“So we got up there — keep in mind, I have not practiced this, not even once.”

Okay, so, freshman year, we had Olympics, and we were supposed to do like a little dance, and this is for school, it's nothing crazy. And I was supposed to prepare with two of my friends. We did not prepare. Oh, there was also someone else, but, like, they didn't really have like a huge part. It was just like they were supposed to dress up in a hippo costume and just do their part. Um, and, I don't know, we just -- we didn't practice, we kept procrastinating. We honestly thought, like, we could wing it, it's fine, whatever. I honestly had not even processed what it was gonna be like. So in my mind, we were just gonna do something, and we were gonna plan it out, figure it out. I was like, maybe we're not even performing, right? Because we haven't thought about it. It's the lunch before, they're downstairs, I’m upstairs. We're not even, we're not even communicating. I'm in the cafeteria eating lunch, they are actively downstairs practicing something that I was unaware existed. And I meet up with them, I'm like, "Hey guys, like I could not find you, like, I never got a text. I did not know if we were meeting up or what we're doing. Are we doing something?" And the person who was supposed to be in a hippo costume, he also had no idea what was going on. So, um, yeah, they were basically like, "Yeah, we made a little soundtrack and we're just gonna dance to it," and I was like, "Okay, cool, do I have to do something?" and they're like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, just like follow the lead." And I was like, "Okay, cool." So we get up there -- keep in mind, I have not practiced this, not once, I don't even know what they have planned out. So we get up there and I'm literally just smiling and moving my feet like ever so slightly and just kind of staring off in the distance. I'm like, "What are we doing? Like, what is this?" And I'm trying to mimic whatever they're doing, but they're not doing anything. So we're all just awkwardly standing there. It was so bad. I did redeem myself last year, I guess this year. I mean like just like last Olympics, I guess, where we actually properly did a dance,…

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“I looked up, and there’s the coyote.”

Tell us about a time you saw something and noped out immediately. I was on a walk with my dog, and there was a coyote. This is just in like mid-Michigan. And I was like, looking at my phone, and I looked up, and there's the coyote, and immediately I like ran with my dog, and I think she was, she was on a leash, but like I wasn't holding it. And I was like, "Brownie, run!" And we both started running, and then Brownie was behind me, and I didn't want to like look to see if the fox -- the coyote was catching up. It was alone, I think. Yes, it was. And I was -- and then all of a sudden, Brownie was in front of me, and I'm like, "No, now I'm gonna get eaten!" And we were both fine.

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“Yesterday it was just — everything was perfect. Perfect conditions.”

I'm also grateful for my sister and her fiancé for letting us stay over for the entire week. It's so nice to have a home base wherever I'm traveling, I don't really like to be in a hotel or anywhere touristy. I really like to be local and just see how like people live in different areas. And so, this trip has been, so far, amazing. And there's just -- we did so much already and it's not -- okay, it's about halfway through the week, but -- yeah, we went hiking around different parts. We got to go into the water, go rock hunting. And I went on a run yesterday. Which was really nice to do -- finally be able to run outside. I think it's still a bit too cold in Michigan to be running outside. So I've been running on the treadmill pretty much all winter, so yesterday was my first run in -- out in nature, which has been really great. Another thing that I'm very grateful for is that the pollen hasn't really been an issue yet. Usually in Michigan, when the spring comes, um, the pollen comes with it. And so, my first runs are usually followed by a lot of coughing and sneezing and having mild cold-like symptoms because my entire body gets congested from the flowers. But yeah, yesterday it was just -- everything was perfect. Perfect conditions. It was sunny, it was like a good 50 degrees out, and -- 50 degrees Fahrenheit. And I was just kind of running around this lake that my sister lives by, and it was just absolutely beautiful, and I just can't believe she gets to live in such a nice place.

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