I went into spring break with a list of fun things I wanted to do. To make sure they happened, I put lunches and walks and bike rides on my calendar. And they did. Monday began with a run, since rowing was cancelled due to the wind. I went to an orientation call for my T4 in Spain program. After…
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My last weekend at Wellesley
I hardly spent any time in my room today. Joy and Kana and I are making a video about the best bathrooms on campus (plus one of the worst). I loved joking about doing this but doubted would actually happen, but we spent the morning walking around campus and getting shots of our favorite stalls. I’m so excited for Joy…
Going to bed early — or not
Friday night, in the hallway on the fifth floor of Caz: “Oh wow, it’s already 9:00.” “Are you tired?” “You look tired.” And then, an hour later, “Oh wow, it’s already 10:00.” I dragged myself to my feet and looped my arms through my backpack straps. My friends Joy and Kana leaned over the banister and watched me go downstairs.…
Feeling a little bit lighter
Things are looking up. Though we’ve had a few warm days sprinkled in over the past few weeks, it seems like spring is finally here to stay. The Adirondack chairs on the quad are fully occupied. Yesterday I had a photoshoot and a picnic with friends, and today I went for another beautiful bike ride. I just took a 45-minute…
Gratitude
Even though I lost an SD card outside this week while I was taking photos, and I lost a friendship bracelet I was making for a high school friend and I hate losing things, and I feel like I’ll be applying to summer internships until I die, and daylight savings robbed me of an hour of sleep last night, and…
Making myself busy
How busy you are is entirely up to you. You can choose to do just what is required of you for class and spend your afternoons watching Netflix, and your schedule will be wide open. (That honestly sounds pretty good right now.) Or you can join a sports team, get on the mailing lists of five different orgs, write three…
The annual late February tease
Every year, at the end of February, spring pokes through for a day or two, as if to remind us that warmer days do exist. One year, we had two consecutive days in the 70s; I remember practicing guitar outside. Another year, I was lying down after reading in the grass, and a concerned driver stopped to ask if I…
A week at Wellesley
The first week of the term is done: four math classes, two sociology classes, five trips to the chapel, two covid tests, eight hours of work work, two org meetings, three visits to office hours, one appointment with career ed, one hour of therapy, one zoom Shabbat, one zoom class, one fire alarm, five runs, one stationary bike ride while…
Slowing Down
Eight weeks at home went by fast. I enjoyed cooking and baking, reading (I’m on my ninth book of 2021), and watching TV—first Little Fires Everywhere, then La casa de papel / Money Heist, which I watched on my own with Spanish subtitles and then with my mom with English subtitles. I ran more miles in January than I had…
Home for break
My only final was a research and analysis paper due on Thursday. I was going to stay in my dorm until then so I could focus on that and pack later, but with a sizable amount of snow coming, I decided to come home Wednesday evening. I have the luxury of living 20 minutes from campus, so when people asked…