Love this poster.
Ok well the year has finally come to an end and I don’t believe how it ended. Life has thrown me yet another curveball and I’m not sure where this is going to take me.
Yeah, yeah, you think, how many times has this girl said she’s falling for someone? Well this feels different. I don’t feel naughty, I don’t feel like I’m settling. This guy actually makes me happy.. Pure happiness. And I want to take the time to tell you about how these last four weeks of sophomore year went.
***Four weeks ago***
GRAFFITI PARTY!!!!!!!!!
The craziest party of the year! During the day we played bags, and my partner and I did indeed dominate for a good amount of rounds. We got really close to the top in the tournament. Not to mention we had consumed copious amounts of drinks before and during the tournament. YUH! And they thought this Hawaiian girl couldn’t play with the mid-westerners :)
So getting on to the night part of Graffiti… If you don’t know what Graffiti party is I’ll summarize it quickly for you: Everyone wears plain white tees and brings sharpies to write/ sign everyone else’s shirt. Trust me, it’s hilarious to read what people wrote, or tried to write, on your shirt the next morning! I got lazy my freshman year and just drew pineapples on people after about an hour of trying to clearly write little notes to people..
We had an amazing dance party, and of course, my best gal pal and I danced on the table because it’s our tradition to do so. At one point we left to grab more drinks and came back to the dance party. I decided to stay on the dance floor for a while before going up on the table and so for a few minutes I was doing my thing and busting moves on the dance floor. Next thing I know, a guy is next to me dancing and introduces himself saying, “Hey, we’ve met!” I looked at him for a few seconds trying to place his face and responded “Oh yeah, you’re so and so’s friend..” “Yeah, she introduced us at the commons!” he said. Next thing I remember was that we danced for a long time, and pulling him up to dance with me on the table. Haha I remember my buddy squeezed my arm and looked at him as if to say “No! Who’s this stranger?” We’re good watching out for each other when we’re out partying, needless to say. We danced for a long time and then I left the room right in time before it got busted. This year was a year to remember. Some guys from another college was escorted off the campus by the cops. Talk about party poopers.
A few days later I open my facebook to find a boat load of notifications from friend tags to photo comments about the picture album I posted. This is what I get for taking lots of pictures at parties but I don’t mind much. I moved on to friend requests; yeah I met him, yeah he’s this guy’s friend, oh she’s in a picture and added me, huh I’m surprised we weren’t already friends… and then I got to HIM. First thought, oh man I really don’t know this guy, I hope he wasn’t a creeper, and what the hell do I add him or not?…..Add as a Friend. Click.
He spoke to me on facebook chat (yeah I know, it’s weird, but only for some situations!) and we agreed to hang out the following night. It was nice to hang out with someone who was actually interested in getting to know me. And for once, I was interested in getting to know him. It didn’t feel like a burden as it so often does when I meet other people. I know, it sounds bad, but I don’t feel like I need to justify myself.
Needless to say we hung out these past few weeks and I have never felt so.. I can’t find the word to describe it but along the lines of “I feel comfortable with him, he brings out the better me and I feel this connection with him.” I was really sad this morning when I said goodbye for the summer. But I will stay in touch with him during break because I have a feeling this “whatever we have” has potential when we return :)
Another night is passing by in the Hawaiian Islands and I wish for nothing else than to sit back and relish the remaining few weeks with my parents. Sitting on the porch enjoying the occasional cool breeze and armed once more with my computer, I can hardly wrap my mind around the fact that summer is drawing to an end. Once back at college I’ll eagerly await the care packages (sometimes sent all at once and resulted in my staggering back to the dorm in the snow with three boxes) that my parents send. It’ll be a warm reminder of what awaits me at home after a challenging semester.
I’ve a ton of things I want to do before I go so I guess I better ‘get a going’ as my dad always says. Lets see.. We’ve talked about going fishing but haven’t been able to because of all the house repairs and painting. Hopefully we’ll be able to do this! We also recently got a japanese kamado so I want to make ribs and steak. I know i’ve been saying I’ve been shopping a lot, but i still believe there’s some shopping to be done!
Our second house is nearly done being painted, and it’s so pretty! I love green so my mom and I picked a light green for the trim. Picking paint worked out alright this time.. I always flinch when I remember the time I picked out the paint for our kitchen cabinets.. yeah, hot pink did NOT work well haha
