Hello! It’s finally bright outside, so I’m pleased. Funny how the weather plays so large a role in my life! Food as well—I have quite happily gone this whole week without making myself a single lunch :). Professor Karen Atkinson (who shall henceforth be known as Karen), has told me I’m ahead of the game: attend enough lectures, she said,…
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Thunderstorms and Summertime
Good afternoon! And what a splendid afternoon it is, finally. It’s been raining for most of the week, and while an improvement over the sauna weather from two weeks ago, grey clouds for more than two days at a time make me dreary. I even biked 4 miles outside today, on my new bike that Mrs. Chen helped me buy…
Summer Research at Wellesley
Good afternoon :), I’ve had an eventful week! I arrived at Wellesley for the summer science research program on Sunday. My greatest concern this weekend was procuring food, as my Sunday dinner of Clif bars and oatmeal left much to be desired. Feeding myself was a great fear of mine, as I’d never cooked for myself before this summer (my mother…
Rest up
Hello everyone! Hope you are all doing well. Contrary to expectations, I am not in fact bored, and have quite enjoyed my time off. On Sunday I will head back to Wellesley, in order to start research on Tuesday the 29th! I also have two new swim lessons set up that I am excited to start. Life is about to…
Back in Minnesota
Good afternoon! School is finally over. I can’t believe I’m technically a sophomore in college! Everyone I talk to tells me it went by so fast, but I’m going to have to disagree there. It was a long trip, with many challenges: academic, social, family, fitting in. And yet I think I’ve come out better than when I started, and…
Ahh! Finals!
Hello hello! Finals period is in full swing… I just took my Bio 113 test, which went well, and I’m going to take my Neuro 100 final sometime next week. I also have one more essay to write for CAMS, which leaves me with a total of two finals left to go! I had quite a few this semester, since…
Footprints to the stars
Hello everyone :), I have some recent bad news, and some week-long good news. Why not start with the bad first, so I can go onto everything that was great this week? The bad news is that I possibly gave myself a stress fracture in my foot. I am off to the Newton/Wellesley hospital right now to get an x-ray…
Blueberries and Friends
Good evening~ As I stand in the Sports Center’s training room, thigh-deep in ice cold water, bent from the waist to type in a decidedly awkward fashion, I figured it was high time to write about my weekly activities! And what a good week it has been. While most of my friends are frazzled around the edges, because their classes…
A Thousand Words
Hello everyone! Hope your Friday is going marvelously! This past week has been very school-focused, so there’s not much to tell, except for a few facts: 1. Monday was Patriot’s Day and Marathon Monday! We had the whole day of school off, and spent copious amounts of time cheering for the marathoners (and asking for kisses :)). 2. Zoe organized…
Smell the Roses
Good evening everyone! Sorry I’m late—my schedule on Fridays is as follows: get up, go to work at 10:30-2:30pm, run to practice from 2:45-5:30pm, teach a swim lesson from 6:00-6:30pm, eat dinner, then write this blog. So either I write the blog before I go to work, or I write it after my day is over… and since college students…