Hi y'all! I have few pictures from anything I've done this week, so this summary won't be a picture summary like most weeks. 

But that one picture is my room! Loving the dorm life. 

Let me see, first week of sophomore year. What is important enough for you, my imaginary reader, to read?

I am reminded again of how much my perception of people influences how I act toward them. With hundreds of new freshmen on campus, I have a different sort of confidence from anything I felt last year. My thoughts on coolness and loving people—a subject I think about often—have been affected by this influx of new people, people who society says I am already cooler than. Is that societal convention truly so strong that I feel it when I'm around campus? I guess so! And even now, the seniors aren't so old as they were last year. It's odd. 

Well, when I solve the issue of loving people who are cooler than me and seeing no one differently from each other, I'll let you know. 

But for now, 

Maddie 

I'm sorry for my protracted absence over the last few weeks; I don't have a good excuse, and I'm sorry. 

She said to no one. 

Let's see if I have any good pictures from this week! 

This was chocolate mousse that I made, then promptly are before it had set up. See the heart? That's a pastry sheet I cut into shapes before baking. It made those tiny bites around the outside too! I thought they were so cute. 

This was dinner on Tuesday; Viv came over and had the marvelous idea to eat breakfast, which resulted in this feast! Waffles are moving up in the ranks to quickly become one of my favorite foods. Though not quite as fun as pancakes, I often think they taste better. Five points for Team Waffle! (But they are harder to butter; three points to Pancakes!)

On Wednesday I took the fort down, which I had made because I didn't feel like I'd maxed out being 18. I loved it because it was in the middle of everything and was light and pretty. We also had my family birthday lunch on Wednesday. Everyone except Selby could come, which was amazing! 

I left my lovely room on Friday morning and drove ten hours to school! Classes resume Monday. 

 

Here's Reble on her porch! She let me store some stuff at her house over the summer. 

My dorm room isn't quite finished; it's mostly unpacked, but I haven't decorated yet. 

Have a super week! 

"Dear Mr. President"