4/23/25

Dear Diary,

I am writing this outside! That’s right everyone, it has officially become Spring in the great state of Michigan. I am so happy to report that it is 75 degrees and sunny with a slight breeze in my little corner of the world. I am in a state of complete contentment, because (in addition to the lovely weather) your girl is done with freshman year of college! I’m turning in my last assignment tonight after I give myself a break and proofread and all that fun stuff. I can’t believe how quickly it ended. Now I’m moving back home for the summer and I officially have no responsibilities (other than my job, which I’ll explain eventually). There’s some catharsis for sure in being done with all this. I’ve written around 3000 words in the past two days for my research paper and quite frankly I am clean out of words.

I’m mostly just excited to continue onward in life; this has been a year of growth for me, for sure, and in all honesty I’m ready to keep growing. I have so many things to look forward to, and to be vulnerable with you all, a lot of those things really scare me. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last several months it’s that just because something scares me doesn’t mean that it’s bad. Wow, such an original observation that no one has ever had before! Great job, Sophie! But seriously, I get very anxious about things very quickly, and sometimes I need to take a step back and reflect on even the most trite observations.

Another fun thing for you guys: I should hopefully be able to write a ton more now that I’m done with school. I’m looking forward to a lot of fun essays about stuff only I care about. I’m looking forward to going swimming and seeing my friends and eating stone fruits. My life is already very whimsical but I’m excited to add to that somewhat, and to supplement the whimsy with getting paid.

I hope there aren’t any major typos in this. I can barely see anything in the direct sunlight… but I’m not complaining. I’ll talk to you all soon. I have cabin fever from writing my paper all day and I need to go walk around.

With love, joy, and whimsy,

Sophie