Back in Baltimore!! I had the most wonderful MONTH long break at home for the winter, Johns Hopkins is a little crazy for letting us out so late buuuuut that also meant we didn’t have to come back until 3 days ago. Over break I was able to do quite a bit within my short 4 weeks. Besides relaxing and moving less than a bed ridden elder, I was fortunate enough to take a few trips!

I am genuinely so thankful for the extended stay at home. As I get older (I’m literally 23), I am becoming increasingly aware of the limited time I can anticipate to spend with my family, less I can convince them all to move wherever I am. God, how I wish my family and friends could be with me always. I seriously am the luckiest girl in the world with a family that loves me so and friends that truly know me. Shout out Sarah – maybe you already forgot about my blog but nonetheless, this post is for you. And now that I’ve typed that, I am actually going to take a quick detour from what I originally planned to make this blog about, and just highlight one of my good friends.

To be frank, to know Sarah is a gift. I remember one of my first days at my new college job, petrifying btw, and meeting Sarah. It had to be the end of my training, we actually weren’t even working together. I was working at our further, relatively isolated store and I was working alongside one other and the most lovely Sarah was studying right at the middle island. Just initial impression, I knew I immediately wanted to be her friend. You know those individuals that are almost suspiciously welcoming, the kind that are abundantly friendly and have a genuine interest in you? Completely authentic, I was enamored by her presence and we were practically only exchanging pleasantries. I got to know that she was currently tackling one of her chem classes like an absolute beast and was taking a break from work LOL. Anyways, she was bound to be my friend.

By a miraculous stroke of fate, we ended up working a few times together towards the end of that spring semester and my master plan of making Sarah one of my friends finally paid off. I was utterly shocked to find that warmness, friendliness, and curiosity for the world was not a one time best first impression ever. No, Sarah quickly revealed to me her authentic character time and time again and my inclination to befriend her grew even stronger.

then i was gone for summer

THEN I WAS BACK FOR MY SENIOR YEAR YUPPPP! And thank God for that because little miss Sarah and I grew even closer and worked even more together. Don’t you love when work relationships transfer into such meaningful relationships out of work too? America can thank every college-aged girls’ desire to be a barista. But Sarah and I did so much, we studied together, hung out outside together, went to a game together, she even met my best friend! I also got to take Sarah to Bulls for her first time, my lovely college town’s infamously only 21+ (strict) club near campus. Sarah was around at a bunch more, but she is the kind of friend you would always want around more.

Sarah truly is one of the kindest people I’ve ever met. Shes got a heart that barely fits in her body, and laugh that you cant help to mirror, and seemingly time to do everything under the sun. I truly do love that girl. She even was nice enough to hang out with my brother when he came to town for my graduation. I was a little nervous. My brother, though not a complete social recluse, prefers smaller crowds and boy was I taking him to the anthesis of that for my grad night. Sarah, however, was diligently by my brothers side making sure he didn’t feel out of place or unwanted amidst the chaos. That is something I will NEVER forget, Sarah if you’re still here, thank you. I cannot express how much that meant to me.

Well, to my small congregation of readers, I hope y’all enjoyed hearing all about my friend Sarah. Oh, the photo is of us 🙂 Im on the left, Sarah in da middle, and my friend Grace to the right. Till my next post.

Ciao,

Diana