2020: Hannah's Blog

First Story: Feeling Whitney Can I get a "hell yeah" for finally  completing my first story? Everything has been so crazy since the virus outbreak and transitioning to online-only classes that writing became one of the last on my list of priorities, unfortunately.  I'm a little embarrassed at how long it ended up being, especially since I didn't realize until after I had written it that we were given a 1000 word limit... BUT I'm proud to say I wouldn't want to change a single thing about it. I'm convinced the story's length is necessary to portray the big idea I had for it, hopefully I have enough juice left to pop out another story or two!  The only thing I'm a little worried about is losing my classmate's interest when they come across the novel-length story and that no one will read it to its entirety. I hope some will, though, as I think they'll come to love it even half as much as I did writing it. I'm feeling confid...

two dummies  I managed to plow through a good portion of this week's worth of assignments and I'm feeling so good about it. It's literally a record for me! It's nice to have a lighter load on my shoulders. This week has been strange so far, to say the least. I heard some provoking news from a friend I didn't expect, pertaining to someone I used to date. It shook me up more than I thought and I wound up sleeping in super late on Monday. I panicked at first because I had planned to get up early to get ahead on the work ahead for all of my classes and ultimately failed my electromechanical systems quiz. It really bummed me out. But then I got home and told myself "you can't change it now, change what's ahead." As soon as I saw my best friend/roommate and talked to her, ate some food, and started working, I felt okay. I had this awesome moment of appreciation for my best friend and I got inspired. Her 21st birthday is tomorrow and I'm defin...