Somehow I find myself in my last fall semester of college, about two weeks away from finals, and still surprised by how fast time flies. I’m always amazed by the conflicting emotions I get at the end of a semester: I’m looking forward to the holiday but not to finals, I’m looking forward to going home but fully aware that…
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Alpaca Adventuring
I don’t know what it was that possessed me to call up the Harvard Alpaca Ranch on the phone. It’s one of the odder conversations I’ve had recently, asking a stranger if I could come pet their alpacas. It turns out that alpacas are rather wary animals, not too keen on being petted but VERY keen on eating any and…
Weekday Meetings. Weekend: Maine
Hello from Portland, Maine! We took a trip to my friend’s house for a bit of rest, relaxation… and mostly the chance to pet cats. It’s nice sometimes during your college years to just be in a home, even if its only for 48 hours, to have a reunion with fancy cheese and fireplaces. Especially since this week at Wellesley…
The Good & The Bad
To be honest, this weekend was rough– for the first time, I felt the effects sophomore slump and midterm season all at once. However, it was also a wonderful reminder of how fabulous my found family is. So, in light of always trying to find the silver lining, here are some highlights of this weekend: Friday – 1:13pm: Lilly…
What Wellesley is ~Really~ Like
Hello again! This past weekend was Discover Wellesley Weekend where prospective students (also known as prospies) spent the night and got to experience the life of a Wellesley student alongside us. While spending time chatting with various prospies interested in different majors, activities, and ways to get involved, the same three questions kept popping up. These questions are similar to…
I Meet My Violin Idol
Thursday afternoon, the sun is just starting to slant down. I’m walking down the train station platform, listening to my latest read: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2016 commencement speaker, but I digress) when I see a familiar face. It’s Sarah, from my molecular genetics class, and she’s clutching a Styrofoam container…the kind of container doctors carry through the streets…
An Hour On The Peter??
Hey all! This semester I’m taking a class at one of the schools Wellesley students can cross register at: MIT. The seminar is called “Conversations You Can’t Have in The Class Room” and is taught by an administrator within the Political Science department. And so far, it’s been a great experience. With that being said, sometimes the bus ride on…
My Dream Week, Incoming
Fall break, and I’m sitting on my childhood bed with my violin at my feet. I would have updated sooner, but the academic push up to break has demanded nothing less than my full, unwavering, attention. A chemistry exam that was quite frankly brutal, a partial scientific paper on sgRNA transformation, on top of the “weekly maintenance” for classes and my…
A Series of Surprises: I update you on five months of my life
Long time, no see, my dear readers! So much has happened since I last wrote to you from Copenhagen. Things have fallen back into place, into new formations, and I’m starting my senior year with kind of clarity that earlier in my Wellesley career I would never have expected. I’ll just run through the last few months of my life,…