Tuesday was a big day: I had my last class of undergrad. My philosophy professor gave us time to work on our final papers, so I spent the hour and change reading philosophy stuff on my own. Class ended, and off I went. It was anticlimactic. Wednesday was food truck day. Wellesley brought in a bunch of food trucks, which…
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It’s so green!
Campus has become so green, and I love it. I’ve been taking pictures of a tree next to Beebe as I hike the hill up to the quad. Its leaves came in so fast. Here’s an update since my last pic of this tree two weeks ago. I only have two more days of class in my undergraduate career. It…
Sunshine, regattas, and MarMon
I had a busy week! The highlights include unseasonal warmth and sunshine, two regattas in two days, and my second and final Marathon Monday. Earlier this week, the sun came out blazing and temps hit the high 80s. Every minute I spent indoors felt like a waste. I went for a sunny bike ride, waded in the lake, and met…
The birds are back
Campus sounded different this week. When I left the dorm at 4:35 every morning, I heard birds. When I got off the bus and headed to breakfast around 7:50, I heard more birds. I couldn’t tell you what kinds of birds they were, but they were awake, and they were chirping, and I hadn’t heard them in a while. Spring…
Spring break rowing in SC
Over spring break, I finally got to experience the fabled spring training trip to Clemson, South Carolina! The crew team drives south every spring break to row on the big and beautiful Lake Hartwell, soak up some sun (maybe too much), and get away from Wellesley for a while. Classes ended Friday, and we took off that afternoon on an…
Things I love that are yellow (hello, class of 2027!)
Congratulations to the newly admitted class of 2027! (That sounds like a fake year.) As a yellow class, you’ll be replacing me and my 2023 classmates. You have big yellow shoes to fill. If yellow is already your favorite color, then go you; your timing is perfect. If not, I suspect it will grow on you, even if your orientation…
New littles, s’mores, party, and brunch
Today marks three years since Wellesley students found out we were getting sent home because of covid (back when we still called it coronavirus). The email went out in the middle of my Portuguese class. Chaos ensued. When my classmates and I graduate in May, hardly anyone on campus will have known a pre-covid Wellesley. I wonder how much institutional…
Happy March 1 to all who celebrate
March 1 is the cruelest deadline. February is so short that March creeps up out of nowhere. I had two applications due March 1—one for a grant from Wellesley and one for an outside fellowship—and I submitted them both by Wednesday morning. Happy March 1 deadlines to all who celebrate. Monday evening, I got in one last ski on pretty…
A lot can change in a week
I spent Monday afternoon outside: walking around campus, smelling the flowers by Billings, reading for class in my hammock. It was sunny, in the low 60s. The quad was full of people playing spikeball and lounging in tees. It felt like the last day of class, or mid-March 2020, when it was warm and everyone was outside, savoring our last…
Bookworms are real
Here are some fun facts I learned this week: bookworms are a real thing, and Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” came out in 2002. It was the first song I loved, but not until ‘08 or ‘09, when I remember plopping in front of my family’s desktop to watch a lyric video on repeat. The background was orange, I think, and…