Happy August! :)

Well, who’d a thunk we’d make it this far??

It’s officially the first of August, orientation is in just a few days, and I am frantically trying to hang out with all my friends before I start this new chapter. I can’t lie, I am so ready to have a set schedule. I think being unemployed and living on my own with just Honey has been a good experience but I really thrive on schedules and being busy. I am ready for this semester.

As I said, orientation begins this coming week, Wednesday and Thursday to be exact. Our class is getting together on sunday for a beach day, and I’m excited to start meeting people. I already know a few people which is super nice and I feel really blessed to have some connections already. I just connected with a girl who also has a dog, so I am sure Honey and I will be having play dates with them. Yesterday, my old teammate and I were planning on doing a track workout at a local track hosted by lululemon, but they canceled due to air quality :( however, it was rescheduled for next week so maybe I can get out of orientation at a decent time and hit a track workout! Today, I’m going to a demolition derby with a friend from undergrad; it’s been YEARS since I went to a demo derby, so I hope it’s as fun as I recall. Tomorrow is a morning brunch with another friend, and then another county fair with my old roommate. (YAYAYA). I’m truly living up the last couple weeks of summer.

I’ve been being very present on TikTok lately and I hope this new fad of social media will serve as a digital memory. Of course, the blog is serving the same purpose. I just want to take up my space, engage with new things, remember through videos and making good memories with my new people. I recently got out of a toxic relationship where I had to really shrink to cater to his fragile ego. Not only did this relationship kick the boy-crazy right out of my system, it made me start to appreciate what it means to show up for myself. I never needed any of these boys that I have allowed into my life, and none of them have added anything meaningful to my life and I think I just needed someone to treat me like sh*t, cheat on me, imply that I am a wh*re, and truly ruin my life for 7 months to realize that I will never let a boy treat me that way again and, in fact, I don't plan on chasing any boys! I really do hope to find my people in dental school- better friends, better education, and better things to do!

I met some of my future classmates yesterday at Lake Harriet, and multiple recognized me from my TikTok which was both humbling, embarrassing, and kind of fun all at once. I don't know what the future of social media looks like for me, but I think a digital diary is fun and I know I'll appreciate looking back on it in the future.

Okay, well this post has taken me like three days because I lost half of it and then gave up when I discovered it didn't save as a draft.. One day I'll figure out how technology works. Classes start in exactly a week and I am thrilled to have a semblance of a schedule finally. Until then, friends!

xx

-Beka