Long Time, No Talk

Dear my lovely readers/friends (for the few that are out there),

I apologize sincerely for the static on my end. I can give all the excuses in the world, but as one of my friends said to me, “I can always make time for friends, and I have been doing a bad job at that lately.” The same goes for all of you. While life is busy and always seeming to need me to be on the move, the truth is I can make time by cutting out those unnecessary and probably unhealthy hours before bed where I spend scrolling through social media, Youtube, or Netflix. Millennials these days aha. Can someone actually help me identify if I am considered a millennial or gen z? That would help lots. Ok, thx! Back on track: I keep telling myself that I am going to read a book before bed, yet my copy of Shoedog remains dusty on my nightstand. Overall, what I am saying in a messy and crooked path is that “Each one of you is important to me. While I can take y’all for granted as I have, your support and journey with me mean the world. I think I just needed to say those words because you deserve to hear them and you deserve to be reminded of them, much more often than I or others tell you.”

So let’s start with some updates on my life thus far. Well, I was on the Dean’s List last semester. I went abroad for my first time ever to Europe, specifically Budapest, Hungary (since a lot of people have no idea what country Budapes(h)t is in). I went for a quick 2 & 1/2 week study abroad trip with a group of other students from USF. My professor’s name was Pedro, and he was iconic, to say the least. I am going to do a separate blog post on my time in Budapest and the way it opened my eyes since that is a lot to cover. I also just applied for the Boston University program in London for the spring semester of 2021. I hear back at the end of January so wish me luck!!

So right after I finished finals, I went to Budapest. Then after Budapest, I went straight to camp for the whopping 9 weeks and dealt with the whack and wild high school campers with my grand slam partner Jacob. It was a ride for sure. 81 high school campers total! Damn, that’s a lot. It was my last summer working there so that was definitely bittersweet, but it was time. Okay, what I am gonna do is each of these paragraphs which are giving you an update on my life is going to have a more in-depth blog post associated with them. I am just trying to update y’all quickly (which we all know is not quick whatsoever. Rather, it consists of a lengthy ramble. But hey, that’s me! Bethany!).

After camp, I flew back to San Francisco where I currently reside now. I am back to my old ways of new coffee shop hunting and making my turf known at them for hours upon hours. What can I say?! It’s like renting out a study place for a day that is new and exciting. I think 3-5 hours of studying at a coffee shop for the price of a coffee (even though I order tea mostly) that is usually around $4 is not too bad of a deal in my opinion of course. What do you think? Give me your opinions. I am curious.

My classes are going well. Just in the groove of things lately. My ASL class is probably my favorite of them all this semester. Right now, I am trying to make it through the midway slack where motivation can be low and skipping classes seems more tempting than ever. I am so happy to live where I live and am so lucky to get the chance to be here in a place/city I love that I made for myself. Halloween is coming on Thursday, and my friends and I are going as the Spice Girls.

So that’s an update on me. Let me see. I am trying to figure out what I advice I can give to y’all. I think my main idea is that I am in a really good place right now, and that is because of all of the wondrous people in my life. Thank those around you for they helped you get to the state you are in now and that’s definitely a reason to be grateful for. I know where I am, and I know where I am going or where I want to go. Yet, I think it’s important to be flexible in life. To be open to changes and being bent or stretched for the better. You gotta bounce back, and maybe this time when you bounce back, it will lead you to skyrocket to possibilities you did not know existed or were possible. That’s the beautiful thing about uncertainty. It comes with lots of possibles. So may you look forward to all of the possibles coming your way since you never know the trajectory they may be sending you on.

Sincerely with love,

B.S.R.C.