I’ve been thinking a lot about San Cristóbal Island, where I lived from January to April. I blame my travel writing class. Today alone, I spent five hours editing my third essay about my semester abroad. This one’s about sea lions and friendship dynamics, and it has me scrolling through old photos and messages for details. When I start to…
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Half Marathon Day!
I’m currently squeezed into my dorm bed with my mother. It’s 5:12 p.m. on a Sunday. Let me explain how we got here. My mom picked me and my friend Alison up at 5:30 this morning and took us to Cambridge, where Alison and I ran a half marathon. It was a balmy 67 degrees at the start line (hello,…
Still waiting on my newfound free time
I thought that once I turned in my Fulbright application, I’d be rolling in free time. I was wrong. Classwork has picked up, crew season peaked with Head of the Charles, and I’ve logged extra exercise to prepare for the half marathon I’m running next weekend. So… HOCR! This was my second time racing in the storied regatta. I went…
A slow march toward the end
It happened yesterday. On the bus ride back from my team’s first race of the season, down in southern Connecticut, one of my fellow seniors said it: shout-out to the seniors for racing our last Housatonic. It was my third Head of the Housatonic. Until that shout-out, I hadn’t thought about how it would be my last. I blogged about…
It’s been busy, to say the least
For the first time in my Wellesley career, I swapped a course during the add/drop period. I switched into a travel writing class because I’ve done all this traveling, and I want to be forced to write about it. I love reading about my classmates’ adventures and throwing around ideas about how to improve our next drafts. My Fulbright application…
First times in a while
I keep having “first time in a while” moments. Last week, I rowed on the Charles for the first time in a while. Yesterday, I ate at Bates for the first time in a while. This morning, I did work in the Shafer living room—quiet and empty on a Sunday morning—for the first time in a while. I was gone…
Reflections
Good morning! This is my last week on campus before heading home for the summer. All of my finals are online this year so I will be heading home this Saturday. As a write this blog among the piles of belongings and half-full boxes, I am feeling especially reflective. Rather than giving you the typical rundown of my week, I…
Looking Forward from Our Last Week of Classes
It’s the last week of classes. It feels surreal that we are going through another round of “lasts” rather than “firsts.” Last Monday class schedule, last Tuesday internship shuttle, last classes of each course – all these “lasts” feel like they are slipping through my fingers, a fleeting sense that my sophomore year is coming to an end. There are…
Are We There Yet? The Ending of a Very Long Semester
Good morning blog! I ended up going home this past weekend to see my sister in a tap recital. Monday was just a normal day of classes with mock trial e-board elections that night. To anybody who is interested in joining next year, you are currently looking at the external outreach chair (and sort of co-czar of first years) and…
Making Music and Memories with Friends I Hold Dear
The frequency of sunny, clear, short-sleeve-long-pants weather is steadily increasing with the occasional dip back into a chilly gray day like today. It is sweet to see how everyone’s outfits brighten in color and pattern with every sunny day as we ditch hoodies for summer florals and skirts that we haven’t worn in months. Joy is easy to find in…