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What broken heat teaches you

Three weeks without reliable heat and I learned more about Jake and me than I expected. Not the dramatic relationship-testing stuff you s...

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Mile 6.2

Gun went off at 6:30am sharp and I was ready. All those 5am training runs with Carmen, all those weekend long runs when I wanted to stay ...

Elena Jake Morrison
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Trial by clipboard

Standing in front of my bedroom mirror at 7:15am, adjusting my campus rec polo for the fifth time.

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Color coded chaos

Sarah showed up at 2pm with her entire highlighter collection and zero patience for my scattered note-taking system. Three hours later, m...

Elena Sarah Chen
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Tamale disaster zone

Carmen showed up this afternoon with a bag of masa harina and complete confidence that we could recreate her mom’s famous tamales. “It’s ...

Elena Carmen
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Lines drawn

Alex cornered me after today’s staff meeting about the fitness challenge teams. Not literally cornered, but you know that thing where som...

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Sunday gravy success

Jake’s been talking about his grandmother’s Sunday gravy for months. Every time we’d have pasta, he’d get this wistful look and say “Nonn...

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Down the rabbit hole

Started reading about the history of engagement rings for my nursing ethics paper. Somehow ended up learning about Victorian mourning jew...

Elena Jake Morrison
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Kitchen disasters

Michelle showed up this afternoon with a bag of flour and grand plans to teach me how to make fresh pasta from scratch. “How hard can it ...

Elena Michelle Rodriguez
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Pinterest lied to me

Decided to surprise Jake with homemade Easter cookies today. How hard could it be, right? I’ve got steady hands from all that anatomy lab...

Elena
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