Um, hello again!

So, today, August 2nd, I went to check the blogs I read after being off the internet for the last few days, and realized that they're all doing BEDA, and I once tried and failed at that. It felt so recent, but in fact was four months ago. So strange. But I'm going to try again, and yes I do realize  that I've already sort of failed, and that I'm not doing anything that interesting this month, but still. I'm going to try. I'm also going to try to write blog posts that are less shit, frankly. Like, stop rambling.

Since April, I have:

--Chosen my institution of higher learning of choice
--Questioned that decision
--Read excellent and difficult literature, but always slightly behind schedule
--Learned about a profession I knew nothing about (research librarian)
--Did valuable and rewarding community service for the first time in my life
--Went to Ireland and learned more about my family
--Went to Ireland and had amazing and near-indescribable book-related experiences
--Gave a speech of gratitude about someone I dislike and for whom I am not grateful
--Had lunch with a teacher from high school outside of a school setting for the first time in my life
--graduated from high school
--learned about my friends' insecurities
--celebrated Bloomsday
--listened as friends talked openly about subjects I cannot discuss
--seen Midnight in Paris, The Perfect Score, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Captain America, Burlesque, High School Musical 3, V for Vendetta, and Labyrinth with my friends.
--baked a cake sort of for a teachers' birthday
--met an important but non-boyfriend boy of one of my best friends
--saw a friend I hadn't seen in four years
--went to a Gatsby-ian family reunion.

In a month and a half, I begin college. This month is for reading, instructive and not, thinking, working on my novel, being productive in some way, and perhaps blogging. A lot has happened in four months. I don't know if I've grown up considerably, but I've experienced many things, many of which were more complicated than what I had experienced before.