Been awhile.

Last time we talked it was all about my best friends.

They’re great and all but the spotlight is back on me now.

Life is looking a little differently for me since I last posted. So let’s get into it and I’ll tell you all about my life updates (as if you care, right?)

As I type this, I’m sitting in my single room in Alpha Chi Omega with this song blasting (https://youtu.be/zIua9fu8Y8o). Some things you should know to catch up with your favorite wanna-be cool blogger:

• I’m really loving the youtube videos of songs where it’s like “[song] but it’s raining” or [song] but you aren’t ready to say goodbye” or “[song] but it’s even sadder.” Basically songs that are 1. slowed down 2. have rain sounds in the background 3. set the scene for me.
• Cal and I are back, baby. Yeah the one that inspired “Raw”, yeah THAT Cal. You heard it hear first folks. (or from my Instagram). I always judged girls who went back to their exes, and I think it’s always seen as a taboo and shameful thing because usually it doesn’t work out AGAIN. But I have to say, I think we’ve both been in awe at how much stronger and just so much better our relationship is now. During the ~7 months we were apart/on and off, we did a lot of growing up and growing into ourselves. I can say proudly that Cal makes me want to be a better person. He is too pure and well-intentioned for this world. Being apart and doing long distance is already hard, but it’ll be okay this time around. I think I found a good one, definitely will report back if anything changes though. Enough gushing about Cal, back to me.

• I’m a dog mom! I know all dogs are cute. But mine is the cutest, maybe I’m biased or whatever. Readers meet Wren. Excuse my flair for the dramatic, but the planets really did align for a stray wiener dog to come strolling through my neighborhood. We never found her original owners so I snatched her for myself. We think she was a little neglected and maybe dumped because she had and still has some ailments. For starters, all but three of her teeth were rotten and infected so I basically own a toothless but so snuggly wiener dog. Wren is my pride and joy, 100%.

• I officially (well not officially because I haven’t signed the form) decided my college major. *drumroll*…english writing! But not in the starving-artist-moves-to-NYC-and-wears-black-turtlenecks-with-tortoiseshell-glasses way. More in a creative/storytelling element. I’m hoping to couple it with my Media Fellows program. POV: storytelling through a lens (?).
• I had my first official job over the summer. Thanks to COVID, my local hospital hired college students to screen patients and escort them to their doctors’ offices. Having to repeat “Have you had a COVID test in the past 30 days? Has anyone in your household been tested in the past 30 days? Have you had any symptoms like fever, cough, shortness of breath, vomiting, or diarrhea?” like 100 times a day isn’t the most glamorous summer job especially considering that I don’t want to know patients’ pooping history, but it could always be worse. And the pay was great, too.
• Lastly, I moved back to campus in my sorority house yesterday. My AC unit was installed earlier today or else I probably would be hiding in the ice machine rather than writing this blog. With AC, my own room, a best friend as a neighbor, and a seemingly endless supply of snacks, what more could a girl want? (Aside from a limitless gift card to Free People?) Classes start on Monday, and I am in such a great mindset. Fall semester is going to be my b*tch.

Masks up Hoosiers (and all other US inhabitants)

MACK