Arboretum

Put the good ole University of Minnesota ID card to use and visited the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum yesterday, it was fantastic! Read, sketched, took photos by myself in the sunshine. Not a ton of photos, but still enjoyable. 

Home in time for spring sunshine!

Walla Walla -> Seattle -> Minneapolis

(Taken from a moving vehicle. I will applaud myself for this.)

SeaTac! 

Holi!

Celebration last week at Whitman that symbolized the end of finals. Don't worry, folks, I will post some photos from home soon. 

(Okay, I didn't take this photo. And, in all honesty, I apologize because I don't remember who took this lovely photo of the three of us. To said person: I am sorry!)

Chicks On Chicks

Whitman Bio Department hatched chicks! I'm back home in Minnesnowta (sin la snow), but these were delightful to see before I headed home. Now, ready for an awesome summer!

PS, a film camera has been found while cleaning out my room. Prepare yourselves. 

I really like Anderson.

Flipping through the latest edition of the Circuit, I saw notes from graduating seniors regarding some of the best and some of the worst moments that they had at Whitman. So many of them referenced their first-year dorms, and as the year is coming to a close, I am realizing how fortunate I am. I love living in Anderson. My roommate is incredible, couldn't imagine this year without her (Shout out to Shanley! You provide me with Emergen-C, laughs, two pets (I am afraid that I have killed both the plant and one of the fish), an endless supply of candy from your mother's care packages, and some of the fondest memories from the past nine months). My section-mates have become my best friends, and it brings me to tears to know that I won't be living next door to them, or in some cases even seeing them for months or possible ever again (note to Alex, I will miss you like crazy, but I hope that you have the time of your life at Boston University. Note to Riley, I don't even want to talk about the semester you'll be gone. It won't be discussed).

I can't imagine this year without my Andy family. From meeting you all in a post-Scramble daze to the awkward Cram the Courtyard during orientation, powering through the year with crazy contests (PIE EATING CHAMPION), dorm decorating parties, talent shows, movie nights, and late-night dancing like chickens in the bathroom, I can truly say that our friendships have grown. I have become closer to my Andy family than I was to most friends I had for years upon years, and it scares me that I won't be near you all again. We are a cult. We don't necessarily leave So-Bo (South of Boyer Avenue). We have the best RAs (I mean, Elenore brought us laughs and Lo provides us with girl-talk and candy), and I have officially given up on pulling down the blinds before I change clothes.

So, I guess that this is the beginning of my saga of sappy blog posts. I'm 25% done with college, no where near knowing what I want to do with my life, and loving every second of it.

Photo cred: Riley Mehring. Photo edit: Marra Clay 

Tall Heights

The came and played with The Ballroom Thieves- sunset too early to get good photos of the later group, but they were both awesome! Perfect way to spend a Saturday night before finals week!

^Love this photo like crazy. 

Wheat Fields!

Happy birthday, Riley! Well... now that we've gone out to the wheat fields, are we officially Whitman students? 

Ya cuties! 

Can't imagine not living next door to ya'll next year :(

Look at us go! 

A beautiful shot... of the Washington State Penitentiary! Hurrah!