Today marks three years since Wellesley students found out we were getting sent home because of covid (back when we still called it coronavirus). The email went out in the middle of my Portuguese class. Chaos ensued. When my classmates and I graduate in May, hardly anyone on campus will have known a pre-covid Wellesley. I wonder how much institutional…
Category: Weekends
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…
Monday, Monday
Hello blog, and happy Monday! In the interest of full transparency, I think it’s important that I let you know I’m actually writing this post Sunday evening. I have a lot of assignments due at the front end of this week, and I’m really trying to stay on top of things by getting a couple of my usual Monday…
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…
Presidents’ Day (It’s Time to Reflect)
Hello blog, and happy Monday! Today I am feeling very grateful for time off and time in between, and the rest of this blog post will be, in some way or another, an elaboration on that idea. First of all, today was Presidents’ Day, which means I had a beautiful three day weekend. Personally, I think every weekend…
February Seven
Hello blog, and happy Monday! Today marks my first post of February, which is very exciting to think about. We’re only one week away from one of the year’s best holidays: Valentine’s Day! I was always a huge Valentine’s Day as a kid. When I was in elementary school, we used to call our classroom Valentine parties “Friendship…