start of something new

At the strike of midnight I was enjoying whatever was left of some coquito my stepdad made while my friends and I said loving things to each other in our group chat.  By the time school started, I had cut my hair up to my chin and dyed it jet black.  It...was..ehrm... not my best choice.  It was too short for my liking and I missed having red/burgundy/pink/purple hair.  The first month of January went by extremely slow, and I was extremely done with school already. 

            When February started, I noticed I had a weird lump under my jaw. I was in and out of the hospital for two weeks because my lymph nodes got infected.  Getting hospitalized for the first time in over five years, twice, made my hand feel like it was going to drop off.  I also had my first CT Scan, let’s it was actually interesting.  I also learned more and more about the value of life, but I’ll write about that some other time.

            On to the fact that as this post is being written, February just ended. It went by so fast and despite the hospital in-and-out’s it was such a fun month.  I guess I should share just how fun it's been. Thank you for being so kind to me, February

This one was taken at my friend Mary's get. The room was clearly very bright.

 Almost at the end of the night I quickly snapped this.  Candids remind me more of how I spent the night.

 One night I did my own version of Girl with a Pearl Earring (Johannes Vermeer). I am still learning to do faces, so I stuck to my usual faceless portraits.  I actually like it a lot

 My friends and I went on a little date at the mall. This was taken at Pizza Hut by Mary, Ginty is next to me.

 Believe it or not I tried Firehouse Subs for the first time around February 25th. I went back less than a week later. It is my new home I am getting them to cater my wedding and my funeral.

 At Keyla's surprise birthday party, there were strings of pictures of all our friends with her.

 I ruined my new shoes.  Add them to the list of shoes I have to clean.

 My best friend Wil. I love the colors in this.

            Last but not least a picture with the birthday girl.

            I have three tests this week and it will be the death of me.  I also started playing DanganRonpa so I get easily distracted when trying to study or even sleep.  I also started 6 new anime, and currently have 16 on my ‘watching’ list.  I also have things to read and movies to watch. So many things to do, let’s hope I find the time soon.

February, thank you for being so good to me. March, try to keep up. Please.

Sincerely yours,

Violet

catch of the day

My life is as uneventful as always.  Well, not really. A lot has happened. A lot.
 Let's start off with one of my best friend's surprise Quince.

I like how it shows the phone we're all really looking at, it reminds me of how many pictures are taken at parties like these.

Aside from that day, we later stayed a weekend at a hotel in San Juan. That weekend was pure chaos in all the best ways imaginable.

 We took a walk on the beach, despite my hatred for beaches; this was one of my highlights of that weekend. 

Back at the hotel, while taking a break.

       Aside from those fun picture perfect days, or at least the ones I could even manage to take a picture, the rest is just a blur. Afterwards my friends and I went to a 70's-themed Quince, which was incredibly fun!
       These past few days have been made up by studying for Hell Week, binging anime to shorten M.A.L., making weeb friends on Tumblr and actually having fun for an hour or two at school.
You heard me, school wasn't entirely boring. I feel this year won't actually be so bad (except the fact it's going by so slow). I'm not saying I'll miss it, but I will surely love to remember the little details.

Sincerely yours,
Violet

there's so many groovy things to do

Oh, boy do I have a post for you. This Friday was the 4th of July. Now, I don't either live nor am from the USA. I'm born and raised (and still living) in Puerto Rico. But, since Puerto Rico is a colony, we still use it as an excuse for most people to have a day off from work, drink early, take out the grill and have a reunion wherever there's a usable pool. This year, my friends and I spent the 4th of July at my best friend Ginty's place. We stayed in the pool with both the sun and the moon. None of us got out (unless it was to eat) so none of us got any pictures whatsoever. Except Ginty's mom taking one but 2 days later she let her phone drop into the toilet so it's barely nonexistent already. All in all, it was a really fun night. Definitely the best night in my entire summer.

I stayed over Ginty's house the entire weekend (FINALLY!). On the 5th we slept in, had pizza for breakfast, went into the pool again, and then rented movies for the night. Ginty's parents picked 3, we picked 2. We watched one of her parent's picks, which was White House Down and it was honestly better than I expected. It takes a lot for me to like an action movie. After that her parents left us to watch our movies in the living room and we watched Ruby Sparks first. Let me tell you, if you haven't seen Ruby Sparks, watch it. I won't tell you what it's about, I'm not Google. But I can tell you it's perfect, and once you think about it, the meaning and the lessons and such, you will find it even more perfect if it were possible. After that we watched Ginger & Rosa, but we didn't get to the ending because it froze so we plan on finishing it soon, but so far, it has been simply outstanding. We fell asleep at almost 5am.

On the 6th, we slept in, thought still waking up earlier than the day before. We took a walk to a nearby bridge/lake and it was pretty beautiful. I, obviously, had my camera with me. I let Ginty take the pictures this time, so she isn't in any of them.

A girl takes a picture of a girl taking a picture.

Even though I'm home now, tomorrow we'll go biking. Not many pictures can be taking while biking but it'll sure be fun. 

Why does summer turn better when it's ending?

Sincerely yours,

-gc(v)

bolt from the blue

If you've read my previous posts, you'd know I've had problems with my knee these past few days. If you haven't read my previous posts, now you know. After my knees healed I still couldn't manage to put pants on and I hated the idea of going out with my knees looking so weird. I didn't have plans for the rest of the week so I just binge-watched anime and made mac n cheese at midnight. On Saturday though, one of my best friends was having a surprise birthday party thrown for her. There aren't many pictures from that night, but it sure was fun.

I gave the birthday girl a piggyback ride since she was wearing heels.