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a documentation of life, as told by ann lih

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38: 26 October 2016

The First 100. 

Wednesday was such a packed day. 

Lab is at 8:40 on Busch, so I usually have to get ready to go by 8:10. I just missed the bus by like 5 seconds so I had to wait for a second one but luckily I still managed to get to lab on time. 

Based from the lab manual and pre-lab quiz, I thought today’s experiments would be really complicated and time-consuming but it actually turned out to be okay. In fact, to everyone’s dismay, we actually got out about 20+ minutes early! 

I made lunch plans with Jihoon for 12:15 because of my usual delayed departure from lab and now found myself with nearly an hour of free time lol. Since I didn’t have any of my things, I ended up working on my lab write-up, which was productive! 

When he arrived, we had lunch together at BCC. We disagree on almost everything and our conversation was no different LOL. But still, it’s an endearing kind of disagreement and makes me nostalgic of the many SILENT hours we spent at the library together in sophomore year, when I still studied for school lol. 

I hurried back to Livi for my 1:40 class, which I struggled to pay attention through but I was somewhat successful! Little victories. 

After class ended, I drove to the bank for a money order, filled up my gas, picked up some drinks (lol), and stopped by the park. The last two errands were rewards for taking care of the first tasks lol. It was pretty chilly, but I like sitting at the bench at Johnson Park and looking over the Raritan. There’s a lot of trash around there which is icky, but something about bodies of water always makes me feel introspective. It was nice to spend some time alone.

Back at the apartment, I had planned to go get my immunization at the clinic being held in the student center but I realized I still never sorted out what the heck is going on with my student health insurance. Le sigh. 

Around 7ish, I met up with Rachel and we went to IHOP for dinner! She was one of my small group babies back in the day and I barely get to see her anymore so it was really wonderful to share a meal with her and talk about life. 

After I dropped her off, I went over to Sam’s to pray with him before his surgery tomorrow. Shortly after, everyone left for CCF which was on Busch this week, but I ended up feeling too tired to go. I went back to my apartment and went to bed at 11pm like a FREAKING GRANDMA

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37: 25 October 2016

The First 100. 

I tried to get up early to make breakfast and do devos, but I had a hard time waking up. I actually ended up skipping my 10:20 because I was just so tired. I slept in until 11:30... I don’t know what happened, I didn’t even go to bed that late. It wasn’t even like I overslept my alarm, I like consciously turned it off and decided I was just going to sleep instead LOL. 

Finally managed to peel myself out of bed and shower and be a real person. I made it to my 1:40 and actually kind of paid attention. My second (but should have been third) class of the day was less engrossing and I sat in the back and did nothing. 

Back home, I finally finished all my freaking leftovers and then ate some ice cream, while finishing up an assignment. I had actually really been craving Chinese food and was going to go to Red Onion but couldn’t find anyone to go with me at an appropriate time. Luckily, this meant I could save some money haha. 

Around 7, I went over to Sam’s apartment to hangout with him since he was bed-ridden. Christine came over too and the three of us had a good conversation for a bit. Later, Joey and I jammed together which is always fun. 

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36: 24 October 2016

The First 100. 

Oooh, Monday was hard. My exam was at 9:15, it was really bad, but probably definitely because I didn’t study enough. Poor life choices man. 

I came back to the apartment and after I forgot about the exam, I felt a lot better lol.

I had two classes, which I anxiously sat through. I had found out the night before that Sam was in the ER, then main hospital, for a knee dislocation. A knee dislocation didn’t sound so bad at first but I found out later that it was actually pretty severe and was kind of worried. 

When class finally ended, I picked up Gary and we went to RWJ to visit him. We swung by McDonald’s first though because Sam finally had the thumbs-up to eat so at his request, I had picked up some trash food for him lol. 

I stayed for a couple of hours, during which, a lot of other people stopped in and out to visit him as well. His parents also came and I was surprised and flattered that his mom remembered who I am! I headed back around 5:30, and found out he was discharged not too long after. 

Around 7:30, Kevin came over and we made poke for dinner! I see him at least once a week but I feel like we never actually have any real conversation so it was nice to get to know him a little better, but at the same time, he doesn’t talk too much, so it felt a little awkward lol. 

At 9, I gave him a lift back to Busch because I had First Light practice anyways. AND THUS, completing my fifth day in a row of seeing FL. Practice ran pretty late, so after I dropped everyone off, it was nearly midnight when I got back (practice is supposed to end at 10:45 lol). 

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35: 23 October 2016

The First 100. 

On Sunday, I got ready for church and then Christie and I went to College Ave to pick up Justin. He hadn’t responded to any of my messages about picking him up at 10:40 so I called him at 10:20 to make sure he was ready to go. He answered after like 7 rings and sheepishly said “hello...?” I asked him if he was still sleeping (yes) and if he knew I was coming to pick him up in 20 minutes, he responded “I still have 20 minutes!!!” with such indignation as if I had called him at like 3am LOL. Ugh, sophomores these days. 

We heard a sermon about...ok I forget what the sermon was about LOL but it had to do with the upcoming election. 

Collegiate turn out was extremely low today, but that has become the norm now haha. We decided to all go get lunch at Tofu House together, especially since it’s been so chilly lately. That was nice and intimate, although it does make me miss the days when we’d take up 4+ tables at Livi Dining Hall after service haha. 

Back at school, I really needed to study but Wesley came to distract me!!! Actually, he said he had work to do also so he wouldn’t be so bad but we ended up talking a lot. So terrible. I ate some leftover curry around 6, and then he finally left. 

At 7:30, we had First Light rehearsal, which went pretty smoothly. Derek also brought some chocolate lava cake he had made for us, but we couldn’t eat it until after practice haha. 

After practice, Nick, Justin and I went to Taco Bell LOL before I dropped them off. I scarfed down my burrito while staying up to study for my exam. 

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34: 22 October 2016

The First 100. 

On Saturday, it was painfully difficult to get out of bed. I shared one of the mattresses in the guest room with Amanda, and even though I was up by 8, Amanda was even harder to drag out of bed haha. 

We did devos together and then had breakfast which was yummy (bless Yena’s mom seriously). At 10, one of Yena’s family friends, who is a professional classical singer, came to give us a workshop and help us with a few of our songs. 

After he left, we drove to a nearby sushi place for lunch which was nice, even though everyone was exhausted. Back at her house, we had a few more hours of rehearsal before calling it a day around 4pm. We helped clean up her house and hurried back to school. 

I got back a little after 5 because I had to drop off people on different campuses. I was pretty useless once I got back though because I was so exhausted. I ended up just sleeping and watching Netflix for the rest of the night HAHA. 

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33: 21 October 2016

The First 100. 

Friday was really nice! I had planned to sleep in but I was pretty awake by 8ish. I decided to get up and make a nice breakfast and do some devos. Tuesday/Fridays I don’t have class until 10:20, so I think I’m going to start trying to get up early and have breakfast with Jesus more often. It’s such a lovely way to start the day. 

After my class, I rushed back to my apartment to pack for retreat then I went to hangout with Michelle for about an hour because I haven’t seen her in aaaaggggeeeeesssss. It was nice to just hear how she’s doing lately and laugh and smile together :) 

Around 1:30, Michelle walked me to my car and then I went to pick up Amanda for lunch at Four Seasons. She’s a freshman who joined First Light and so it was really wonderful to get to know her better. Thankful for a vulnerable conversation over some spicy pad thai lol. 

We had to go pick up Enoch and Justin for cupcake buddies, which took about 40+ minutes because they’re all over the place and we had to stop at BEST in between to print out music lol. We spent most of cupcake buddies in the car on the way to retreat but stopped at Kung Fu Tea before our trip to get some bubble tea! Even though it wasn’t a real, sit -down hangout cupcake buddy time, we still had some pretty quality conversation during the drive. 

First Light retreat was at Yena’s house this year. We got there around 5 and ended up hanging out and jamming (because her family has like 1000000 instruments just laying around in the living room haha) for a couple of hours before dinner was ready. After we ate, we had devo time, couple hours of rehearsal, then concert planning. 

A little after midnight, we trickled in and out to shower, while the majority of the group hung out and talked about random stuff. I really enjoyed this time with the group :) We don’t get to spend too much time together as a group doing non-singing stuff. It was fun to just share stories and make fun of each other haha. 

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32: 20 October 2016

The First 100. 

I had tried to wake up early before my 9:15 on Douglass to study for my neuro quiz but I ended up waking up around the same time anyways lol.

I got wrecked by that quiz HAHAH. After the quiz, we pass it to our neighbor and grade each other and it seems like I wasn’t the only one who got destroyed because even before we started grading, the girl I exchanged with told me “I have another exam today too so I didn’t really study...please don’t judge me”. How could I judge her when I did even worse? LOL 

To be honest, I’m not too sure how I spent the rest of the day because I am writing this a week late. Meep. 

I’m pretty sure I went to my other two classes, skipped the fourth one, and then came back and chilled. 

At night, I had community group so I drove to North Brunswick. One of the women in my group brought a ton of Auntie Anne’s pretzel nuggets because her family owns two of the franchise locations HAHA. That was nice of her and they were yummy! Did you know there’s an almond pretzel flavor? That’s news to me.

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31: 19 October 2016

The First 100.

Wednesday morning was tough. I went to bed pretty late after BWW the night before but I also had to get up around 7:45 for lab. 

I managed to drag my butt to lab and I was early too. We had a quiz in the first half an hour, which I think I did okay on but not great. Oh well. 

I had read the lab manual in preparation for our experiment that day which looked suuuuuper complicated but to my surprise, it actually was not that bad. I even managed to get out 30 minutes early!!! So great. 

I went back to my apartment and took a long nap. When I got up, I had two baos to eat and then took a shower. 

The weather was really nice so I put on a romper and tried to actually look cute, and was subsequently 10 minutes late to class HAHA. I sat in the back so I wouldn’t cause a scene when I came in late but I thus, did not pay much attention :( 

After class, I met up with Frances at Starbucks for our yearly PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE DATE! I think I get one PSL a year, and it’s always with her haha. Really thankful for our conversation and openness. I wish I had more time to spend with her but she seems so busy. 

We had migrated to my apartment during this conversation due to an overwhelming number of bees outside LOL. When she left, I started chopping up some vegetables to make curry. I also managed to clean up my room and play ukulele. 

I finished cooking around 6 and was planning to study for my quiz the next day but a good friend had a slight emotional emergency and asked if I could come be a friend at the moment. I went over to his apartment and talked for a while, which was nice and honest - something that I haven’t had the chance at with him for some time now. Anyways, this sounds egotistical but despite him feeling down, it was nice to feel valued and useful as a friend. 

Ended up jamming with a bunch of other people who were in the apartment which was great and one of my favorite things. There was a slight itch inside me telling me to go home and study for my quiz but I am not doing so well at that discipline thing, so the voice was easily silenced LOL. 

I went to CCF after where we heard a message on anxiety. That felt relevant and useful. 

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30: 18 October 2016

The First 100. 

On Tuesday, I got up with just enough time to shower and rush off to class. 

To be honest, I kinda just meandered my way through the day and it doesn’t seem very remarkable now. 

I got back around 4ish and got to work on my lab report that was due at midnight. Normally, the lab reports aren’t that difficult; they’re time consuming but I don’t struggle much with the actual work. This time however, we had to deal with some strange graphs and additionally, had to create some graphs as well. Excel wasn’t cooperating with me and when I tried to add in a logarithmic line, it would just poop out the linear one which means the equation was weird. 

Even though the assignment wasn’t due until midnight, I had to finish it by 6:30 so around 6:10, I just decided to answer all the questions without the logarithmic lines and explained the errors in my graphs; hoping I’d get some partial credit. 

The reason I had to finish early though is because I had signed up for an underwater basket weaving session that began at 7! Josh picked me up and we went to Werblin where we meet up with Brian H. and Emily! 

They showed us how to use a snorkel mask and gave us flipper fins too before we were released into a 4-foot deep pool. Then we had about two+ hours to weave our baskets. THIS WAS ACTUALLY SO FUN. My basket turned out pretty ugly HAHA but it’s ok, it has a lot of character. Also, even though I don’t know Brian or Emily that well, they were really fun people to go to such a quirky event with. Definitely the highlight of my week! 

At the end of the event, everyone got a free shirt. We rinsed off at the gym and then the four of us went to BWW. Helen met us there and we got some wings and apps for reverse happy hour. The guys’ SG also went there that night and it was fun to bump into other friends :) 

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29: 17 October 2016

The First 100. 

I didn’t get much sleep because I was cramming for my Exercise Physiology midterm last night. I tried to wake up early to finish studying also but I kind of just snoozed the alarm until a little before 8. 

I got a coffee from Starbucks and then rushed off to Douglass so that I could study at the library before my class at 9:15. In my haste, I actually spilled some coffee on my new white shirt :( 

During class today, we were learning about different kind of pathology that could afflict your foot in terms of muscles and bones. Then, our professor made us take off our shoes and socks and examine each other! It was kind of awkward and cold, but I didn’t really know what we were looking for anyways so it wasn’t easy. 

I got back to Livi pretty quickly after class ended because the bus driver was going like twice as fast as the other cars on the highway lol. I got a salad from Kilmers, which was made by Ashley and rung up by Helen! So nice to be able to buy food from my friends haha. 

I crammed some more while eating my salad but I was also really tired, so my cramming was not going super well. I had to go to class so I just hoped for the best. 

Youth and Work was pretty boring today, except we watched some clips from The Devil Wears Prada haha. I was only half paying attention because I was reviewing notes for Ex Phys but that class moves pretty slowly so I don’t feel like I missed much. 

At last, it was time to go to my Exercise Physiology exam. I was surprised by how easy it turned out to be!!! I think because it was multiple choice and not fill in the blank, I was able to get away with not completely understanding the main concepts and luckily in my past hour of cramming, I hit on all the small details that we were tested on. I got really lucky with not studying sufficiently this time :o 

I finished pretty quickly so I came back and ate some pumpkin pie and took a nap and watched TV haha. It was a nice way to rest after worrying about this exam all day. 

At 6, I met up with Christine at Tacoria! I’m so thankful for the chance to catch up with her and see what she’s been up to. The conversation was very vulnerable and real and human. Another answer to my longings of meaningful interaction and conversation!

Tacoria had messed up my order and let me keep the first wrong order but also gave me my correct meal. I was happy because that meant I had an extra meal to eat tomorrow! As we were leaving, we ran into this man who was homeless and asking for food so I gave him the extra food I had gotten! I couldn’t believe how well God had provided for him, that I was able to give him a whole, completely , untouched burrito bowl! 

I had wanted to say “God bless” or maybe ask to pray for this man, who told us his name is Michael, but I was too embarrassed. To my surprise, the man said to us, “I know y’all are Christians” and demanded that we pray with him! So humbling to be asked to pray for someone when I was too shy to even offer it myself!!! He ended up praying as well and also mentioned how he was trying to get his life back together but it was impossible without God and how even though he’s homeless now, he knows that things are going to be okay. Literally so crazy and especially since my whole conversation with Christine had been about our struggles, it was so encouraging to hear something like this from Michael. 

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28: 16 October 2016

Sunday was a packed day but it was really fun! 

I got up around 8ish, and studied a bit before picking up Claire and going to church. We talked about immigration; Point has been going through a series of different political topics and looking at it with a biblical perspective in light of the upcoming election. A bunch of people went to Chipotle after service but Claire and I went back to campus. 

I was able to study for a little bit longer while eating some leftovers in the apartment. When Christie got back around 2:30, our whole apartment went on an outing to an apple orchard! Originally, we wanted to go to an orchard a little further but since we’d be pressed for time, we decided to just go to one in East Brunswick. It was a little disappointing because none of the apple trees had any more fruit on them; all the apples had fallen to the ground and were icky and smushed. Also the market was out of apple cider donuts but we ended up buying some specialty jams and a pumpkin pie lol. We spent most of the time frolicking in the pumpkin patch and taking cute photos. We were so disappointed about the lack of apple cider donuts that we decided to go to a Shoprite afterwards to get some and also bought some more groceries haha. 

Back at school, I had about 40 minutes to rest up before going to the library at 6 to meet up with two of my classmates from microbio lab. This week’s lab report is hard to do and annoying so we wanted to work on it together. I could only work with them for about an hour though because I had practice at 7:30. We were able to get some work done together and it felt better to work with someone instead of heading into alone. 

I picked up Nick and Elizabeth from Livi and drove us to BCC for First Light. Practice felt like it lasted really really long tonight, not in a bad way like it was hard to endure. It was actually a good practice and we did a lot of things but it just felt like time was passing so slowly. By the time I got home around 11, I was exhausted but unfortunately I still had to study for my exam HAHA. I had a Red Bull but around 1:30, I was too tired to go on so I just went to bed.

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27: 15 October 2016

Saturday began at 7am. I had to wake up and get ready to go to work. Normally, there’s free parking on the weekends at this lot near the children’s hospital but when I got there today, I saw that all the entrances to the lot were closed off by cones and there was someone patrolling the entrances. I got worried because I didn’t know where else I could park! 

I found some meter parking and thought it would be okay because it’s free on the weekends but upon closer inspection, I discovered meter parking is actually on free on Sundays. You still had to pay on Saturdays and there’s a 2 hour parking limit, so if I did park there, I’d have to move my car every two hours too. I didn’t want to be late for work so I decided to just park there first. I didn’t pay for the meter yet either because it’s free overnight and doesn’t start to collect until 8am but there was still 20 minutes until 8. 

I went into work and felt very anxious for the whole first hour I was there haha. I contemplated what I’d do if I got a ticket, which seemed inevitable if my car was parked illegally for 6+ hours, and how I would pay for it or appeal it. Eventually, I realized that I could just move my car to the patient parking lot, which would cost money but would still definitely be cheaper and less worrisome than getting a ticket. Normally, I wouldn’t be able to take my break until close to 10 or 11 but I asked if they could make an exception to let me go move my car, which they obliged to. 

As I was walking to my car from a distance, I saw that there was something white along my dash and I sighed in resignation that I had already got a ticket within the first 1.5 hours of my car being parked there lol. However, as I got closer, I realized it was just my EZ pass which I leave on the dash HAHA. What a relief! I was able to park my car in the patient parking garage right by the ER and I was back to work. 

The rest of the shift went a lot smoother since I wasn’t worrying about this anymore. Actually, it wasn’t that smooth of a shift. Our entire administrative system was down so we had to get all the patient information by hand. However, I actually kind of preferred this method because the person in charge has to be a lot more diligent about which patients they assigned and I don’t have to do the time-consuming task of entering the information into the system. We just filled out their paperwork, made copies, and then submit it to the person in the box who was probably having the worst shift of their life lol. 

After work, I went to Highland Park to fill up my gas and go to the ATM. Then, since TREAT YO SELF day was two days ago, I decided to celebrate, belatedly, and get a manicure while I was still at Highland Park and then go to the mall. It was amazing. When I arrived at Menlo, I immediately went to the food court. I realized I hadn’t eaten anything since 7am when I woke up because I squandered my only work break with my stupid car and didn’t have a chance to get food. One enormous bowl of mashed potatoes from Potatopia later, I browsed through some of my favorite stores before heading home with some new purchases! 

Because of my extravagant self-treating, I also managed to miss all of the football traffic around campus and was able to get a nice parking spot right by the apartment :) Back home, I took a shower and a quick nap before waking up to study. Not too long after I started studying though, Enya came home, Will came over, and then Christie came home too. After Will left, we decided to do a fun apartment activity. 

Our apartment has a huge window right on the corner of the entire building and it also overlooks the whole campus and a lot of people pass by underneath because it’s close to the bus stop, Starbucks, and the commuter lots. We had been thinking about doing some post-it art since we had such a good location for everyone to see and today we finally did it! We had to move our dining table into the middle of the living room which effectively made our living room look like a conference room, and our huge windows looked like presentation screens haha. We joked we were having our “monthly fiscal meeting” but instead, we were actually drafting up our post-it art project on an excel sheet. Then we set to work to recreate it on the window but also had some wine and cheese, making it our fanciest snack time ever. Approximately 200 post-its, a bottle of wine, and a cheese plate later, we completed our rainbow Nyan cat that stretches between two windows!!! We wanted to go outside and admire our work but it was too dark and we probably wouldn’t be able to see anything and also did not want to leave the apartment ahaha. 

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26: 14 October 2016

The First 100. 

On Friday, I got up around 9:00 and showered then rushed off to my 10:20. We were talking about personality and hostility today so that was kind of interesting. 

I hurried back to the apartment when class ended because I had to be at work in 50 minutes. I quickly changed into my work clothes and rushed off to College Ave and walked to the hospital. 

Tiff was in the box today and she’s nice and I really like her. She put me in Pediatrics today, which I was worried about at first because I’ve never done Peds before but Tiff was really nice about it and explained what to do. I found out quickly that Peds is usually less busy and Tiff had actually done me a favor because the adult ED was so crowded that afternoon. 

For the couple of hours that I was in pediatrics, I saw this girl who was SO angry about being in the ER. She kept yelling at everyone and she cussed out her OWN mom who got so distressed that she left. Then like 20 minutes after her mom left, the girl started asking for her mom and walked around the ER harassing staff and other staff. The nurses ended up calling security who came and gave her a stern talking before the nurses gave her a sedative lol. 

The rest of the afternoon was pretty uneventful. Natasha and Adrienne were walking that afternoon too, which was great, because they’re some of my favorite co-workers. It’s also Nurse Appreciation Week so there was some free ice cream in the break room so during a lull in our work, the three of us went to get ice cream together hehe. 

After work, I was supposed to meet up with a bunch of people at Stuffs for dinner but it was so crowded and they all got there kind of late so I decided to just go back to my apartment since I had something else to do at 9. Enya made pasta and graciously offered me some for dinner. 

At 9, I met up with Justin, Nick, and Christina for this week’s cupcake buddies! We went to McDonalds together and we all went crazy because there’s a special promotion right now; 6 pc nuggets for $1!!!! We got waaaaay too many chicken nuggets but we had a good conversation and I really really enjoyed my time with them :) 

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25: 13 October 2016

The First 100. 

Thursdays are long and difficult so I tried to have a good start. I woke up early and put on a cute outfit and to make a breakfast of oatmeal and to finally use up my last very ripe banana. I didn’t have enough time to drink my coffee though so I threw it in a thermos and took it with me to class.

I got to Douglass a little early so I sat on the steps behind the chapel. I really like that part of campus; so peaceful. I sat through a boring lecture of neuromech which luckily ended early so I got back to Livi pretty quickly. 

I ate some leftovers and a salmon bagel for lunch. I finished cramming for a bit and left around 11:40 to get to Youth & Work by noon. We had an exam today but it was super easy so I finished in 20 minutes. 

My next class was at 1:40 on Busch so I took the bus over to SERC. Since I was there so early, I went to the reading room and watched like two episodes of Arrested Development lol. I felt kind of bad because everyone else in there was studying for midterms LOL. 

After microbio, I went back to Livi. It had started to rain though so I got kind of wet getting back to my apartment :( 

I went over to the guys’ apartment and we played board games for a couple of hours. Around 6, I drove to Busch to pick up Esther after her class. We got pho for dinner together which was really perfect for the gloomy day! 

When I got back to Livi, I took a bus to College Ave to see the bed races! I’ve been wanting to go for the past 2 years but never got a chance to. I was feeling kind of lazy when I came home from dinner but decided that if I didn’t go this year, I wouldn’t ever get to. I met up with Christie because she was already there for AED. It was a lot of fun! I’m glad I went :) 

Back at the apartment, Wesley and Helen came over to hang out for a bit. Helen asked to stay over so after Wesley went home, we had a nice time to talk and pray for one another. I set up a bed for her on the couch but fell asleep not too long after we prayed together lol. 

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24: 12 October 2016

The First 100.

I had to get up at 7:45 today to get to lab on time. The lab went pretty smoothly today; at the start of class, she told us that most of the other sections were able to get out an hour early so she had high hopes for us. But also because we are her notoriously worst lab section, we joked that we would probably only get out on time, and not early. This joke sadly came true HAHA. 

After lab, I exchanged numbers with two of the girls that sit at my lab bench because we agreed to meet up on Sunday to work on our graphs together. Yay for meeting new people!! 

Back at the apartment, I ate some leftovers and hung out with Christie before watching Netflix and falling asleep. Not really the most productive way to spend the evening but I have been finding it really hard to be motivated lately. Sigh. 

I took a shower and then jammed for a bit. At 6, I went to Four Seasons and met up with Lawrence for dinner! I don’t see him that often but every time I do, we always have a really great conversation. Today was no different and I’m thankful for our friendship! 

He came back to Livi with me and we studied at the apartment together for a couple of hours until he had to leave at 11. I have an exam for Youth & Work tomorrow which I just started to study for when I got back lol. I wasn’t too stressed though because it felt like we talked about the same things every single week. In fact, two of the lecture power points were exactly the same, except the professor changed the date. 

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23: 11 October 2016

The First 100. 

I was so tired this morning because I had stayed up so late with Christie last night. I begrudgingly got up to shower and go to my 10:20. Class was boring except for the 30 seconds when we watched a video of a man sneezing in slow-motion. It was eeeewwwww.....

Back in the apartment, I ate some leftovers for lunch and watched Netflix. Around 12:40, I laid down to take a quick 20 minute nap before leaving for class, but it actually turned into a 3 hour nap....and I effectively missed both of my afternoon classes LOL. 

Remember how at the start of this blogging experience, I said I wanted to try being more disciplined and responsible and learn how to be a real adult. Well today was not progressive sigh. 

Since I missed so many of my classes, I decided to get more work done at home instead. I actually managed to do most of my lab report.

A little before 5, I left to go to BWW for dinner with Alice + friends! It’s Tuesday (60ct wings!) plus there were half-off apps so that was fun. 

Back at the apartment, I finished up my lab report, took a quiz, and hung out with Christie and Kenny. It was a pretty productive evening! 

Also got to talk to my dad on the phone, which was nice because I like him. He’s not having a great time at his new job and has been feeling stressed lately though, so it made me feel kind of sad. 

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22: 10 October 2016

The First 100. 

I feel like I tried really hard to have a good day. I wanted to set myself up for success so I got up early to shower and make oatmeal for breakfast before going to my 9:15 on Douglass. I put on some eyeliner to feel good about myself. However, the water took a long time to boil so my oatmeal took longer to cook than I expected. I had to take a later bus than I anticipated but I still got to class on time though; shout out to the bus driver (who actually ran a red light lol). 

Class was boring and I hated it LOL. At least we got out early so I got to go back to the apartment. I made a salmon bagel and coffee before getting ready to go to my next class. 

I had skipped this class last week to cram for microbio but to my dismay, we were assigned a group project to do during the previous class period. We usually sit in these big tables and those are our groups; apparently half of our table skipped class last week LOL but the remaining half was really nice about it and just let us add our names to it haha. 

I had another class in the business building afterwards, which was okay because that professor is really nice and funny. 

When I got back home, I watched a lot of Netflix and jammed for a bit. I also did some reading and started studying for my exam. Around 5:30, I started cooking dinner, which was a pasta made of random things I found in the fridge. During this time, Enya also came home and we had a nice conversation while I was cooking :) 

At 6:30, I went over to Sam’s apartment because I said I would bring him dinner. It felt really nice to be able to serve him in this friendship for a change, because he usually is the one showing me grace and helping me with stuff. 

I stayed at their apartment and studied while eating my dinner. Around 8ish, I jammed with Joey for about an hour before leaving for First Light. I had to pick up Nick so we got to practice just in time without having to pay the late penalty lol. 

Practice went pretty smoothly, but we only have an hour together so we couldn’t do that much anyways. After practice, I dropped Justin off on C. Ave and took Elizabeth home on Livi. We had a nice chat as we walked back from the parking lot together and I’m excited to spend more time with her :) 

Back at home, Christie indulged with me as we had many drinks until about 2am lol. Although objectively this day seemed like a pretty chill day, I think I have been struggling with a lot of difficult feelings lately but it was nice to just hangout with Christie and feel more uninhibited loooool.