As we get deeper into the semester, I am becoming increasingly aware of the fact that this is the end of my time at Bryn Mawr. It’s rough. I’m practicing avoidance, some of the time, and that hasn’t been the best plan. Things keep sneaking up on me (Hell Week is next week, WHAT?!), so I’ve decided to switch gears. I’m taking what I learned in years of theatre (did you know I did that? I did that.) and saying yes to everything. It doesn’t matter what it is. I’m saying yes.
So, this weekend I not only got a lot of homework done, but I left the house and spent time with friends, too. I went to yoga on Saturday morning, and was greeted with open arms by everyone at my home studio. I love it there, and spending time away always clears my head in just the right way. It was a great class, and I felt amazing afterward. I went to brunch afterward, because hey, I had to eat, right? And then I headed out to campus to see the South Asian Students Culture Show! It was seriously amazing. Bryn Mawr is jam packed with talented, wonderful human beings.
I was also able to spend time with my friend Sophia, who I met in ESEM and have stayed really close to. We had a standing lunch date every week last spring, but last semester our schedules kept not lining up. This semester we’re trying hard to get back into it. She also made pictures happen, because after being friends for this long we don’t have any pictures of the two of us! The header of my blog doesn’t count, because you can’t really tell it’s us…
Anyway, whenever we get together, we just talk forever and then go our separate ways, so this time we actually managed to take a few shots. This will be it, probably, until May Day. And Garden Party! I asked her last year to be my Number One Garden Party Girl, and she said yes, and I know I probably asked way too early, but there’s no one else I’d rather have running chairs and tables and hanging decorations and dealing with what kind of snacks my mom is bringing.
She’s the best. Here’s the cutest one- it’s grainy because we were in Goodhart, in the dark! I think we were pretty successful.
On Sunday, I did another giant pile of work, because it just never ends, but finished the week off with a concert! The Wonder Years were playing a series of shows at Union Transfer in Philly, celebrating their 10 year anniversary of being an awesome amazing band, and I went with a friend. It was a crazy good time, filled with all the noise and sweat and dancing and jumping and guitars that I love about rock shows. I have some bruises, but for me, that’s the marker of ticket money well spent. If I keep making concerts part of my regular schedule, every weekend, I may just make it out of my last Bryn Mawr semester alive! We’ll see. Maybe. Alums, what helped you make it through the final stretch?