It’s towards the latter days of finals period, and campus has already started to empty out for the holidays. Watching my friends leave is always difficult, made worse by the fact that as I’m going abroad, I won’t see them for months. It isn’t made better by the fact that while they’re snapchatting reunions with their dogs, I’m mostly stuck…
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Catching up! And summer soul searching
My, oh, my a lot has happened since my last post! I’m going to get right into catching you all up with all my major soul searching that’s happened over the summer. But before I dive in, I just want to extend a welcome to anyone newly following my blog this year. I’m Eleanor; it’s nice to have you here,…
A snowy return
Hello everyone! As I’m writing this, I’m sitting in Metropark train station, checking the status of my Boston-bound warrior train bravely (but three hours slowly) making its way up the East coast mid blizzard. Oddly enough, this storm isn’t hitting Boston too hard…but New Jersey is certainly taking a hit. We almost got stuck in a snowbank twice trying to…
On coming home
Hello everyone! I hope you had a delightful and restful thanksgiving. This post is coming to you somewhat later than usual, but I have a wonderful excuse; I just got back from a long catching up session (over Panera!) with my two best friends from high school. Even if it’s only for a couple days, it’s wonderful to be home,…
I love these guys!
When the prospective students ask what some of my favorite things about Wellesley are, I always mention our amazing faculty and staff. They really seem to love interacting with us, and consistently demonstrate a willingness to help students. Today was one big example of this. While I was getting breakfast, a woman who works in the cafeteria (she doesn't know…
If you got money…and you know it…
I am sure that you have been told that the life of a college student is a broke one. That is absolutely true. However, I have yet to be in the red. Why? I have a part time job. I work ten hours a week at the campus center, doing typical restaurant-type stuff, like washing dishes and keeping the…