May 22, 2025

Today is not only my friend’s 18th birthday (mijo if you’re reading this GO AWAY) but it is also my last day of senior year. You hear so much talk of how emotional it is but I didnt feel it until I came home and sat down with myself for a moment. I won’t ever come back to that school (God willing XD) that grew on me like mold, soft and fuzzy and multi colored. My days as a “kid” in a lot of people’s eyes are gone, and I will never get them back. I’m not anxious about it anymore, though. I lived and I loved and I learned and I am grateful for everything I did in school. I can lay her, that version of myself that had her knees knocking in terror of the future, down to rest. Class of 2025, we have earned our rest.