The Monique Ø. Show

Also, I got nominated for Most likely to be president as a senior superlative, results come out tomorrow at 3pm... hopefully I win because that would be super dope but we'll see

Realizing that I have 18 days left that I have to be at school is WILD to me. For as long as I can remember I have looked up to seniors and dreamed of the day I would become one. It's only hitting me now that everything I've built and been comfortable with for the past couple years will never be the same. This is different than doing an exchange for a year like I did last year because I came back and everything was like how I left it, but now when I leave it'll never be the same. I saw a tweet a couple days ago that was talking about missing random people from your classes that you were never friends  with but you made snarky comments with them or had a quick laugh in class. These people I'll probably never talk to again which I find hard to believe. I have a very hard time letting go of people even if I wasn't extremely close to them and I think that's because the idea of having the last conversation with someone really freaks me out. Irs really making me think...

After many hours of thinking I have decided to put this blog together. Here I will basically just publish some thoughts I have, any poems that I find that I like, interesting articles, etc. Basically, anything that I find interesting and worth talking about. My first thing will be this picture that my friend Jules (hey girl!!) posted on her Instagram. After traveling so much in the past couple weeks I've really felt like my heart and soul are in 5 million different places. I've had the amazing privilege of traveling so much with my family, doing exchange and Eurotour, and most recently traveling with my class from Spain. I really really am so grateful for everything but coming "home" feels so odd to me. I feel like now I can never be fully "home" because my family and heart are spread on almost every continent. Every place I have traveled to in the last 4 years has had an extremely strong impact on me and my development as a person and it just seems...