McKenzie Hidalgo

                                    

                                          
I think this is actually the luckiest I'll ever be in life.
Annabeth, literal architecture goddess, my idol, and also the literal love of my life, is here, at Notre Dame, to lecture.
Okay maybe "luckiest I'll ever be in my life" is a little bit of an exaggeration (considering I'm attending my dream school that I screamed, cried, and almost made ritual sacrifices for). 
Seeing Annabeth standing at the podium at the bottom of the lecture hall this morning when I got to class made me feel slightly light headed. 
I don't think I've felt this euphoric since I opened my acceptance letter from Notre Dame. 
And to think I was thinking about ditching class this morning.
Kenji was going to be so upset that he slept in.
Anyway, hi! My name is McKenzie, but I go by Mack. I'm a sophomore here at University of Notre Dame and I'm an architecture major. I've been passionate about the subject since I discovered Minecraft and for as long as I can remember, Annabeth Jackson, née Chase, has been my idol.
I've always admired her work and I like to think our design styles are very similar, though perhaps that comes from my love of her work. I tend to draw a lot of inspiration from some of her older projects. 
Also as a businesswoman and a wife, she is an inspiration. The literal manifestation of my goals. Her business has grown so much since she started it three years ago and yet she has never (at least as far as I can see) had to compromise personally for it. She's in a successful relationship with her high school sweetheart and they recently tied the knot. And their wedding should go down in history because from the few paparazzi photos that exist of it, it looked amazing. But then again, what did I expect from the queen of architecture herself? She's never been one to forget about the details.
But enough fangirling. I had a lecture to watch. 
And I still had to text Kenji, my boyfriend. We actually met over our mutual admiration for Annabeth. I had been live streaming a Ted Talk she'd given in the library when he saw my screen and asked to join.
A/N: all the bold below are texts.
Me: Kenji
Me: Kenji wake up
Me: You're gonna hate yourself forever if you don't get up right now
Kenji: Babe chill
Kenji: What's going on
Kenji: And I thought u were sleeping in too today
Me: Ik but I changed my mind
Me: And ur lucky I did, Annabeth is here
Me: In the lecture hall
Me: About to lecture
Me: So get up and start running
Kenji: Annabeth?? 
Kenji: Annabeth Jackson??
Kenji: MACK??
Kenji: is it her 
Kenji: hold up i'm getting dressed now
Kenji: nvm it doesn't matter I'm running
Kenji: mack u better not be lying i love u save me a seat
Me: omg Kenji 
Me: yes Annabeth like Annabeth Jackson