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Down the rabbit hole

Started reading about stress responses for my pathophysiology review. Somehow ended up three chapters deep in a psychology textbook Jake ...

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Assembly required

Carmen texted at nine this morning: “Bringing everything for tamales. Clear your counter.” By ten-thirty my kitchen looked like a masa ex...

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Care package assembly line

Finals week hits everyone differently, and I’ve been watching some of my nursing classmates really struggle lately. Sarah mentioned yeste...

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Flour everywhere

Carmen showed up this morning with a bag of flour and way too much confidence about teaching me to make bread from scratch. “It’s therape...

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Lessons from the cold

Sitting here with my tea getting cold (again) and thinking about how much you can learn about someone when the heat goes out for three we...

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Gravity lesson

Apparently when the recipe says ‘gently fold in flour,’ it doesn’t mean ‘aggressively whisk while balancing bowl on counter edge.’ Physic...

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Costume assembly

Five adults standing in our living room dressed like we’re twelve again, and honestly? Zero regrets. Carmen showed up in this perfect vin...

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Planning revelations

Staring at our coffee table right now and it looks like a paper tornado hit it.

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Finding my feet

Kicked off my sneakers twenty minutes ago and my feet are still thanking me. Third official shift at the campus rec center is done, and f...

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Heat wave

Carmen found this hot yoga video online and convinced me we needed to try it. “It’ll be great for flexibility,” she said. “Super relaxing...

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