Kayden Anderson

Hi! Remember me? I used to blog here?

It’s been a while! We have so much to catch up on, readers. The last time we talked, I had just returned from turks and caicos. i can’t say that i haven’t wished i was there a time or two in the last month!

all jokes aside, it’s been an amazing month or so. work week for pi phi started july 30 then rush began. We had a great recruitment and got 101 new girls. It was nice to be with my friends everyday again.

college truly is such a special time. you know when you’re a little kid, and you joke with your friends that you wished you lived together or were neighbors, so you could play together all the time? yeah, that’s basically college. It’s the best time warp i’ve ever been in.

This year, sorority girls got a week break between recruitment and school starting, which was a blessing. I got time to briefly go home and see my parents, then rested in norman until it was time for aug. 19.

I was a little anxious going into this semester for some reason. I’m never one to easily adapt to change, so new schedules are always daunting, but this semester was different. maybe it’s the impending doom of the real world or the passing days of NAIVETY. or maybe, i’m just dramatic (probably the most likely choice).

fall 2024 is my second semester of junior year, which is crazy and scary! i’m taking 16 hours this semester: three journalism classes, one journalism practicum, one marketing class for my minor, and an honors class. on top of my classes, i’m director of external recruitment for gaylord ambassadors and write for gaylord news.

it’s a busy schedule, but i wouldn’t trade it for the world. i’m learning so much and get to explore my passion of writing every. single. day. quite literally, it is the educational career that my 12-year-old self dreamed of and my 17-year-old self worked so hard for.

so much has happened in the past two weeks that i can’t help but take a step back and be in awe. god has so obviously been in my story and directed my path. I’ve gotten to share my projects, meet new people and grow closer to those i work alongside. it seems like every day, something has occurred to bring me a tiny slice of joy to remind me that there is purpose in these primitive years.

being 20, almost 21, and a junior (and a half), i know everything and nothing. i’m happy yet terrified. i need my parents but want to figure life out on my own. I want independence but need my best friends’ shoulders to cry on. i am a million different versions of myself, but all of their hearts are beating for the same thing–overwhelming thankfulness and hope that this is just the beginning.

as always, keep living the dream,

kayden