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This summer had been intense in all of the best sort of ways, but I have to admit that I'm kind of ready for school to start up again. It will be different than undergrad, but that makes it exciting in its own way, right?

BEA

I don't know if this is too personal a question and you can ignore it if it is, but are you having dreams, too? Weird dreams, I mean, like everyone else keeps talking about.

Note to Self: Even if you love running and are an experienced runner, going the distance of a half marathon in a day without sufficient preparation is rough.

I'm just going to sit here and eat a whole pot of spaghetti.

[BEA]

Hey.

It's time for another anonymous post, again for academic research reasons. This one is not a confessional, exactly. For this one, you will post anonymously and then other anonymous users will ask you general questions that you will then have to answer honestly. You won't be forced to answer anything that makes you uncomfortable, obviously, but if you "sign up" for the questions, please try to be open to answering them.

Thanks in advance for participating!

NOAH

I have bad news.

It has been over a week and I'm still full of OMG about seeing Taylor Swift. This has been a delightful summer.

BEAU

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WHO: Bea Hyland, Josie Reed, and Noah Ritter
WHEN: Saturday, July 7, 2018; Evening
WHERE: Noah’s Apartment
SUMMARY: The three are enjoying some downtime when Bea gets hit with an unpleasant memory.
WARNINGS: TW: Parental and friend death, gun violence, war

( We're right here. We're not going anywhere. )

FRIENDS

Hey, so I know that this is last minute, but I was thinking that I'd like to have a good, old fashioned cook out at my place this weekend, because I don't really know how to do a get together that isn't revolving around food in some way. I know I see a lot of you on a regular basis for various reasons like D&D or whatever else, but I kind of wanted to engineer a reason to have all of my favorite people in one place for a few hours to just hang out, maybe play some games, and definitely enjoy some food. You can bring significant others or family or whoever you want. My apartment isn't huge, but we can make room.

If you're available on Saturday, come on over around 6PM. I'll make burgers and hotdogs and some other stuff, but feel free to bring a dish to pass. I'll have limited supplies of alcoholic drinks, so BYOB if you want something fancy.

Anyway. You're all the best and I hope you can make it.

ALEE

I know you guys have your hands full of new baby, so I completely understand if you're not up for something like this, but know that you, Zeke, and Adelaide are all definitely welcome if you are. This disclaimer is only a little bit selfless, because I want to see that baby girl at all times.

TEXTS TO BEA

-- OH MY GOD
-- I AM THE WORST BEST FRIEND
-- I AM SO SORRY

TEXTS TO NOAH

-- i think Josie left me
-- on accident obviously

Happy Thursday! And not only is it Thursday, but it's also apparently Selfie Day? I don't know -- these are the things that Facebook alerts me to. I feel like I'd be a bad millenial if I didn't participate, so here I am. Caving to pressure. ( Cut for image! )

Okay, I know. It isn't a selfie. But I feel like I can be forgiven with that cute face being all cute and adorable, right?

NOAH

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I love this game. It will never, ever get old. Even when Bethesda finally (FINALLY) releases a new Elder Scrolls (grr re: Fallout teasers, btw), I foresee myself returning to Skyrim, just for buggy goofiness like that.

BRYNN, ALEE

I think I need a girls' night. I've been focused on work and Niall other things and have been neglectful. Can this be a thing? My place, I'll cook, we can chat or watch a movie or anything else?

BEA

Hello! We should hang out. A Noah-free and non-D&D related hang out, I mean. And I should note that this isn't going to turn into one of those dumb things where a sibling gets all "if your hurt them, blahblahblah" like they do in movies. I don't think I could pull that off successfully on a good day, to be honest. I just like knowing the people who are important to my brother, because that automatically makes them important to me.

Anyway! If you're ammendable, let me know when you're free. We could do food? I remember you liking pizza, so we could do Sal's? Oh or we could do homemade pizza at my apartment?? I don't know. Something like that. I'm also kind of babbling, which is a thing I do, spoiler alert.

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WHO: Bea Hyland and Noah Ritter
WHEN: June 3rd, afternoon.
WHERE: The Hyland Residence
SUMMARY: Bea and Noah have a lot of feels and finally act on them.
WARNINGS: THIS LOG IS ONGOING. Kissin'. Smooshy stuff.

( I can promise you that I don’t hug my sister like that. )

I'm not nearly as talented as my sister when it comes to being artsy, so I didn't make an awesome graduation cap like she did to commemorate my graduation today. Thank you to everyone who came out to help both of us celebrate today, though. I know I appreciated it, even if I didn't get a chance to talk to everyone. Here's to the next four years (at least)! See you in August, UofD.

Just a reminder that if you have any events, want to take some family photos, or just want a picture of you taken, I'm always looking to fill my schedule with sessions! I'll be at the Arts & Crafts Fair all weekend with a booth if you want to come see my work, both artistic and portraits.

BEA

Do you have any free time next week that I can book you for?

I won't take up too much space waxing poetic here. I just wanted to say that I feel pretty grateful for having had the opportunity to see my beautiful sister, Rowena, reach the end of one impressive accomplishment this weekend and embark on another awesome journey. I may not have had the fortune to see you become the woman you are today, but I'm glad that I get to know you now.

Sorry for hijacking your graduation party, sis.

TEXT TO NOAH

--I can't even pretend like I can go a day without saying hi to you.