Hello Blog, As the name implies, this is the full last week of classes for the fall semester. Thanksgiving break was really late this year, so the semester is rapidly coming to a close. During Thanksgiving break I went home to spend time with my family. I am usually a huge proponent of the post-Thanksgiving meal walk, but it was…
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Vasilopita. The Good Luck Cake.
Second semester senior year is realizing that you have an 8:30am biochemistry class Monday morning… approximately 12 hours before the first day of class begins. Yes, this was an actual thing that happened. Let me explain. You would think that, as a second semester senior, I would be coming back from a month long Wintersession break refreshed and put together.…
Wintersession in Paris
Classes start next week but I wanted to give you an update on what I have been doing since I last wrote on the blog. For the first two weeks of January, I was in Paris as part of the French department’s Wintersession class on Parisien film culture. The class is called Paris, CinéCity and allowed us to discuss Parisien film culture…
Finishing finals and fun to come
Remember how I said I would be done with finals the next time I wrote to you? Well, this post may be coming to you a little later than usual, but I did keep my promise! I just handed in my last exam all of ten minutes ago. Dobby is a free elf! It’s definitely hard to muster up the…
Going Home for Wintersession
I feel like this semester was deeply transformative. It was the first time where I really felt like Wellesley was “home.” I even packed a Wellesley t-shirt and my red Class of 2016 hat so I could show them off proudly to the world! I’m excited to go back to Wellesley and explore what this all means, and find…
Wintersession
It’s finals week! Yippee! I’m not being totally sarcastic either. Finals means that it’s almost time to be reunited with family and old friends, to take a breather and enjoy the break. For those of us that celebrate the holidays that fall around this time, doing so is awesome! Okay, so the next month and a half will go sort…