Summer Time... and the Living is Easy...

One week and everyone will be arriving at camp. One week and I'll be back to the place that makes me realize who I am. How dramatic, right?  I just can't wait. I can hardly breathe in anticipation. 

He realized it wasn't me before he realized it was her. Thank you.  

Goodbye Junior Year

Thus comes the close of another school year. I took more classes than humanly possible. I was more dramatic than ever before. I had my first real illness in over a decade. I'm wiser. I'm more intelligent. I'm older. I'm more mature.

It's been an intense and incredible year. And it feels like yesterday that I was writing about my sophomore year. I move out is less than 12 hours... I have almost nothing packed. And I'm very tired. Checking 500 students out of one building is more taxing than one may think.

On the bright side, camp starts in two weeks. I'll tell you more about that later.

Night.

I Will Never Be That Girl...

Sometimes I call strangers names when they wear American Eagle hats. Then, I apologize profusely. Then, I fall out of booths at Jimmy John's. Then, I need someone to make sure I'm okay. And it's a pretty good night. But other nights are okay too.

But....

I will never be that girl with the ugly wedge heels and empty stare.
I will never be that girl with a dress for every occasion and matching bags.
I will never be that girl who needs to be bought things.
I will never be that girl....

You know... that one girl.

I'll be in my cargo shorts and sneakers waiting to go fishing or build a fort. I'll go dutch anywhere you want. I'll show up on your porch with a slushie and a smile at 1 in the morning. I'll show you what it is to be alive. And, when I clean up, I'll clean up nice. I'll dance, if you want to dance. I'll wear my high heels when I need to. I'll tell you exactly what I think.

But.... man.... I don't know what type of girl I am.