September

1: "Join our fight for what's right / Let your heart be your guide" lyric from "Hero" by Pegboard Nerds feat. Elizaveta
2: packing up for college
3: wind turbines in west Texas
4: highway drive-by the St. Louis arch at 4 a.m.
5: unpacking and decorating my dorm room
6: crazy, hectic, ice-breaker square-dancing
7: gray walls, black roofs, and an indigo sky with stars overhead
8: finding common interests with acquaintances and strangers
9: behind-the-scenes tours and info about different renewable energy sources
10: harvesting potatoes
11: first call back home
12: the mesmerizing tumble of clothes in a dryer
13: epiphanies about your major and path of study while doing homework
14: the fleet of movable library shelves
15: curried quinoa with cauliflower
16: free Friday night movie: Finding Dory
17: piercing the bubble of the college dome and biking off-campus
18: obsession with new-to-me Tristam songs
19: checking out the ASL club
20: class dinner with the faculty heads of our commons
21: Balmorhea to do homework by
22: sending a picture of a tiny potato to my dad for his birthday
23: a beautifully mesmerizing tapestry
24: when my spirits lift from dejection into blissful giddiness upon entering a co-op
25: biking and walking the through-the-woods TAM
26: watching a group of people sign and trying to decipher their conversation
27: cranberry anadama bread
28: an unexpected invitation to hang out from an acquaintance
29: ordering food in ASL
30: "Trust in Me" by Direct, Mr FijiWiji, & Holly Drummond