Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great Friday evening. My week was busy as usual, but with little out of the ordinary. Today I went to research lab, went to track, went back to research lab group meeting, taught a swim lesson, went to dinner with some swim team members, and am now writing this blog before singing…
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Kindness and Honesty
Good morning readers 🙂 Oh dear, you know you’re in trouble if I’m already breaking out the smileys so early in this post! I can’t help it; Wellesley is such a lovely place. I even have an anecdote to share with you to illustrate. A few days ago, I was planning to buy my bus tickets to New York City…
The Wellesley Way
Hello! Where has this week gone? I’ve been racking my brains to try to remember what I’ve done over the past few days… thank goodness I have my agenda, or I’d come up blank :). Each day seems to last a lifetime, and this is six lifetimes past my last entry! Life is good, and is determined to make me…
Life is Good
Good afternoon everyone, I hope you’re having a marvelous Friday! Fridays are my days off from school, but even so they’re busy :). Still, Fridays at college are such a different experience from high school. In high school, Fridays represented the end of a long, continuous week when all the homework had built up to a towering level, and Friday…
College is Livin’ Up to Expectations
Good morning! Reporting here, from Wellesley College, your usual announcer Monica Gates… this would work much better if I actually watched TV and knew the lingo. Ah well! I’ve just finished my first full week of spring semester, first year! I love being a first-year—there are so many choices, and so few expectations. I can take whatever classes I want…
It’s December Already!
Hello hello hello! Man, I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve posted! Well, two weeks. I meant to post over thanksgiving, but that didn’t quite get done. Oh well, more to talk about this week! So since two weeks ago is now ancient times (some say that the time goes by quickly. I feel that my days are so…
November dawns
Good afternoon :). I say this with a smile because I, Monica Gates, have completed round two of midterms! Muhahaha! (Old trait from high school. You may ignore the cackling.) After finishing up my math and chemistry tests on Wednesday and Thursday, I am (yet again) behind in everything else, but am pleased to be done studying! Studying can be…
And the Weather Outside is Frightful…
Hello wonderful people out there! Since I feel like giving your brains a challenge today, I’m going to mix it up. Ie, go chronologically backwards. Big deal, I know. In other words, I have a really hard time remembering things from last week (I’ve had to start writing things down), so backward progression: here we come! Just before I came…
Hello! Monica here.
Hello! My name is Monica Gates, and I’m a first-year here at Wellesley College. I was selected to write this blog (in recognition of my whole class—now that’s daunting!) and I can’t wait to get started! First for some background on me, before we go crazy with all the activities that consume one from the first day of school… I…
Being a Bio Major isn’t All Tests and No Fun.
This past week has been pretty hectic. Which is why I am writing so late, although it has been of my own doing that I've been so busy. As you might know from my profile on the main bloggers' page, I'm double majoring in biology and psychology. Therefore, the fact that I had two tests in the past week in…