I spent this week having good-bye lunches, basking in the warm weather, and finishing my finals. As of Thursday, I’ve completed all the work for my bachelor’s degree. Graduation is six days away, so now is just vacation time. My last race was on Friday. I rowed harder than I ever have, and no part of my body hurt that…
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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…
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…
I went skiing in Vermont!
I’ve lived in Massachusetts my entire life, but I didn’t touch a ski until two weeks ago. I joined the club nordic ski team this year because I needed a winter sport. It was harder than I expected it to be, and I fell harder on my bum than I expected to. But I’ve gotten a little better at each…
The first week grind
I always expect the first week of the semester to be pretty easy and slow: professors go over syllabi and set expectations, and there aren’t big papers or tests. I am always wrong. Time blocks fill up with one-time meetings: a preseason check-in with my coaches, a lecture by a candidate for a tenure-track education professorship, a one-on-one with Career…
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,…
The Countdown Begins
Hello blog, and happy Monday! It was a beautiful spring day in Massachusetts today, and while I spent most of it inside at the Computing Help Desk in Clapp Library, I have managed to get outside quite a bit in the past week. Last Tuesday, my friend Emma and I took a walk as far as we could around…
When I Touch the Water
Hello blog, and happy Monday! Today it was a beautiful 60 degrees and sort of sunny in Massachusetts; I spent most of the day at the Computing Help Desk in Clapp Library resetting passwords and sorting through tickets for more experienced tech support workers, so I unfortunately did not see much sun today. I did manage to get out…
Another Week in the Life
Hello blog, and happy Monday! Today has been a very long and very cold day, but it’s been a pretty okay one. This past week has really been very long and very cold, but there have been many highlights, some of which I’m here to tell you all about. First of all, I’m making great progress on my knitting…