I thought that once I turned in my Fulbright application, I’d be rolling in free time. I was wrong. Classwork has picked up, crew season peaked with Head of the Charles, and I’ve logged extra exercise to prepare for the half marathon I’m running next weekend.
So… HOCR! This was my second time racing in the storied regatta. I went the day before to watch other races and peruse the merch tents. The bridges were packed; I had a better view along the shore. A stranger overheard me talking about Wellesley and mentioned that she was an alum.
My team raced on Sunday. So many folks came out to cheer for us. Other boats forced my crew to stop twice during the race, but other than that, I’m really happy with how it went. My teammate’s mom made an incredible vegan pumpkin pie that I helped devour afterwards.
Yesterday was the last crew practice of the season. Friday was my last 4:17 wake-up until March, when we go back to the river. I’ll miss rowing. I’ll miss seeing the stars and the sunrise and the Boston skyline. But I’m excited to return to evening house council meetings and sleep like a normal person. Eating dinner won’t be the last thing I do every day! Now that the season’s over and training will last one or two hours per day instead of four, I’m telling myself I’ll have so much more time. I wonder if this will actually play out.
Somehow I don’t have any tests or exams this semester, but I have assignments due this week in three of my four classes: a draft of my midterm stand-up set in my comedy class, a second draft of my essay about my week in the Amazon for travel writing, an op-ed about bilingual programs for my education policy class. I love how creative my work has been. But boy, do I spend a lot of time on class readings.
Recent fun things include going to a bar with my fellow seniors on the team (and then wandering the Boston waterfront), watching a romcom with my hallmates (trying not to fall asleep on the couch), going to the Boston Book Festival, and baking banana bread with Alison after we ran 10 miles (it came out perfectly).
Banana bread!
Stone-D on a foggy day (there were a lot of those this week)
Billings is cute
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Pancakes for dinner on fall break!