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Recent Read: Before the Coffee Gets Cold

During our trip to Denver, Colorado, I had the opportunity to stop by a bookstore on Pearl Street where I came across this book:  Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi had been a recommendation on my to-read list for quite a while. And quite honestly, I...

The Homestretch

As we are crawling toward the final weeks of the semester, I am feeling a deep sense of gratitude and hope. While I firmly believe that some of this is derived from warmer weather and a slight rejuvenation from spring break, I also think that the social climate of...

Warmer Weather

Many people look forward to the slow transition from the chilly, crisp days of winter to the soft warmth of spring. The first signs of spring are always invigorating; the sun stays out a little bit longer each day, life stirs in the previously lifeless trees, and a...

My Students Are Wonderful

I adore my students. Sure, they can be stressful and sometimes make bad choices, but at the end of the day, I truly believe they are so wonderful. My students are incredibly empathetic people. It is really important to maintain student confidentiality, so this post is...

On Limbo

Good news everybody! My stress from last month has officially been resolved! After 5 weeks of anxiety brewing in the pit of my stomach, I have at last emerged on the other side of a dark and frightful tunnel. It feels as though a pleasant new lens has covered my...

A Relaxing Spring Break

This was the first Spring Break in which I did not travel with the PLA. While I was sad to have missed what looked like an incredible trip in Denver, I was thrilled to have had my first truly relaxing Spring Break of college. I am never one to give myself a break....

Weekly R.E.P.O.R.T.

I always love seen everyones REPORTs and decided to do my own! Reading: The Art of War by Sun Tzu. The version I am reading has the translation, the translation with commentary and the works of Lao-Tzu, Confucius, and Mencius. I just started this the other night, and...

Happy Almost April!

Hi everyone, I hope everyone is doing well as April comes crawling closer. I’m super excited for this weekend because my sister and mom are coming up to see me for Easter weekend. We plan to eat at an exclusive delicious Easter brunch that plenty of restaurants...

Run with Dhutch!

While sitting in the Denver airport waiting for our flight to take off, Dhutch and I officially registered for a half marathon in May at Rockaway Beach, which is the board walk of Queens. I’m not sure if it was the outdoorsy vibe of Colorado or just pure interest to...

All in Good Time

After a long, arduous, vaguely soul-crushing experience, I finally got an internship opportunity for this summer. I remember getting the phone call, from a Washington D.C. phone number, and feeling a weight lift off my chest. I hadn’t realized how anxiety-inducing the...

Dune Part 2

Besides seeing family and friends, one of the things I was looking forward to most over spring break was watching the new Dune movie. I read Dune for the first time back in 2017, so when they announced they were making a modern adaptation and Dennis Villeneuve, the...

The First Law

Recently in an attempt to read a bit more during the semester, I went into my backlog of Sci-Fi and Fantasy books and picked up Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself, the inaugural book in the First Law trilogy. Set against a medieval backdrop, this narrative...

A little bit of reading

Growing up, I was a very big book reader. I would read multiple books every single month, and I would love diving into different words, stories, and plots that each book gave me. The thrill of reading what would happen next is what got me hooked up on books for such a...

Achieving My Dreams

On Tuesday afternoon, I received an email from the United States Agency for International Development inviting me to interview for a position with the Mission to Senegal in the Development Outreach and Communications (DOC) office. Perhaps you don’t believe in...

Over It

I don’t think I’ve ever wanted a semester to end as much as I want this one too. Coming back from spring break has been difficult to say the least. I have no desire to go to classes or work, I’m bored with all my course content, and my social battery...

Geoguessr

I first signed up for a Geoguessr account in late high school. As a history buff, geography nerd, and tech enthusiast, Geoguessr checked off all of the boxes for me. I was hooked instantly. In many ways, Geoguessr gamified the things I liked to do anways: pore over...

State of State Spring Conference

The 10th-annual State of State Spring Conference is coming up this Tuesday and I could not be more thrilled! I joined State of State my freshman year after I stumbled upon it at the involvement fair fall freshman year. Having two sisters who attended Penn State before...

Spring Break Recap + March Madness

For those of you who read my Colorado post, I’m honestly stoked with the amount of fun we had over Spring Break. Visiting Red Rocks, Meow Wolf, and countless other attractions with so many friends was an awesome way to spend my Spring Break. Additionally, upon...

Embrace the Void

In the game of life, loss often has its ways, leaving us vulnerable, exposed, and sometimes shattered. Yet, within the shards of what once was, there is opportunity. My recent journey in the past two weeks through loss has taught me lessons about resilience and how to...

Infusion Weekend !!

This weekend, Infusion, the dance competition we’ve been pouring our hearts and souls into for a year, finally happened. It brought together nine incredible teams from all over, and honestly, it was one of the highlights of my college life. The teamwork, the...

Takeaways from Tours

Throughout my first three semesters at Penn State, I have been lucky to find a home and community in a few registered student organizations and other local groups, but this semester I have taken a dive into my role as an Ag Advocate. This is essentially an ambassador...

Accident Reports

I’ve been telling myself for a while that I wish I read more.  I read a lot up until I started college, and then it became so much easier to just scroll endlessly for hours whenever I wanted to unwind after classes, work, and assignments.  I have finally begun...

I Found the Solutions

Hello everyone, I wanted to start off by saying thank you to those of you who left very caring and considerate comments on my last post. Your support and effort to let me know I am not alone mean more than you know, so thank you, truly. I also want to let you all know...

What I Wish I Knew Earlier in College

I want to begin this blog by saying this is no way a comprehensive list – that would take years. Probably more years than I actually had to learn things. My point is, these are just some things that I hope might help you discover a good experience, because they...