Vertical learning curve

Carmen dragged me to Triangle Rock Club this afternoon with zero warning. Just showed up at my door with climbing shoes in two different sizes and announced ...

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Green thumbs and dirty fingernails

Carmen showed up this afternoon with a bag full of tiny succulents and declared we were having a “plant intervention” in my room. Apparently my one dying fer...

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Mission partially accomplished

Three weeks of strategically timing my coffee runs to coincide with Jake’s study sessions and today I finally did it. Actually walked up to his table and ask...

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Breakthrough at 12:47am

Finally cracked the code on this stupid anatomy chapter that’s been making me want to throw my textbook across the room for three days straight.

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Finding my voice at the dinner table

Tonight’s family dinner took an unexpected turn when my dad asked how I’m really feeling about starting nursing prerequisites next week. Instead of my usual ...

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Real people read this thing?

Just spent the last hour going through comments on my fitness posts and I’m kind of blown away. Like, there are actual people reading this random blog I star...

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Training day one: reality bites

Carmen showed up at my dorm at 6:30am with a printed training schedule and this look in her eyes that said ‘I’m about to destroy you.’ She wasn’t kidding.

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Heavy lifting and friendship

Carmen called at 9am asking if I could help her move the last of her stuff to her new place near campus. Obviously I said yes because that’s what friends do,...

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Reels, snapshots, and the behind-the-scenes chaos that never makes the blog.

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