On some Sunday nights, I realize I spent most of the weekend doing schoolwork. I’ve gotten better at finding a good work-fun balance, which I’ll go into in a future post. But this past week, I realized why I tend to do so much work on Saturday and Sunday.
It’s because I do so many fun things during the week.
Let me take you through the fun things on this past week’s Google Calendar.
Sunday: Weekend, yes, but I must mention that I went to the theater production of Stupid F*cking Bird. I love watching my fellow students perform. Everyone on this campus is so talented, and it shows from dance shows to a cappella concerts to plays.
Monday: I finally went to Knit Happens, a weekly knitting club, which has been on my calendar since the start of the semester. A fellow first-year taught me how to knit again! I learned when I was eight, and again during my gap year (I spent months making a scarf and was so relieved to finally finish it that I didn’t start a new project), and now again on Monday! My hands appreciate being kept busy.
Tuesday: Nothing terribly exciting, actually.
Wednesday: The SHEs (Sexual Health Educators) put on their famous Men’s Panel. They brought in college men and asked them about, well, sex. Following that adventure, I went to a watch party for the democratic debate. Debates are much more fun with a crowd.
Thursday: During community time, a period on Thursday afternoons when no one has class, the Knapp Social Science Center put on a faculty panel to discuss the previous night’s debate. At 5:00, I bopped over to a writing workshop put on by The Wellesley Review. We shared writing prompts and ate samosas (too many, in my case). From there, I went to the Jewish Student Lounge to watch a movie, eat snacks, and make fleece blankets by tying together large pieces of fabric. But wait! There’s more! At 8:00, I speed-walked back to Shafer to surprise a friend for her birthday. I didn’t go downstairs to her party, though, because I wanted to hear the upperclass panel. Shafer House Council put together a panel of older students to answer questions about romance, classes at MIT, and going home for the first time.
Friday: I always go to Shabbat dinner for the good food and good company!
Tomorrow night I’ll get to see Shakespeare Society’s final performance of Much Ado About Nothing. That was the first Shakespeare play I ever read, and it’s been a while since seventh grade, so I’m excited to see it in action.
Next week is a short one — we have classes on Monday and Tuesday, and then it’s Thanksgiving Break! Campus has been buzzing about this for a while. And the end of the semester is coming up real fast. Once we get back, there’s only a week and a half of classes before exams!
Here are some other on-campus events that have kept me busy in recent weeks:
- An interview with Yalitza Aparicio, the star of Roma
- A presentation by the CEO of StoryCorps, Robin Sparkman ‘91
- A talk by our local representative in the House
- Spotlight, a compilation of performances by various dance and music groups
I didn’t expect so many things to be going on at Wellesley, but there are constantly more good options than there is time.