one of the little bright spots in my otherwise pretty dreary school year.. there was this girl who i was in a painting course with in the fall, and we kept on running into each other on the night before class because we'd both be up late working on our paintings in studio. she was pretty quiet and always had her headphones on but over time we started to share a certain quiet camaraderie over always working so late lol. and eventually we'd come over to each other's paintings to talk here and there, mostly just about what we were working on, giving each other feedback etc. i think i might've done most of the talking but it was still quite nice. when that studio ended i thought i probably wouldn't run into her again but in the last month or so of my spring semester i was working late on the weekends and ran into her again a couple times. and then in the last few days of school i came at like 1:30am to one of the other classrooms just to work on a drawing—it wasn't due for a week or so, but i came in anyway since i wasn't sleeping well, was feeling kinda shitty, whatever. and i walk in and there she is again working on her final project. we look at each other and i just bust out laughing, because of course we'd both be here. she came over to my side of the room when she had finished her project and chatted for like a half hour. and i realized how much her company in studio really lifted my spirits. i was actually pretty productive that night too. girl if you're out there i hope you enjoy your summer and that we both improve our nocturnal work habits <3
