Went to my 8 year old cousin's birthday party. It was 67 themed and all the decorations his mom made were AI generated...how bleak. I love my family but I can't help but go "yikes". All the kids had their nerf guns so it was a bit wild to say the least. I did try a Hug juice barrel for the first time since I wanna say like, 2009 when I was itty bitty. Tasted like melted popsicle.

I've been working out more. Every week I have a class with my dance teacher and we work on STRENGTH!! Which is super important. I'm a bit of a noodle since I've not been dancing very long still and never really got the fundamentals down, so it's been really helpful ticking off some of the basic skills while also making sure I don't break an ankle on the way, although that one's honestly kind of inevitable no matter how strong you are. I'm enjoying it even though it leaves me sore! I also get a lot of steps in at work although I take the elevator when I've gotta go up. :-D
Getting fit can be fun (especially when you aren't subjecting yourself to the gym, which I hate) and I'm glad I'm doing it. I've never really exercised much so it's needed.

Today I dipped my toes back into making music. I consistently feel unconfident in my musical abilities despite being a decent vocalist and being involved in musical theater, and I never feel quite proud of what I make. But I listened to a song I produced about a year ago and was surprised to find out it was not as horrible as I had remembered and suddenly had the urge to go and try making something new again. So I did, and am, and now I have a little project to chip away at. It's turning out pretty cool although I still think my weakest point is my melodies.

First day of college! Kind of! No classes yet, but it's orientation week. I moved in yesterday. I'm doing okay with homesickness and missing my friends so far, but that will likely change...
Otherwise, doing pretty alright. Not that much has happened yet, but I'm meeting folks and I've eaten at the dining hall twice so I'm figuring things out. I left my teddy bear at home so my parents had to bring him to me this morning. I'm currently sitting in a big comfy chair. That's making me happy. I have period cramps right now and that's making me less happy.

Last night I made my drag debut at my school's orientation drag night. Welcome to the world Miss Catrina Van Pelt, my catgirl drag persona...I feel like such a star. I did a lip sync battle to Gnarly by Katseye and I totally just blacked out on stage and went wild but apparently I ate it up. Everyone was telling me how amazing I did and how gagged they were and I got a hug from one of my elder queens and it was just incredible. I feel unstoppable!