Went to Colorado for a Young Life Women's Retreat with like 8 of my best pals. It was magical and everything I needed. Julia and I did program (skit + games) for club (meetings) with MY IDOL GINGER HENDRIX AND HER GROWN WOMAN POSSE. Ginger is my 47-year-old dream woman who was the first person to ever give me vision for what my adulthood will look like. She says everything important and is hilarious and swears and also loves Jesus a lot and was a volunteer Young Life leader for like 75 years or something. My favorite thing she says is "Jesus, thanks for being nice enough to let us worship you by putting on these stupid outfits and making people laugh" or something like that. SO TRUE. I got some quality time with some old gal pals very dear to me before we all move away from each other in 3 months and got to meet some real gems. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 50 THAT ARE SO FUNNY WHO KNEW. Like I love being 21 but I can't wait to also be every age after that.
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Finals week: Not even worth wasting time talking about. Read the title of the post and you'll know more than enough.
Spring break: It wasn't really a break. It was mostly me sitting in the library sweating and weeping over my senior project research paper that I HAVE TO DO TO GRADUATE. Turns out writing a 30-50 page research paper is not an easy task. It's like they expect me to be educated by now. But I also went home and hung with my parents for a few days. And taught surf lessons. And peed in pools. And camped with my brother's Young Life area in Santa Barbara. So it was kind of a break, sure.
Maggie highlights of the month:
One day I was sitting in my room and she came walking in with her leash in her mouth. I think she was trying to tell me something. Still haven't figured it out. After an entire day of studying Maggie let me full body spoon her on the couch with my arms under and around her. It made her really hot and uncomfortable but she stuck it out because she knew I needed it. Another day I gave Maggie the other half of my plate of pancakes. I'm not sure if that is a Maggie highlight or just a lapse in my own self control.
Other weird happenings:
Went roller skating in Santa Maria (30 minutes south) with some Young Life kids. MAN THAT PLACE WAS WEIRD. But we were the ones in neon 80's gear while everyone else was in jeans and neutral t-shirts. So I guess we were the weird ones. But they did sell generic cola. We'll call it a tie.
I'm a surf instructor now. Not sure how that's happening. But I do know that I get to paid to flop around in the ocean for 2 hours and get to watch people get stoked when they stand up and ride a wave for the first time. It's so so so so special and absolutely ten thousand percent a place where I see Jesus. I'm also getting more and more freckles with each lesson. PEOPLE ARE GONNA FIND OUT I'M A GINGER.
I walked into a bar to meet Allie and Claire. Asked the server how much just a classic Coca-Cola is going for these days because I'm running on a tight budget. He asked me how much money I had and I said $2. So he gave me a Coke for $2. SHOULD'VE LOWBALLED HIM AT $1.50.
Today I ate a can of tuna and got on a spin bike ten minutes later. I actually had to remove myself from the spin class because I was in so much pain. 5 hours have passed and I still feel nauseous. I made a very bad mistake.
Went to buy my textbooks and 'Because I Got High' by Afroman was playing in the Cal Poly bookstore. Too funny to be ashamed.
Other mentionable life circumstances: Almost all of my friends and I have just experienced our first metabolism plateau. Suddenly none of our clothes fit any of us. So we're all SIZIN ON UP. It's funny you guys. Right? Please tell me it's funny.
Does Jansen know what she's doing with her life after college yet? NOPE TRY AGAIN NEXT MONTH LOL.
Driving to the Grand Canyon tomorrow. Bye everyone.
