Hello there.

This is the beginning of a goodbye letter. I will be writing it to you over the course of the next six months until I stop writing when I graduate from college.  It feels cohesive to end this blog when I graduate because I started it one month into school. I've changed so much in the last four years that it's time for a fresh slate and a new start.

I do plan to continue blogging in a new space with a new name and with new focus. I've come to realize that it's best to stop writing in this space because my passion for it has waned. Archived in this blog are memories good and bad and while I don't regret sharing these moments in life with you for a moment, I do find it right to make these memories mine alone (for the time being). I hope you understand that this is not at all about you dear readers. I have cherished every comment you have left, every email you have sent, and I thank you for ever taking the time out of your day to read the ramblings of a stressed and, at times, a lost college student. I hope you decide to continue this journey with me in the new space (I will share it when I get there) and we can see what new memories we can create.

Yours,
Sarah

Spring has (finally) sprung

Just when I was about to lose it, it happened. On the 26th of April the sun began to shine. This was by far the weirdest/most stressful winter in recent memory. It was almost as if the weather was playing a game with me by snowing, then melting, and just when spring was supposed to come (over a month ago) it would snow again. But on the 26th it's almost as if switch had been flipped and we had sun. Everyone was outside, people I've never seen before on campus flocked to the pavement to show off their frisbee and basketball skills. It was almost a shock to see so many people. So this weekend is an ode to the sun. I sneaked off home for the last time before the end of school and the minute I finished unpacking the boxes springtime fun was on. We lounged, drank coffee, read, thrifted, bought flowers, and for the first time since the last day of winter break I felt myself fully relax. I know I have to go back to school and face the last week of classes and finals week but after having this taste of spring/(summer?) I feel like I can take on the world.

x Sarah

Rose Salve & Blue Arrow Binder

It took over my life for over a week. This literature analysis on Labor Support and Patient Satisfaction, that paper housed in the blue and white folder. I carried it from classroom to coffee shop to meeting to room. Making notes, annotating, and writing my heart out. I felt relieved and strangely light when I handed it over. When I gave it up I realized I no longer had a direction. This is the problem with sometimes putting so much of yourself into school.

BUT IT'S ALL WORTH IT WHEN YOU GET AN A!
And I feel like I've found my direction again.

x Sarah