my odu trip recap.

if you've watched my latest youtube video you know that this past weekend I took a trip to my old university, odu. the main reason I went was to visit two of my good friends/old roomies before they moved out. in my vlog I only filmed Friday because I partially forgot and partially just wanted to be present in the moment. the reason I'm writing this is because I wanted to share more on here about my experience, how I felt, & more details than what you got in todays video.

if you have seen the vlog you can watch it here !!

so my weekend....

on my drive there I wasn't quite sure how to feel. I've made some of the best memories of my life there but also my worst. once I got into Norfolk I was excited, no doubt.

my best memory from this past weekend was that night. Bella, Chloe, and I had a girls night. we talked about our lives, laughed harder than I have in a while, watched some cringe movies (10/10 don't recommend watching" midnight sun" btw), relaxed, caught up with each other, & stayed up til' roughly 7am talking.

I can confidently say I haven't had such an amazing time like that in months. this summer I was recovering from a mixture of burnout & healing so I haven't been hanging out with many peeps. I believe periods of time by yourself are so crucial. besides, I like hanging out with me. I happen to think I'm a pretty dope person.

anyways...

I've been changing a lot (for the better). but being with my girls it was like we were all on the complete same page yet still our individual selves. for example... relaxing, being homebodies, the natural flow of convo, thinking the same things ab the movies we watched, & just accepting n enjoying each others company as our true selves. it was an amazing night

next, I actually didn't really tell anyone I was coming besides Bella & chloe. it wasn't that I didn't want to visit people but I didn't want to make a bunch of plans I couldn't amount to. for some reason lately having a bunch of plans overwhelm me. it worked out well though because I ran into a bunch of old peeps... some people I missed dearly, some I thought we were on rocky terms but actually aren't, and some people who I knew but never realized how much they were encouraging me in my new season of life.

for example, I ran into my bud Cooper and he asked me how lynchburg & the youtube was for me. ngl it surprised me but made me feel seen. it was wicked cool to see old faces who support what I'm doing now and vice versa. it was a small moment but one that made a giant impact somehow.

I also came to the conclusion I am happy with my liberty situation. sometimes I wonder "what if I stayed" or feel like im missing out at odu. but after coming back it's one of those moments you don't entirely mind visiting briefly but don't want to be your life. I'm happier at liberty than I could be at odu. and a lot of peeps at odu are happier there than they could be anywhere else. there's nothing wrong with odu it's just not the environment for me anymore yenno?

funny story tho... lol we went downtown and experienced some FUNNY situations ngl. you know how guys can be flirting with girls & corny pickup lines hahaha our lil' trio had some interesting convos for sure. one guy was hitting on bella. this mans was actually a decent man but out of nowhere this random guy chimes in saying "ah I know how this game goes, if you're not interested keep it moving". but this mans & the way he was talking made little to no sense. he would go from "they're not interested & keep walking" to seeing if he could shoot his shot LOL. I kid you not he was like "nah I know how the game goes, all y'all females be playing games" and then goes "but I got a bottle in my car if y'all want go for a ride"... our response: no. then continues on his tangent. v funny stuff for sure. we all just slowly but surely moved our conversation with that mans away til it was nonexistent and then eventually parted ways with the first guy.

it was an interesting time for sure. don't worry, I stayed out of trouble but mems were definitely made.

I'm not sure when the next time I'll visit is but I do know I'm glad I went this past weekend. no sad girl hours. no regrets, really. a grand nostalgic time. something I will say is I got zero sleep lol but it's ok I'm playing catch up.

so that was a recap on my weekend. a little more tea for y'all who read my blog.

thanks for reading!

sincerely,

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