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11.14.16
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: we’ve been sitting in the grass a lot recently which i love. i smiled about not having to go to practicum on thursday bc i hate the drive. smiled about seeing maria. i smiled about having the afternoon off on friday. i smiled about how fast my shift went today.
cried about: these election results and the way i felt after drinking all that wine.
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - good friendships & loving text messages. seriously so blessed in the friendship department, babes. i get great support from you both. i get late nights with my roomies. i get j giving me a trashcan when she thinks i’m gonna need it. i’m just lucky.
also from last week: we went to the most adorable small town and took a lot of pictures of kristen so that she could get a new profile pic. julia posed her, i took the pics. it was v fun and just like a pure good time.
mediums - election night was a medium because the results were horrible and sad and shitty. but i did get to spend the night with kristen and julia while we watched the results role in. we did get to go outside and walk. we got to fall apart into each other, which was nice in a kind of sick way.
lows - this! election! the way i felt from being so tired/dying of consumption on wednesday. also yesterday bc i didn’t feel well and then i had work for five hours. i just wanna sleep, but i’ve got to be up at 6 tomorrow to teach.
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently reading: We Need No Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
recently finished: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
currently watching: 10 Things I Hate About You
recently finished: shameless. how to steal a million. the lizzie mcguire movie. holes. heavyweights.
- songs you hate? i’m v sick of the ariana grande song that keeps playing in the caf
- are you married yet? nah bb
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? vinnie and neomi got their well! my parents are there rn to help supervise while they get it hooked up. katie has work things going on.
- favorite place rn? out in the grass with no prospects of homework. sitting on my bed with julia and laughing about nothing. a place where i don’t have to wake up before noon.
- new thing you’ve learned? i've learned that it’s important to stay hydrated.
- realized anything about yourself? i need to start getting my work done or i’m going to be doing homework for the entirety of thanksgiving.
- any new beef? not presently!
- anything else? this is the same that was here last time i did this, but it holds up: be kind to yourself. be kind to others. be kind.
- selfie of the week? this is from two weeks ago, but it was a nice day when i sat on j’s floor and we both did our make up even though we were wearing t-shirts and sweats
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10.24.16
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: long walks around the track with my roommates, sitting by the lake with julia, trip info that katie sent me, the revival of the indie bitches, wine and ghostbusters with julia and kristen, on the border with my little & co, going to the farm with my roommates, and getting to sleep in today.
cried about: doc died yesterday morning and i am so sad. i can’t stop thinking about how he brought bagels over every sunday morning and this morning he just wasn’t there. i’m just. i’m sad.
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - on the border was a high. it was nice to have an evening outside of my house and these babes keep me laughing. also good food.
friday morning j and i got coffee/chai tea, sat in the grass for a while and then moved to a bench by the lake. i love the lakes on campus so much, and this is the first time i’ve been over there this year. it was so beautifully fall, and it was so nice to just be able to talk instead of being in class.
nicole texted me randomly this week saying she was thinking of me. it was very sweet.
friday night we watched ghostbusters in kristen’s room. it was a lot funnier than i was expecting it to be, and it was a nice time.
yesterday, it was cold and windy and drizzly, but we had decided we were going to a wine tasting so we went! it ended up being very cold, but very fall and fun. we took pictures, and i got apple cider donuts, and it was good and nice.
mediums - nothing in particular other than how tired i am. my body is physically exhausted. i just want to go and see my family and then sleep for ten thousand years.
lows - doc. i am going home for his funeral on tuesday, and that’s going to suck. and like i said, i’m sad.
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently reading: (still) Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys and Where Am I Now?by Mara Wilson
recently finished:
currently watching: 7th heaven. i am so thankful to the comforting, familiar feeling of this show.
recently finished: it’s always sunny, ghostbusters
- songs you hate? i don’t know
- are you married yet? nope
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? nothing too big? vinnie and neomi are looking into drilling a well. katie is looking into a vacation in europe. my parents are actually at home for once.
- favorite place rn? on a bench looking out at the lake feeling warmed by the sun and feeling so, so fall
- new thing you’ve learned? i think i’ve officially learned how to drive to the hospital.
- realized anything about yourself? sometimes it is healthy to take a break from people and forcing interaction can just make you feel heavy. i know this and i feel like i remind myself a lot, but it’s still worth saying.
- any new beef? still working on being a better friend. need to be more patient. need to be less clingy. need to sleep for a thousand years.
- anything else? be kind to yourself. be kind to others. be kind.
- selfie of the week? this is genuinely the most awake i looked all week & it was right before a four hour shift on friday afternoon (friday was a very good day, let’s go back to friday)
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10.17.16
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: having such accepting friends (even though i knew you would be, ily babes), having julia on the way back to school and as a listening ear here and picking me up/not judging me too harshly when i make subpar choices, talking kaycia about that wedding we planned once upon a time, getting to work with the absolute cutest kids at the hospital, teaching and planning a lesson for 6th grade and having my teacher compliment me on how i balance giving students attention, having the kind of conversation with lynn that spans minutes and hours and days, laughing at and quoting and stumbling through eric andre, going to philly for kelly’s birthday, and knowing that i am loved.
cried about: i had to get a temporary parking pass for my mom’s car and they asked me when I’d be back to driving my regular car. i accidentally cried at the lady at the desk bc i! don’t! know! and i was overwhelmed. still lowkey crying about lice.
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - i gave out bingo prizes at the hospital with the two sweetest boys and it was just so great. they were so excited to be involved, and their moms were so lovely. i can’t believe people get paid to work there. it just seems unreal.
on thursday my practicum partner was sick, so i really got the classroom to myself. they were doing a lesson on writing using the hamburger model, and it was just so easy and organic to jump right in. i just love getting to feel like a part of the classroom, and it really felt like i was working well with the kids. plus, my goodness, they keep me laughing.
yesterday was my two year anniversary with my little/twin! it was v fitting that we were going out for kelly’s birthday with all these people who have been important to me for what feels like a lifetime but has really just been two quick years. we danced on bar and with strangers and with each other and really we just danced and laughed and it was so, so good. i love this group so much. i love my fam & kelly & kristen & i am blessed every day to have them with me. also on the way back from philly last night we stopped for wendy’s at 3 AM, and it was just such a magical college moment. i feel like i’m (mostly) doing this year right.
today i accomplished some work and then i got to sit in the grass again with julia & ik i talk about her a lot but she is such a rock when i need it here. i’m grateful that she is so often on the same page as me. i’m also grateful for the gossip she’s sharing with me.
also, my family has established the best group text. i am so grateful for them.
mediums - tuesday night w/ j bc the night itself was v fun, but the lack of sleep was not my best choice
lows - lice. car. studying. (this is exactly the same as last week, but still feels fitting?)
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently reading: (still) Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys and Where Am I Now?by Mara Wilson
recently finished: The God of Small Things (again)
currently watching: it’s always sunny
recently finished: scrubs!
- songs you hate? songs that aren’t conducive to dancing when you’re in a bar and all you wanna do is dance
- are you married yet? nope nope nope
- is zayn back yet? i break my usual silence on this question to say: screw zayn. i am petulantly bitter about him rn.
- family news? my parents are finally done with their month-long adventure! yesterday, my cousin kurt got married and that ended their trip. i’m excited about the prospect of maybe actually being able to see my mom bc this is the longest i’ve gone without seeing her in my whole life. katie was in nj this weekend but not near enough for either of us to see one another. neomi’s company is being acquired, so please say a prayer that her job remains stable. there was an offer on my grandpa’s house, but we think it’s fallen through. so that’s where the fam is at rn.
- favorite place rn? the backseat of divya’s car with the music blasting while we sing our way into the city
- new thing you’ve learned? i learned some more about audiology! i really find it fascinating. have looked at doctorate programs to see what it takes. who knows, fam. i am young & school is expensive.
- realized anything about yourself? i don’t like being in my house alone for days at a time if i have nowhere to go and no one to see and sometimes it is important that i remove myself from that (i am so proud of last-week-me for going to the arboretum and really recognizing that)
- any new beef? not beef with anyone other than myself, but i made a vow with myself to be a better friend this week so cross your fingers for that
- anything else? this week is going to be so busy and go so fast. i have a huge presentation tomorrow, but once that’s over I know I will blink and be finished. i’m already ready for the weekend.
- selfie of the week? before philly & also before i applied my dark eyeshadow
#writing on a sunday bc mondays are busy af#lol who am i kidding#every day is busy af#kerry#monday#10.17.16
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10.10.16
first things first: it is kim’s 21st birthday -- she’s growing up so fast!
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: this week i smiled about starting my official placement at the hospital. it’s going to be such a wonderful adventure, and i can’t wait to get really involved. i smiled about my coop letting me teach on thursday. i smiled about walking with j, getting starbucks, and then sitting in the grass. i smiled about kristen’s adventures in b&n. i smiled about julia deciding that we’ve reached phone comfortablity. i smiled about pretty successfully making my grandma’s sauce recipe. i’m currently smiling about being on break (even though i go back tomorrow), and the fact that i have this entire week off work. also smiled about taking some pictures today.
cried about: most of this week i cried about lice bc it’s going around kristen’s school and it’s in my house. i have been a mess about keeping things overly clean. and then my car started making this horrible noise this week, so i went to get it looked at and both my wheel bearings on the back need to be replaced. i cried to my dad on the phone mostly bc i was overwhelmed with car things, lice things , and a midterm that i really hadn’t studied for because of the car! it was a lot to balance all at once and my car breaking down really just put me over the top.
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - friday was mostly a high (counterbalanced by waiting 2 hours for a tow truck, but i digress). i got out of my midterm with less struggle than i thought. julia got back from her test and was v excited to be going home, which was making me excited to get home. after her afternoon class, we got starbucks, sat in the grass, did some decompressing about the week... idk, it was great. then that night her mom came and picked us up and it felt like such a freshman year throwback.
on saturday i decided i was going to conquer grandma’s sauce recipe, so I spent two hours prepping and cooking. i added fresh parsley instead of the dried kind, and i think that made such a difference. it was nice to have something to do, and it was nice to have actually been successful doing it.
last night i made slammin’ mashed potatoes.
today i drove to an arboretum, and it was great. i walked around with myself, avoided a ton of homework (i still really need to do that??), and took lots of pictures. later i drove to b&n and got chai, and i’ve decided i like the taste of christmas.
mediums - uhhhhhhhhhhhhh. idk. this week was either good or bad and not a lot of in-betweens.
lows - lice. car. studying.
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently reading: (still) Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys and Where Am I Now?by Mara Wilson and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
recently finished: nothing
currently watching: scrubs (again), but i’ll be done by tomorrow. i’m going to have powered through this whole thing in like a week and a half.
recently finished: Cinderella Man which was remarkable; 10/10, would recommend
- songs you hate? idk rn
- are you married yet? being married sounds like it would take a lot of work, but my hypothetical wedding day is approaching (October 13th, year tdb, save the date). it would be gorge to have a wedding (or wedding pics) at the arboretum i was at today
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? vinnie and neomi grow/make all of their own food, which is pretty cool. mom & dad are in the middle of somewhere. jimmy’s wife is pregnany and due in february. whitney’s getting married next month. kurt is getting married next week. things are happening!!
- favorite place rn? laughing in the grass with friends with this great fall breeze and feeling cozy
- new thing you’ve learned? i learned a lot about what i’ll be doing at the hospital!
- realized anything about yourself? i don’t compartmentalize stress well, which is how i end up spiraling to watch an entire television series in a week
- any new beef? i don’t think so rn? like i’m bitter about things, but nothing that’s beef
- anything else? i bought the smallest pair of jeans i’ve owned since i was like 14 probably?
- selfie of the week? rare hair-up selfie
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9.26.16
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: this week is a blurry one bc i feel like a lot happened but really all i did was work? but i smiled about going out with gina, marisa, jess, and sam. we got dressed up and went out to eat good (see: expensive) food. we bonded and laughed and it was nice. smiled about starting my practicum! i also smiled a lot on friday bc julia came to hang out in my room in between her classes and it felt a lot like last year. we had funny conversations & serious conversations and it was v nice.
cried about: this documentary julia had me watch where people literally died??
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - getting placed in a 6th grade classroom was a high bc i loved my middle schoolers over the summer, and i’m happy to see what they’re like in an actual school setting.
spending time with the srat squad was a high. i’m so happy that we’re still making time to see each other.
friendships that are easy as breathing are a high. i love this, and i am blessed.
mediums - downtime today. like it was beautiful out and i should have done something, but instead I just vegged and watched a million episodes of Buffy.
lows - having to drive an hour to my practicum which means leaving at 6:30 every day, which will literally be the earliest I have ever had to consistently wake up in my entire life.
also i miss my fam a lot. i haven’t seen my parents since the week i moved in, and i miss them a lot a lot.
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently reading: (still) Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys and Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson
recently finished: The Bone People by Keri Hulme
currently watching: Buffy. I picked up from where i left off over the summer, which was the last episode of season 6. I’ll be done by tomorrow.
recently finished: Extremis, which was sad af
- songs you hate? pretty much everything happening in eick today i hated
- are you married yet? bruh. nah.
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? nothing that really comes to mind.
- favorite place rn? with people who make me laugh
- new thing you’ve learned? i might be in process of learning something about a friend. i’ve concretely learned quite a bit about the school where i’ll be this semester. i’m sure i’ve learned many things (maybe i’ll retain a few).
- realized anything about yourself? j told me i don’t like to be emotionally vulnerable and i laughed but honestly she’s not wrong
- any new beef? i missed my big’s bday party and she yelled at me, but like i’ve moved on from it.
- anything else? i really miss my camp kids and camp. i also really miss going to camp. like i want to take up a permanent residence at hoover. that would be nice.
- selfie of the week? before #thursdate with the irrelevant juniors.
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9.19.16
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: this week i smiled about going to senior night with my sorority sisters and co. i smiled about face masks and bonding with julia. i smiled about open & accepting friendships. i smiled about getting mara wilson’s book. i smiled about natalie tran being on youtube for ten years. i smiled about my first day of volunteering in philly and about my placement there. i smiled about talking with nicole on the phone for a while. i smiled about a lot of things, which was nice.
cried about: cried about switched at birth. like. literally the first time i have cried in a long time.
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - everything i smiled about was a high, I think. tuesday night & friday night especially. my first day of volunteering was also a definite high because i love love love where i have been placed, and i really can’t wait to get started there!
friendship was a high this week, even when it wasn’t.
also i participated a lot in my lit capstone tonight, which was nice bc i spend so much class time feeling like i’m going to vom. tonight i gave a presentation and felt like dying, but once it was done talking for the rest of the night seemed a lot easier than it usual does (maybe because i had already said some things).
mediums - classes? haven’t been bad, most haven’t been overly stellar. they just are.
lows - still waiting for our practicum assignments and the massive lack of communication occurring between the class & our professor right now is a v frustrating low
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently reading: (still) Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys, The Bone People by Keri Hulme, and Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson
recently finished: I’ve done too much starting to have finished anything this week
currently watching: I’m probably going to find something to watch tonight, but for the moment I am between things
recently finished: Milk Money, Switched at Birth, Crashing, The Fosters, What Maisie Knew, and Man Up
- songs you hate? i’m starting to get sick of cafeteria music again
- are you married yet? we all know the answer to this
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? my parents just planned a big anniversary trip. vinnie and neomi just did an anniversary trip. neomi turned 27 this week (!!!!). nothing too important happening?
- favorite place rn? outside in the grass with the smell that is occurring rn because it’s a mix of rain, late summer, and early fall and it is straight up magic.
- new thing you’ve learned? i just learned a lot about formal definitions of marginality?
- realized anything about yourself? i need to get a better handle over my sleep schedule bc it is currently a messss
- any new beef? nothing for rn!
- anything else? this week i have foolishly allowed a lot of work to accumulate on top of my actual work schedule and on top of a social calendar so it’s going to be an adventure.
- selfie of the week? before senior night!
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9.12.16
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: this week I smiled about signing a lease for a house next year! Everything fell into place so quickly, and it’s weird to think about how soon I won’t be on campus all the time.
I also smiled about walks with my roommates and Gina’s 21st!
cried about: cried about putting down my security deposit for my house. I’m v poor.
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - Gina’s birthday was a high. I love getting to see my sorority sisters, and I love that Gina and Marisa make the effort to have us over. Their roommates were super welcoming, too. They made white sangria, and we sat around eating dip, drinking, playing apples to apples, and laughing. It was the perfect kind of casual for us.
We’ve also been walking the track at night, which is a nice way to catch up with the roomies and also to get out of the dorm. I’m still waiting for practicum to start; so I’ve been in my room a lot.
I’ve also been working a lot. It’s actually pretty nice right now. I haven’t been on the espresso bar yet, so I’m comfortable with the areas where I’m working. I like the sense of routine, and I like the paycheck even better.
mediums - I wrote my first essay this week.
lows - Knowing that our practicum partners are probably going to be randomly assigned this semester, and even if they aren’t, Jess still won’t be my partner bc we’re in different sections.
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently reading: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
recently finished: The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
currently watching: I just finished Young & Hungry, so I’m between things right now. I’m trying to not watch anything until I get a little bit of reading done. We’ll see.
recently finished: Jeff Who Lives at Home, Baby Daddy, Once Upon a Time, Jane the Virgin, Tallulah, and possibly something else that I’m forgetting.
- songs you hate? nothing rn
- are you married yet? lol nah
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? our fridge died at the end of the summer, and our oven just died this weekend. so next time i’m home i’m like not going to recognize my kitchen? katie is working away, stressed but doing it. I’m v proud of her. parents are talking about moving/looking at houses seriously in the spring. things are on the horizon!
- favorite place rn? walking around the track at night, looking at the towers all lit up, seeing how big the sky is. admiring it as the perfect shade of blue.
- new thing you’ve learned? i’m learning a lot about audiology rn!
- realized anything about yourself? idk. i mean, ik. but idk.
- any new beef? nothing for rn!
- anything else? 9/11 is such a hard day. i feel like we need to acknowledge it more, but i don’t even know how. like we’re all aware of it. but we’re still moving about like we usually do. we’re still laughing at jokes and living our lives with the date just hanging over us. it’s hard. the internet was especially hard yesterday.
- selfie of the week? i’ve been v lazy with makeup lately.
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8.1.16
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: wow this week is a blur. smiled about actually seeing leigh anne & kim, scheduling my volunteer orientation, seeing nicole, and celebrating gabi turning 21!
cried about: katie & matt moved today
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - i went to olive garden with the other two faces behind this blog (jk i’m just here talking to myself). it was really nice to catch up and fall back into things. friends who you’ve had basically forever are the best in that way, because even if you don’t talk often it’s still so easy when you’re together. thanks for being my buddies for so many years.
i got my fingerprinting done and scheduled my volunteer orientation. i’m so excited that this is happening bc it felt like it might not but now it’s real! we’ll see how the actual volunteering is coupled with my schedule next semester... but in theory i’m pumped!
also!!! i saw nicole this weekend. we ate expensive food together and we wandered the mall and we talked about life and it was so nice to see her. like i hate that she lives so far away, but i’m so glad that she was here. i needed that this weekend.
we also went out for gabi’s 21st on sunday, which was lovely. the drive there was way less stressful than last time. i put on good music, put the windows down, and was really living my best life. then i got to see my little, my twin, megan, and a few a gabi’s friends while we ate good food. it was a nice (and expensive) night.
mediums - work continues to be my regular medium
lows - i feel like i’m doing a horrible job of staying in touch with people this summer and it’s just v apparent rn
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently reading (and loving): Jellicoe Road
currently watching: whatever i stumble across/not much tv in general
also watched: Ice Age Collision Course (lol camp movie days are the best days), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- songs you hate? ??????????
- are you married yet? bruh
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? katie moved today! it’s going to be so quiet here without her. soon she’ll start her job, and she’ll be living a very independent, adult life. ahhhhhhhhh.
- favorite place rn? in my car. i was driving to meet nicole this week and for the first time in literally years i was aware of the fact that i was doing that kind of driving where you’re only half aware of it. it was amazing. it was the first time i haven’t felt some anxiety while driving in i don’t know how long. it felt like freedom & i want to cash in on that and go
- new thing you’ve learned? i’m jealous of people living authentically in all aspects of their lives
- realized anything about yourself? i got a lot of writing done this week and i feel like i know where i’m going with this project and it’s very !!! so maybe i realized that when i sit down and ask myself to write i actually can lol
- any new beef? i dunno friend. i dooooon’t know.
- anything else?
- selfie of the week? before seeing nicole!
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7.25.16
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: surviving my overnight at camp, seeing brooklyn with the skyline on the side, seeing shannon, having the most horribly wonderful fire with katie, talking to nicole, seeing my family, neomi coming to stay, seeing les mis, and surviving outlet shopping!
cried about: brooklyn; the lack of sleep presently in my life
- highs of the week? lows?
highs -
literally the biggest high of the week (and possibly of the summer excluding vacation) was seeing brooklyn. i went with julia, caroline, and their mom to hoboken. mrs. n made us a picnic dinner, we sat on the grass and ate, and it was such an amazing vibe. then we got starbucks and took pictures by the water, and it was just very fun and funny and j was such a good sport about the whole thing. and then as it got dark, we came back to our blanket. a full, blood moon rose over the movie screen. the new york skyline lit up almost all at once. brooklyn played. it was wild. it was so perfectly summer. like, if you think of the most summer scene you can imagine, this is it. we sat in a nice breeze and watched this movie as i cried about the fact that brooklyn was right across the water from us. i said this last week, but sometimes i am so amazed by where we live. sometimes i can’t imagine leaving. sometimes i want to be everywhere else.
it was also a high to talk on the phone with nicole. i love that we’ve made this a semi-regular thing now that she lives so far away. i love staying updated on her life while she stays updated on mine. it’s fun to connect with someone about high school and also about present day.
also, katie and i tried so hard to have a cute summer fire but the charcoal we were using was defective. we were too lazy to build a proper fire, though, so we just kept throwing sticks and paper into it and watching it spark. side saddle was playing and we were laughing and it was ultimately very fun and lovely and summery.
then this weekend neomi was here, and we saw les mis on broadway for mother’s day. it’s always so fun to see her in the city bc she isn’t here often. we walked to central park and (aside from my mom almost dying of heat stroke), it was just really lovely. kelsey came to broadway and outlet shopping with us, too, and it was nice to get some time with her before she leaves for school. i can’t believe she’s leaving for school.
really i had a remarkable week; so the universe has provided me with a cold to keep things in order.
mediums - this work week was a medium. a lot of challenging moments, but a lot of positives, too.
lows - my cold :( the heat, and the way my kids utterly bitch about the heat
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently watching: still watching Buffy, but at this exact moment watching Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
also watched: Brooklyn & The Fundamentals of Caring.
Started but could not get into and subsequently stopped: The Kids Are Alright and something i literally forgot the name of
- songs you hate? electronic music can give me anxiety if i’m not in the right space and i hate that
- are you married yet? nahhhh
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? katie has an apartment! neomi was telling us about how her coworkers were like:
“Oh, you and Vinnie are going to your in-laws?”
“No, just I’m going.”
“... To your in-laws? Alone?”
“Yes, and they are picking me up. So we’ll have ten hours in the car together.”
“Alone??? Does anyone like their in-laws?” I am glad she likes us.
- favorite place rn? a cool summer breeze, outside, the sound of bugs surrounding.
- new thing you’ve learned? i’ve been thinking a lot about where to live someday. i know (at least, i think i know?) where i want to settle. but before i settle, i want to do things. see things. be things. maybe i will teach abroad for a while or join a volunteer group or something like that. i’m just watching katie prepare to settle and i know i’m not there. i’m watching friends make post-grad plans, and i’m most jealous of those with an adventure. i want an adventure.
- realized anything about yourself? i like summer nights but not as much as a like fall ones.
- any new beef? same beef as last week. @ me, chill with the clingy.
- anything else? it was pouring early, which makes this great movie weather. i’m drinking this evening in. maria and julia were here earlier, which was a nice surprise. but now i’m focusing on being cozy and ignoring the fact that when this movie ends i have to shower and go to sleep.
- selfie of the week? prior to brooklyn
#kerry#monday#this past week was my hardest week of work#and also my most socially rewarding#so i'm grateful to have been provided with that#7.25.16
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7.18.16
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: kelsey’s graduation party, seeing my grandpa, getting through my days at camp, seeing demi & nick, being recognized at camp, talking to nicole on the phone, getting caught in the rain in hoboken, sangria saturday, and just being.
cried about: i almost cried when i got hit in the face at work (lol)
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - seeing kelsey chill with her friends was such a high. i am so glad she is surrounded by good, supportive people. I am slightly jealous of the fact that she’s just developed this squad, but i am so happy that they’re there for her. i’m happy they make her laugh, and support her, and it’s just so great.
i saw demi lovato and nick jonas, and that was great. demi did a lot of throwback songs, which made it exactly the concert i wanted. the whole thing was wonderful.
i got a giftcard from camp so that i could be recognized for (attempting to) handle my campers. they’re a lot of energy, and it’s a lot to be touched all the time, but they’re good kids and I appreciate it. it was nice to be appreciated back.
today i went to hoboken with julia and caroline. we got caught in a torrential downpour and decided that instead of going inside somewhere, we would keep walking around. it was amazing, and definitely a bonding experience. also in the car, the windows were done, the music was good, and it finally felt like the kind of summer day we should be having.
we also had what julia’s dad kept calling “sangria saturday,” which was great. we cut up a bunch of fruit, and juiced oranges, and basically just made sangria. we sat in j’s backyard surrounded by string lights and good music. it was magic.
mediums - my children are testing me! it’s a medium bc it’s stressful, but i’m glad i’m learning from them.
lows - getting stuck in the worst traffic ever because there was a storm and then a bunch of tress fell so they closed roads, and long story short it took us 3 1/2 hours to complete our normally 1 hour and 20 minute run.
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently watching: still wacthing Buffy
- songs you hate? nothing springs to mind
- are you married yet? still no
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? katie signed a lease for an apartment today! no details yet bc she’s very busy adulting, but i’m excited!
- favorite place rn? sitting outside, smelling like a campfire, being.
- new thing you’ve learned? i've learned a lot in camp, especially about my individual campers and their specific needs. i also learned how to make sangria?
- realized anything about yourself? realized that i always say i’ll actually update this on mondays, but i never do. maybe when school gets back in full swing?
- any new beef? beef with myself for being clingy, but that’s not news.
- anything else? it’s way past my bedtime, and i didn’t get enough sleep last night. my anxiety has been off the walls lately. hopefully sleep will find me tonight. i am so happy right now. i needed today.
- selfie of the week? prior to today’s rainstorm
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7.4.16 (lol it’s 7.7 and i’m fooling no one)
i’m still going to write this about last week so that i have some stuff to talk about on 7.11 when i write about this week, so i’m just going to pretend it really is still 7.4
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: getting through my first week of work and feeling pretty happy about it! seeing katrice and julia. also smiled about seeing kelsey. donna & donald getting their new house and moving into it! seeing lynn and kaycia. getting to sleep in on the weekend. being in a good pattern of communication with nicole where we talk every couple of days.
also, tbh, i smile every time i type the password to this blog. i think it’s golden.
cried about: at this time last year i was gallivanting across europe and i’m really emotional about it. like really a lot.
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - getting through work with only a couple of incidents was a high!! watching the kids walk across the high beam at liberty science and seeing how proud of themselves they were was a high!
spent saturday at katrice’s. i love getting to see her with her fam. she’s so funny, especially when she’s vibing off her siblings. idk what i’m going to do without her next year -- it’s going to be so hard to not have her reliable sense of humor. it was also a high to play scategories with her, and to have a really bad snapchat war with her and julia, especially as julia discovered snapchat filters. also, car rides with j are always a high.
also on saturday, i got to make s’mores with kelsey and that was so lovely. i am dying to sit down and talk with her about life before she leaves.
mediums - the week went sloooow bc everything was so new. the trips we went on were very good, but lib science center was a tad overwhelming because of all the people mixed with watching our kids.
lows - adjusting our bus route times was a low. it meant more phone calls and angry parents. but we figured it out!
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently watching: still wacthing Buffy
- songs you hate? literally i haven’t even listened to music i like in days and days
- are you married yet? nah
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? katie turned 26! she’s like halfway to 52 now, which is just wild. also, on katie’s birthday ASHLEY HAD HER BABY! THERE IS A SMALL NEW HUMAN IN THE WORLD.
- favorite place rn? on the couch in the quiet, probably catching up on freejinger forums
- new thing you’ve learned? i have learned a lot about the importance of eye contact when working with my children. also about taking deeps breaths, leading a cool down, and mostly i’m just learning so much about my kids. it is exhausting, but it is awesome.
- realized anything about yourself? i’m in the middle of realizing things. who would have thought kylie would be right?
- any new beef? still beef with my lack of sleep and lack of social life. miss you both.
- anything else? i have to go to bed soon bc i need 8 hours of sleep to keep living my best life.
- selfie of the week? last week’s selfie from katie’s birthday
#kerry#monday#7.4.16#7.7.16#i literally sat down to write this on monday#said nah i'm too tired#and logged back out
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6.27.16
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: getting to meet some of my campers and the kids on my bus route. i literally did nothing but work this week, so i guess getting to bond with some of new coworkers. getting to talk to nicole on the phone and hearing about her life. that is about it l o l.
cried about: work is eating me alive and camp doesn’t even start until tomorrow. my bus route is going to take 5ever and instead of getting picked up at 7:30, i’m not getting picked up at 7. CAN’T WAIT.
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - i submitted all my paperwork for CHOP finally!
mediums - the week went fast
lows - practicing my bus route was a low bc i felt really dizzy for most of the ride. then calling EVERYONE on my bus route was a low bc i hate hate hate the phone.
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently reading: nothing :/
recently finished: nothing :/ i am a summer slacker
currently watching: rn Buffy
recently finished: nothing
- songs you hate? who has time for hating music today?
- are you married yet? nooo
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? my parents are at my brother’s and they keep sending pictures of the dogs and i’m so jelly
- favorite place rn? in my bed literally any time after 9 A.M. bc the idea of sleeping in is foreign to me
- new thing you’ve learned? i learned a lot about how camp works, and hopefully i’m ready for tomorrow!!
- realized anything about yourself? sometimes there is nothing healthier than sitting down with a journal/word document and just doing a stream of consciousness writing. honestly. just like lay out everything you are thinking and maybe let some things go.
- any new beef? beef with my work hours and the huge lack of seeing friends and having a social life.
- anything else? i’m really nervous about camp tomorrow, but it will be good. it will be great. alright? alright.
- selfie of the week? can you tell how tired i am? i am tired.
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6.20.16
I’m cramming two weeks into this post, so sorry if it’s messier than usual
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about:
seeing julia after like a million years and having dinner at her house and feeling like no time had passed and being absorbed and just omg. so happy.
going to canada with my mom and dad and katie and lisa and aunt tish. getting to see niagara falls -- in general and especially all lit up at night.
vacation in general. not being at work for the week.
cried about:
genuinely just so shaken up about this shooting in orlando.
and also i was at a state park last week and thirty minutes after I left seven people fell over a waterfall and two of them died. i could have seen them or interacted with them, and it’s just so sad and crazy how fast it happened.
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - the things i smiled about were highs! i saw lynn and (briefly) manny tonight and that was nice.
i went to a butterfly house and got to take their pictures! i took a boat to basically under niagara falls. i took a cable car over the whirlpools at the falls! i saw a lot of really cool things and ate a lot of really good food. just, vacation, man. also my mom’s literal obsession with tim horton’s is a high.
mediums - i cut all of my hair off and i can’t decide how to feel about it?? also it’s weird to vacay with cousins bc when you’re just with like the parents and siblings you can talk about what exactly you want to do, but it’s weird to be with a group and be like “are they enjoying this?? UNSURE?”
i finished The Selection Series (for real this time). it was good, but nothing to really write home about. still, always proud of kiera.
lows - the amount of crazy traffic in canada. i was at work forever today and i had to go shopping after work and i just wanted to sleep and cut my hair off?
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently reading: rn nothing, but i really want to buy Broken Crowns, so maybe if I ever get a paycheck I’ll do that
recently finished: The Crown (which is completely unrelated to Broken Crowns?)
currently watching: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (again)
recently finished: nothing actually
- songs you hate? sometimes i hate toothbrush & sometimes i don’t, so idk
- are you married yet? still nah
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? my grandpa sends us daily emails and it’s adorable and today’s email was about how the fam called him for father’s day and it was just cute
- favorite place rn? summer night in the grass and i am there, i am there, i am there.
- new thing you’ve learned? i learned how to use a staple gun today!
- realized anything about yourself? i just really like re-watching tv shows rather than starting new ones
- any new beef? beef with the internet in canada bc i tried to post while i was on vacation and it wouldn’t go through, so now I’ve missed a week.
- anything else? i miss you both a lot a lot, let’s make plans pls
- selfie of the week? this is my last selfie where i have long hair bc today i chopped it all off!
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6.6.16
but it’s actually 6.7.16 bc i had a killer migraine yesterday
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: julia came home today!!!!!!!! and also smiled about seeing kaycia, baseball game with the fam, emma replying to my tumblr post bc it was very cute, garage sale day happened, and i got a little writing done.
cried about: i’m crying at everything recently and i hate it. you probably saw the video of the girl who received an american girl doll with a prosthetic leg. (if you haven’t seen it, you should click here and watch.) not only did i cry when i saw it, but then i was trying to explain it to my mom and i cried all over again.
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - finally getting everything hung up in my room (I moved in in October) and actually using my chalkboard. finding an ARC of the raven boys!! garage saling with the fam. i voted for the first time and that was pretty cool! v adult.
mediums - i start work late so it means i get to sleep, but i’m still sleepy.
lows - i literally thought i was going to die yesterday because my head hurt so much.
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently reading: (still still) planning to start The Crown this week
recently finished: nothing, i’m illiterate rn
currently watching: celebrity wife swap lol
recently finished: Sister Wives
- songs you hate? i love not being forced to listen to the radio @ home
- are you married yet? marriage? in the summer? no.
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? north carolina fam comes this week!
- favorite place rn? somewhere cozy bc i am sleepy
- new thing you’ve learned? i have a really hard time writing in a straight line when there are no lines to follow. i also learned about different grades of sanders. thanks, work.
- realized anything about yourself? i need to be patient and kind.
- any new beef? not rn!
- anything else? mostly just excited to be on vacation next week. will figure out how to update this when away.
- selfie of the week? selfie before work last wednesday.
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HELLO I AM HERE!
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about seeing friends last saturday at rick’s grad party and hanging out at my house after for a little bit. last thursday, i went to my first yankees game with Brian and his family! it was so cool walking into the stadium and seeing the field for the first time. we were dying though. the following day i went to Philly with my mom and Brian. we went to historical places and also Magic Gardens which was GORGEOUS. i almost fell asleep while driving back home because i was so tired but i survived! and then knocked out for a good 2 hours upon arriving home.
kinda just crying about how much money i’ve spent on clothes BUT i’ve been cleaning out my closet often!!
- highs of the week? lows?
LOL tbh i don’t do anything anymore besides sleep, play sims, read fanfiction on tumblr, or go shopping so i have nothing exciting to share at the moment!
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
well, i am just about to finish watching a Korean drama called 12 Years Promise
I LISTEN TO VIEWS LIKE EVERY DAY
- songs you hate?
i strongly dislike 7 years....
- are you married yet?
nononononono
- is zayn back yet?
nononono but i heard that he and gigi broke up so like rip??? </3
- family news?
nothing’s been happening really. my mom and i are going to Canada in August and we’re possibly staying with my mom’s classmate from high school
- favorite place rn?
home. it’s where i feel safe, have AC, and lots of fruit to munch on!!
- new thing you’ve learned?
5sos sang a song for the new ghostbusters movie. it’s coming out soon so i’m looking forward to hear it!
also, i bought brush pens so i’m trying to teach myself brush calligraphy. it looks so easy but i can see that it takes a lot of practice! i actually spelled “filipino” wrong but it looked so pretty anyway haha (fililipino pls)
- realized anything about yourself?
i still need to work on my chill (or lack thereof)
- any new beef?
okay so my gossip is that my younger cousin is pregnant and a lot of my family is super stressed out about it. other than that, since school ended there has been nothing interesting happening. it’s quite sad
- anything else?
i’m getting tired of VS only because the summer people are back, therefore i’m not getting as many hours as before. and since i don’t have school to keep myself occupied during the week, i get lazy when i know i have to go to work because i’d rather stay at home and chill out!
ME BEFORE YOU IS NOW OUT IN THEATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
- selfie of the week? lolum
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5.30.16
it’s actually 5.31.16
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: katie got a job! shopping with mom. being in vermont. german potato salad. getting to see kelsey before her prom and taking pictures. I GOT A 4.0 THIS SEMESTER, BYE.
cried about: i cried at katie’s graduation because i’m weak and this old man and his son were graduating together. it was so sweet??
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - sorry for being a swat, but my gpa was a high and i’m really excited about it.
it was really nice to see vinnie and neomi & go to tessa and elijah’s. they’re all just so cute. vinnie joined such a great fam.
i just started my summer job today and it seems like the office work part of it is really relaxed, and I’m exited to not have to stress too much about it right now.
katie graduated with her master’s this week! she’s a bona fide teacher now!
mediums - katie graduated this week! which meant two long ceremonies, one of which was in the rain. that was actually pretty special because they let all of the graduates say their own names (bc the lineup got ruined in the storm). the other one was in the prucenter, and it was crazy huge.
lows - ... I can’t think of a low this week? this has never happened??
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently reading: (still) planning to start The Crown this week
recently finished: I mean I just finished a re-read of something I wrote. does that count? (no.)
currently watching: Jane the Virgin and a lot of HGTV
recently finished: Grace & Frankie
new music: you know when you put one cd in your car and then you just keep listening to that one cd for weeks on end? my cd still hasn’t changed.
- songs you hate? the beauty of only listening to one cd means that i don’t hear music i dislike, i guess
- are you married yet? marriage? in the summer? no.
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? katie got a job! she is all set to officially be a second grade teacher in virginia this year. ahhh!
- favorite place rn? vinnie’s kitchen window, looking out at the chicken coop in the backyard with the mountains behind it, feeling calm.
- new thing you’ve learned? i learned about filing some records at camp
- realized anything about yourself? i love my chalkboard bc i compulsively write notes to myself about what i need and what i need to be doing. i think i might start a bullet journal.
- any new beef? last night i got into an argument about the sexualization of young girls bc of dress codes and i’m still kind of mad about it. like i’m sorry as a young woman i feel like i am qualified to talk about this, and there’s a difference between debating an opinion and debating the fact that these girls are literally being made to feel uncomfortable about themselves because they are constantly being assessed for uniform codes. like. i could write a lot about this. i’m not going to. but i’m. just. ugh.
- anything else? i forgot my wallet this morning, turned around to get it, drove back to work, and was still 15 minutes early.
- selfie of the week? me before katie’s first graduation (hair looks super brown here wow)
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5.23.16
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: seeing jimmy fallon! seeing maggie stiefvater! seeing lynn and leigh anne! getting approved for CHOP! long horn with katie! olive garden with my parents! finishing finals! getting an A in my drama class! also my drama professor told me he loved my paper and thought it was “insightful” and would I be interested in editing it and submitting it for publication?? WoW. this is going to come across as obnoxious probably, but it’s so nice to hear that you’re actually doing something right within your writing. like someday i would like to write for a living, and it was just so nice to have a professor approach me about it. it made me feel like i was maybe doing something right idk.
cried about: the end of junior year, so basically the end of a legacy.
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - getting approved to be a CHOP volunteer was a high! I’m so excited about this opportunity. my English class was a high.
going to see a taping of The Tonight Show was so cool, and being in new york with friends is always so nice. i’ve been trying to get tickets for about a year and a half, so it was really exciting! we also went to the american girl store and were little kids and it was fun to reminisce. the taping itself was so funny and cool because of the energy there, and it was crazy to see how small the sets actually are. then we went and each got a drink after the taping of the show to celebrate our 21st birthday (me, leigh, and lynn are all born the same week), and we cheersed, and it was just really nice and just such a sweet memory.
then katie and I went into the city to go see maggie stiefvater and it was wonderful. maggie is so funny, and katie is such a gem for always coming to these things with me. it was nice to be in the city with her. the bookstore was CRAZY crowded, but we got seats and it was just a nice thing for me.
mediums - I got my work schedule. Which will be exciting when it starts! but rn it’s just nerves.
lows - the end of junior year. the fact that my grades are due today and I’m still waiting on two. eating the worst bagel of my life L O L.
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently reading: planning to start The Crown this week
recently finished: oops nothing
currently watching: Grace and Frankie
recently finished: Friends, About Time (Rachel McAdam’s hair looked so great in this movie), Young & Hungry, and Baby Daddy
new music: literally still jamming to made in the a.m. #fightme
- songs you hate? no room for hate in my life rn
- are you married yet? nah
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? katie is graduating tomorrow! my parents just got back from their first vacation as a retired couple (cuuute).
- favorite place rn? can’t wait for cool summer nights sitting in the grass, so in my mind i am there
- new thing you’ve learned? i learned that sometimes the things you put the least work into (aka this our town essay that i literally wrote while working on my capstone paper and while watching friends) will be the things that are appreciated
- realized anything about yourself? i’m going a little stir crazy and i’ve only been in the house for two days, so i’m jazzed for work to start
also all of a sudden my hair got really long??
- any new beef? kt and i argue sometimes, but nothing noteworthy
- anything else? i woke up this morning, saw the plates hanging on my wall, and thought that one of the girls was staring at me SO THAT WAS FUN (tbh i just forget there are plates hanging on my wall sometimes)
- selfie of the week? me before going to see the tonight show!!
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