her summer job at the SF climbing gym. good to be around climbers tbh.
- March 2nd: Energetic first moments back in class, i.e. Z telling Kelly in front of the whole class that he had a dream that they got in a fight.
- March 3rd: Hilarity reading an article out loud with Harlin (mostly him pronouncing words wrong on purpose, and the last name "McEneaney") || when Z and Lew came to pick me up from a bar in downtown Redlands, happily and no questions asked.
- March 4th: That moment Nadia was leaving and Lewis had that floral shirt wrapped around his head and was hugging her from below and Baph came in and was sucking on the nipple of the water bottle. Good moments you know?
- March 5th: Today was a talking to people day - hours on the porch, in 3rd floor, and with Jake about his crazy year.
- March 6th: That adorable baby in the giant chair at the Vons in Bishop // roasting Starbursts over the campfire at the Pit.
- March 7th: Feeling like I climbed a lot, getting a v5 in like three goes?, beautiful fucking day in the Happies.
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