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11/26/21

Black. Friday. I love clothes so much, and I love clothes that are on sale even more. My sister and I woke up at the crack of dawn today to go to a local boutique to find a sign saying it opened at ten but we arrived at eight. We decided to leave and grab breakfast at our dads cafe but then we were notified the sign was incorrect. We ran back to the boutique, tried on some fun things, and left with a single sweater and earrings. We went back to the cafe and enjoyed breakfast and a peppermint mocha. I love the holiday season. From here on out, it’s practically Christmas! Black Friday is like a sign that it’s okay to play Christmas music now since thanksgiving is officially over and the gift buying has officially begun. I still have no idea what to get my mom, dad, two brothers or my sister so that leaves my entire family for me to figure it out. But it will get done! Just maybe on December 23rd. And that’s okay because it always gets done. Anyways my heart is happy and I’m ready to sleep. Stay pretty boy swag!

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11/25/21

Thanksgiving. This is easily considered one of my very favorite holidays. Not necessarily because of the food or pie, although that part is pretty great, it’s getting to be with my family. I have 3 siblings who are all in college, and it’s a big deal when we get to spend time together. My sister does college gymnastics and she can’t leave arkansas often because of practice but she got to come home Tuesday and is leaving Saturday. My sister is my best friend and it truly is my favorite when I get to spend time with her. As we sat around the table tonight as a family of six, my heart was just so happy. We laughed about pictures and old stories and everyone was genuinely happy. I’m so grateful to have such a great relationship with my siblings. Today I give thanks to them! My love language is quality time, and days like this show it. Happy thanksgiving, stay pretty boy swag!

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11/18/21

Today is my early day. Woop woop. I spend a grand total of 4 hours at school and then I’m out! In my morning class we watched a documentary about Alzheimer’s and how music affects our brain. It was truly amazing to watch their faces light up as they heard songs that brought back memories they thought they would never remember again. It went from them not being able to remember their name, to them remembering their favorite childhood friends and the memories they made on the playground together. It was the coolest thing and I really think I want to do more research on it. It was crazy to see the great lengths that the orchestrator of this project went to to get these patients iPods. Unfortunately since they are not medication, federal agencies refuse to help pay for them. With the millions suffering from Alzheimer’s, in many places it is not financially doable. Today, I am thankful for music, and the possibilities that it unlocks. Stay pretty boy swag!

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11/20/21

Bittersweet endings. Today was the last cheer competition of the season, and my last competition of my high school career. As much as I would like to be able to say I’m happy with how we placed and things went today, I am not. We placed third and many would be overjoyed to be third in this state, but I feel robbed. My team has been through more than anyone else this season and I just kinda wish we were recognized more for what we pushed through. I’m so incredibly proud of us. Although it wasn’t our best performance of the year, I know how good we were and what we were truly capable of. Besides, my teammates are truly my best friends. The only 26 people I can call on to pick me up at any time of the day when I’m down. I look forward to practicing every day because I get to hangout with 26 of my friends for 3+ hours 6 days of the week. I love cheering and I love the relationships that have been built through it. The last two years have been more than I ever could have wished for and I’m gonna miss it. G-money out, stay pretty boy swag.

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11/11/21

Today’s date is kinda cool. Like 11/11 make a wish but all day long? I’m not sure. Today was my last day shadowing in the hospital. I’m super sad that it has come to an end but being in this environment just made me believe even more that I’m meant to be a nurse. I am passionate for those around me and want nothing more than be able to give them the care they deserve and I think it’s the coolest thing that I’ve been getting to watch people do that. Today I’m so so grateful for these skilled caretakers and the miracles they perform every single day here on earth. I think it’s so cool that I have the opportunity to change so many peoples lives first hand one day soon and man am I excited. Now, onto bigger and better things. Stay pretty boy swag :)

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11/13/21

QUALIFIERS DAY WOOP WOOP! Today River bluff qualified to state and placed 3rd. Of course a win would have been nice but we tied our biggest rivals even though we had a fall and a bobble and their routine was virtually flawless. This is a good indicator of how we will place next weekend at state and I’m praying for a ring. I cant believe the season is seriously over in a week. After all this time of hoping I’d be done, I’m actually really sad. At cheer I get to hangout with my friends every single day and I’m really going miss that. Today I’m grateful for my amazing team and I’m gonna be heart broken when it’s over. For now I’m gonna enjoy every last minute. Stay pretty boy swag <3

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11/6/21

ITS DANNYS BIRTHDAY. Today I’m so so happy that I have the best older brother. And on top of that it’s his big day. Even tho he is in Arkansas with the rest of my family, I will celebrate him from my house all by my lonesome. Danny is probably the funniest person I know. And on top of that he’s like ridiculously smart it’s almost like scary in a way. I don’t know anyone else that knows 4 languages and he learns them so quickly. He literally taught himself danish and then went to Denmark. Pretty freaking cool if you ask me. Today im so happy that I have the best siblings ever, and im just so glad they get to be celebrated, because they deserve it. Happy birthday danny, and stay pretty boy swag!

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11/2/21

Today I am so very thankful for my dad. I am thankful for him every day of course, but today he stuck up for me and advocated for me when I did not have a voice in a situation. He fought for me when I couldn’t do it for myself and for that, I am so thankful. My parents are just the best and I’m so happy I got the ones I did. Man. Did today suck or what! I literally cried in a Lowe’s hardware store? Anyways I’m kinda sick of the feeling of pain in my throat from trying to hold back my tears so I’m gonna just let loose, cry a little and finally go to sleep. Once matty b leaves my room I’ll probably soak my pillow case in some tears but when I wake up I know I’m gonna be fine, you just have to cry sometimes ya know? Anyways, trying to stay positive. Please pray that my eyes aren’t ridiculously swollen in the morning. I doubt it because I also had an allergic reaction to the makeup wipe i used, and tears plus allergies probably isn’t the best combo. Stay pretty boy swag.

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10/21/21

THE FAIR IS BACK. One of my favorite weeks of the year honestly and I got to go twice today. I even bought the unlimited ride pass (which I never do). We don’t have school today or tomorrow and since I got out of practice at 11, I went with maddie straight to cola to meet ruthie. First purchase of the day was a lemonade and then for some reason a cheeseburger? I’m not sure why I got it and it was $11 and pretty below average but whatever. We got on crazy mouse and the gravitron which scrambled my stomach quite a bit. To calm it down we went through a fun house and called it a day. I got home at 3:30, changed and headed to Bekah’s to pick up a few of my friends and headed back to cola. First purchase of the night was 2 red velvet fried Oreos and I can confidently say that these are the best fair food. We rode probably everything the fair has and we ate way too much. Grant even won one of the games which I thought was impossible to do. Now he’s stuck with a massive purple gorilla but it’s fine. I rushed back to my house, showered, and left at 10:30 to get my spray tan for Saturday. Now that I’m looking fresh and orange, I am going to sleep. With that being said, stay pretty boy swag, and please pray that the spray tan comes out of my new sheets.

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10/23/21

Today I had a cheer competition and to be completely honest with you, it was really not good. Thankfully, I did very well and am proud of myself, but as a whole, my team and I are struggling. It’s so unfortunate because we work so hard and are so individually talented, we just haven’t yet figured out how to put it all together. But that’s okay, we will figure it out (hopefully). After we competed I took the best shower ever, of course I shampooed and conditioned twice to ensure all of my hairspray was out. Then I put on some comfy clothes and went over to watch the USC game (ouch!!). This is looking like my normal Saturday routine now. Wake up early, get ready, go to river bluff, get on bus, go compete, come home, go to summers, and go to bed way later than I should be. But I love routine. This probably will not change fore a little bit and I’m fine with that. Routine is good. Sleep well, and stay pretty boy swag.

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10/16/21

To think this month is already half way over is just so insane to me. I was supposed to have a cheer competition today but due to a couple things, we did not compete which I am not incredibly upset about. My body is absolutely exhausted and I got a really really good nap that I would not have gotten otherwise. I went on a date to a drive-in movie theatre (and my dad met him). I had the best time and thank god for the nap because I would’ve fallen asleep halfway through the first movie if not. It is so relieving that both of my parents have met asher (and liked him, thank god). I’m super thankful for today and it has just been the best. It’s been nothing short of amazing but I need some sleep now. Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite and as always, stay pretty boy swag.

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10/11/21

I am a huge procrastinator. I think the reason I keep doing it is because it always works out in the end. I really need to curb this habit but I’m pushing it off at the moment. (Did you see what I did there?) As much as it’s not a huge issue at the moment, I know it’s gonna really put me behind in college. I finally finished my APES project this morning (that was 2 weeks late), but then again there was no penalty for it being late. This made me very happy. I even knocked out a couple more things for some other classes and got done with my health science work on time. I also played some jigsaw planet and 2048 cupcakes in between working as a small reward. I had a good dinner and maybe I’ll get to bed at a decent time?? Anyways, I will be pushing off my APES packet that was due 2 weeks ago and pray that it just finishes itself. Sleep well, and as always stay pretty boy swag.

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10/10/2021

Are you today’s date, because you’re a 10/10. Sorry. Anyways. I LOVE fondue, especially the melting pot but it’s not a regular occurrence that I get to eat there so when I found out my family was going tonight I had been looking forward to it all week. It was my brother Sean’s girlfriends birthday. Ruthie, not only his girlfriend but one of my closest friends was celebrating 21 today. I hate my own birthday but I love celebrating others. I love picking the gift, getting dressed up for the gathering, and doing everything I can to make them feel special. Tonight was everything I would have hoped for and more and I just love people. I love sitting around a big table full of the people I love. It’s not too frequent that I even get to eat dinner with my parents nowadays because they’ve been working so much so tonight was really really nice for me. I’m going to bed very happy tonight with a very full heart. Sleep well, stay pretty boy swag.

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10/9/21

Although things did not go completely according to plan today, I’m ending the day so happy. My high school team had our second cheer competition today and it definitely was not our best performance but there were still many things to be happy about. I thought my day would slow down after and I’d go home and get to bed early but I was wrong. Although I’m completely exhausted, I do not regret going to bed this late because of how much fun I had. My friend summer invited me over to watch a couple football games with a bunch of other people so after I wrapped up lunch with my friends I headed over there. I thought it was only going to be a couple of people but there ended up being 10 other people over there and I had a ton of fun honestly. We played a few games and watched some football and I finally headed home. I took a very very long shower and I’m praying the hairspray is actually out of my hair but I guess we’ll see. Sleep well and as always, stay pretty boy swag.

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10/3/21

I don’t think I’ve ever needed sleep so badly in my entire life but I finally got to sleep in today. Eight entire hours of beauty rest. I think I could’ve slept for another year if my mom didn’t wake me up to go to a friends birthday brunch but I’m really glad she did because I had such a good time catching up with some of my closest friends this morning. AND GUESS WHAT?!? I CLEANED MY ROOM! Yeah that’s a big thing for me. Then I got to go hangout with Asher and we made a really funny tik tok! I don’t think there was one specific point today defined my good day, just over all, a really good day. We also won our cheer competition yesterday and I was pretty over the moon about that. Anyways, time to get some sleep before I restart the vicious cycle. Sleep well and as always, stay pretty boy swag.

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10/1/21

October first?!? What? September just started right? This year is seriously flying but I’ve enjoyed every second. I’m so excited it’s October. I love the weather (although it’s abnormally hot right now), I love halloween, and I really love candy regularly being in my house. Today was long and filled with way too much SAT prep but I take it for the last time tomorrow so I’m feeling pretty relieved. I’m getting ready to cheer at our rivalry football game and I’ve had the best day honestly. It’s refreshing to know perfect weather is right around the corner and I can’t wait to dress up with my friends. Anyways, see you soon. Stay pretty boy swag.

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9/26/21

Yesterday sucked and there’s no other way to put it. Crying for eight out of the twenty four hours a day isn’t ordeal, but neither was the mixture of built up stress and extreme exhaustion. The only good thing was that Summer and Ms Sally fed me tiramisu ice cream for dinner to help cheer me up a little. Last night, I finally got a full night of uninterrupted sleep and man let me tell you, I slept like a baby. I woke up so refreshed and so relieved that I wasn’t upset anymore. I got up and went to church with my dad, which is time I really really cherish. Then I hung out with my mom a little bit while she got ready for work and completed a couple college applications (thank God!). From there I got to hangout with Asher and had a really good time watching impractical jokers and eating moes. I am now extremely behind on school work so I am gonna hop on that but I hope you all sleep well and have a great day tomorrow. Stay pretty boy swag!