This was the first week of remote classes. I have a lot of schoolwork, but since I’m home, it feels like I should be on vacation. This whole thing is just… odd. As I mentioned last week, I haven’t done homework at home since ninth grade. Before Monday, it had been years since I made myself breakfast in the kitchen…
Category: Macy’s Blog
Podcasts & Pickleball
Long runs lend themselves to podcasts. With crew season suddenly over, my weekly running mileage has jumped from 0 to almost 30. Summer running, as I’ve come to think of my seasonal affair with the sport, has begun early, and I find myself actually looking forward to the next day’s run. It’s fun to be in a position physically where…
A Quiet Week at Home
I came home on Monday afternoon. Given the situation, I’m about as lucky as I could get—since I live only 20 minutes from campus, I didn’t have to change flights or worry about overweight luggage. My mom and I piled everything into her car and we drove home. Over and done in an hour. Time passes more slowly at home,…
Over Too Soon
What a year this week has been. On Monday, the crew training trip to South Carolina was cancelled, and my teammates and I were hugely disappointed. We thought that was bad. Cancelling a bus trip felt a bit excessive, but we were nonetheless looking forward to a week of rowing on campus and on the Charles. The weather here has…
A Two-Brunch Sunday
It has been a whirlwind since I last wrote! These past two weeks have been busy with school and fun, and I can’t really remember if last semester was equally busy. But I’m staying on top of my work, doing fun things, and usually getting (almost) enough sleep. Wednesday night, Wellesley Fresh put on their annual chili cook-off. Staff from…
Three Extra Hours
My writing professor cancelled our double period class on Tuesday afternoon. I was tempted to use the time to get ahead on work, but my roommate urged me to do something fun. After all, the whole afternoon had opened up. Two hours and forty minutes that would’ve gone to class were now mine to use freely. After lunch, I stopped by…
Putting Fun First
The more time I have to get ready in the morning, the longer I will take. It’s the same thing with schoolwork: I always finish what I need to get done by the end of the weekend, regardless of what else I do. Having less time makes me more productive. Fun things must go on my calendar, otherwise I’ll tell…
“What are you taking this semester?”
“What are you taking this semester?” This question is up there with “How was your break?” in terms of how many times I’ve answered it in the past couple weeks. But I can never remember my fourth class. It doesn’t matter what order I list my courses in; the fourth one only comes after a bit of “uh… um… oh…
Go to Office Hours
Way back during orientation, every other presenter told us to go to office hours in the beginning of the semester to meet our professors. Assuming everyone else was doing the same, I took their advice. I chatted about songwriting with my ES professor and asked another instructor about her other classes. I went to office hours when I had questions…
Ready to Keep Rolling
I am back at Wellesley! This break was long, but it went by fast, and now that I’m reuniting with friends it feels like I never left. I could easily respond to “What did you do over break?” with “Nothing,” but that’s not exactly true. I applied to a bunch of summer internships, followed the crew training plan, listened to…