We are moving into Week 3 of classes. It doesn’t feel like much has changed or that anything special is happening. For me, I have been settling into a rhythm with my classwork and extracurriculars. Most items on my schedule seem solid now, and I’m glad that the next weeks will be more predictable. For this post, I’ll do a…
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…
Phytoplankton and Nashville
Hi blog! Well, the second week of classes is in the books, although it definitely felt like the first week of classes since it was our first in-person week. The semester is off to a good start. I’m taking three courses this semester and a PE course: (1) Environment Issues in Developing Countries (Economics), (2) A Nation in Therapy…
Bomb Cyclone
Happy FWOIPC (first week on in-person classes) everyone! Wellesley was hit with what meteorologists affectionately call a “bomb cyclone” this weekend. A born and bred Massachusetts native, this storm was less exciting for me than it was for a lot of my friends. My roommate, for example, was utterly enchanted with her first-ever snowfall. I was reasonably delighted by the…
Happy Chinese New Year – Give Yourself a Break
Post blizzard, trudging to class in slippery sludge and following long files of students bundled up in winter gear – there seems to be a haze of reluctance and fatigue hanging over campus. Now that classes are in person, the realities of running to and from class, the near-future-reality of handling 3 exams in a single week, and just the…
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Hello blog, and happy Monday! Wellesley is looking a little different today than it was last time I wrote: this weekend New England was hit by a blizzard and we got what I read was maybe sixteen inches of snow. Being from Iowa, this was much less of a big deal to me than it was to a lot…
Last First Day of Class
Hi blog! THIS IS MY LAST SEMESTER AT COLLEGE. Sorry, that was harsh, but I think I still don’t fully believe it yet and need to constantly convince myself of it. It’s incredibly fun being a senior, yet it’s also very daunting. For our first week back, students had to quarantine and receive two negative PCR tests. Also,…
Starting Second Semester With A Bang
Good morning and happy first week of classes! It has been a hectic start to the semester Everything is online this week to prevent any virus from spreading on campus which means I have barely left my dorm building since moving back. I don’t mind though- at least not a lot- because I have plenty of work to keep me…
Starting the Spring Semester on a Wary Note
The Spring semester just kicked off. I’m sitting in the Music Library (which is very toasty) writing this post. Coming back from winter break felt odd. I was both dreading and looking forward to coming back to Wellesley. Dreading, because I’ve never been more academically stressed or burnt out. I know that once assignment due dates begin and once we…
Back to the Basics
Hello blog, and happy Monday! Even more importantly, happy spring semester! Today was the first day of classes here at Wellesley- FDOC, as the Wendies say- and it was a doozy. Our first week of classes is virtual this semester to accommodate the students who tested positive upon their return to Wellesley, which is a super awesome plan that…