July

First up, July. Where should I even start?

Conlan came to visit spontaneously. Which was so much fun! He brought his friend Clay with him and we all hung out, grabbed dinner (tex-mex obviously) and went climbing. It was so nice to see him before he went off to college. How insane is that?! I just keep thinking woah, I started college 7 years ago.

I tried Nuuly for the first time. I love it. I have gotten to try so many cool items that I would never buy because they are too “out there”. I really feel like over the last couple months it has helped me find more of what my style is and how I want it to be.

Jess hosted an asian/thai themed supper club at Herk and other was fab. Kevin brought all these fancy chopsticks, which was weird, but cool. I manifested a Copenhagen NoCo. You will find out later on if my manifestation was successful. I also played paranoia for the first time.

Diane’s Tea Ceremony happened! I drove all the way up to Wichita Falls, which I thought was only gonna take four hours, but actually took 7. it was insane, but also so worth it to be able to participate in this amazing Vietnamese celebration. The food was amazing and Diane looked absolutely stunning in her red ao dai.

I then got a new couch, which if you know you know guys. My old couch was so uncomfortable. The new couch is 10000000 times better. I know some of you might be thinking, “Sarah, I didn’t come to read about your new couch”, but I’m sorry, it was a big milestone that had to be discussed.

I saw Superman. Correction: I saw Superman alone. I cried after. What a baby. Seriously though, I don’t know what was going on with me in July, but I felt so alone. Nothing had really changed except for the majority of my friends who were single at the beginning of the year were now in wonderful relationships and I was still hung up on a man who I knew didn’t like me, but I couldn’t understand why so I clung on for dear life and suffered through group hangs pretending like I was fine. I found myself isolating, which is what I do when I dont want to deal with my problems. Welcome to the life of a girl whose every emotion shows on her face. Okay back to seeing Superman. I went alone and now that I look back I am glad that I did. However, in the moment I was sad. I have all these quirks that make me so different from everyone that all of my lovely friends don’t share all the things that I like and that is okay.

Jess and I went to Copenhagen. Who am I? I booked this flight legit a month in advance and I am so glad I did. It was pure magic and also chaos. Jess and I lived off coffee, pastries, and delusion. We biked everywhere like locals (and surprisingly I did WAY better than in Paris, thank GOD). We swam in chilly canals because of course we had too. I think part of my soul is still floating out there. I ate so many danish hot dogs. I wore so many outfits that I am building up the courage to wear in Houston, but it may take me a few more months to get there. The outfit energy in Cph is just unmatched.

Everything was so pretty it felt fake. Every pastry was the best thing I have ever eaten. Give me a cardamom bun immediately (think about the video trend where people smack their credit cards on the table, that is how much I NEED it). If you didn’t get that I am so sorry.

I want to live in Copenhagen guys, like so bad. It would be dream inso for my collages and for my outfits and my vibe. It is a magical place. I will 100% be returning. Thank you.

Overall July rating: 9/10 aesthetic, 3/10 mental stability, 10/10 content potential.

August

August, my darlings, was a whole other story.

I do have to mention that I saw fantastic 4. It was good, not great, but good. SPOILER: the Doom post credit scene made me excited.

Then we had Diane’s bachelorette party! Whoop Whoop. Okay guys this was an insane weekend. Like I look back and just can’t understand how I survived. It was so fun celebrating Diane, but I am such a grandma that any type of party or bar literally knocks me off my feet for multiple days. Like fully puts me out of commission at the ripe old age of 25.

The first night we had a fab dinner and went out on the infamous 6th street in Austin. Now the night started out fabulously, a bald man volunteered his bald head for our kiss, I got a photo with a birthday girl and we found another bachelorette party. Then we went to Latchkey and the chaos began.

Here are the events that occurred as told by my anxious brain: Enter Latchkey. Have to pee. Wait in line with Diane. Random girl joins us in the bathroom. Give her a spare tampon, bc #girlhood. Help Diane rip her shape wear off her body. Indeed a job for 2. Exit the bathroom. Order a g&t at the bar. Pay with my credit card. Move to the dance floor. Dance dance. Have a weird feeling that I lost my debit card. Panic. Run to the side of the room. Dig through my purse. Kind gentleman bouncer shines his flashlight for me. Find my debit card. Say thank God. Go back to the dance floor. Dance dance. Leave Latchkey. On sidewalk. Panic sets in again. Where is credit card? Squat on sidewalk. Dig through purse. Do not find credit card. Almost cry. Do not cry Sarah. Doesn’t cry. Yay. To new bar. Order new card. Big Sigh. All better. Can’t find Savannah. Call Savannah. Savannah arrives at new bar. All of a sudden rumple shots. Ew. Savannah not well. Puke on my skirt. Hold in the gag. Sit on side walk til uber comes. Shower. Yes. Thank God I am clean. Sleep.

This felt like the best way to explain it to you so you could also feel the chaos behind it. Honestly it was so fun to write it that way. I felt like I was playing poetry for Neanderthals.

The next day was fab. We went to hot yoga, which helped me sweat out all the alcohol and stress from the evening before and then we had a boat day. Lemme tell you our captain was HOT. Like why is he driving our boat hot. However, he definitely knew it. Boat day was so fabulous and then we had a girls night in which was so fun and relaxing! Almost forgot to mention we had HOTDOGS on the boat, like how iconic. The boat was a joint endeavor and the boys grilled us hot dogs for the occasion.

The next notable event was the foot race. I am sorry to all people who are waiting on the edited video. I have too many creative endeavors, I am sorry. It will be done soon… maybe. Long story short we raced. I ran slow. We had fun.

The rest of August was pretty uneventful so onto the next!

September

Ah September, the least late recap.

On September 2nd, I found out an AI generated photo of someone who is supposedly me and Harris Inoff had been circling the GBC crowd. It is the photo pictured above. I am not sure I have the words to explain to you what it is. All I will say is we were playing assassin. Long story short, Harris killed me. He manifested it through this creepy photo I guess.

A very important milestone was achieved in September as a Texas resident. I bought my first pair of real cowboy boots. Shout out to the girl who helped me at Tecovas who was also from PA. I got beautiful light brown pair of snip toe boots and the smell of leather has not faded and I have become obsessed.

Then we had the event of the year, Diane & Ben’s wedding. It was truly so much fun. Diane looked absolutely stunning and her dresses were so gorgeous. Every detail was perfect down to the table centerpieces. It felt like a royal wedding.

I joined this program in September called Ascent. It is a Christian mentoring program for high school students. We had our match day at the end of the month and I got to meet the girl who I will be mentoring. I felt like I was meeting my new sorority little. The girl I am paired with is so amazing and I am super excited to grow in our faith together.

Guys September was such a short month and this is all I did. I am so sorry, please forgive me for my less eventful month.