Harry Potter, Dog Yoga, Puzzles, and 109

Since this is my first blog post I would like to take the opportunity to sum up my experiences from the last month of chaos + the extremely organized class of 109 which has ironically deepened the chaos of my at-home existence.
The first few days of shock were absorbed by a Harry Potter movie marathon. It’s hard to describe, but leaving school and going all the way to San Diego kind of fried my brain. It was hard to process and comprehend how upended life was within a matter of days. I think the hardest part about this transition is that it lacked closure. The fact that half of my time at MIT is effectively over is shocking. But I don’t really want to think about that.
To take my mind off of those things, I’ve been working out outside (or at least attempting to). I’ve discovered that my little dog gets excited when I start jumping around on the yoga mat, and she often likes to join in, but in doing so, takes over my workout space completely. I’m almost finally done with a 5,000 piece puzzle of underwater life. Before beaches and trails were closed I would go on hikes or paddle board with my family.

But this was all before classes started up again. I’ve never really had a time where I did essentially nothing, like I was doing in our extended spring break. 109 came back with FULL FORCE and I must say I was absolutely not prepared. It's been hard staying motivated to keep up with the demand of 109. I think I've been stuffing my days with work just to help keep me busy, and sometimes I feel myself getting overwhelmed – not just with work, but with news about coronavirus and politics and worrying and ~~~ sometimes my brain just can't handle it. I once again feel like I am slipping back in to my MIT bubble. There are especially a lot of assignments to worry about in 109 right now but Noreen has assured us that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

It's funny but since classes have been put on zoom I almost feel like I've gotten to know people in 109 better. You can see what people are eating, what their room decor looks like, what their dogs look like... zoom is like a snapshot into everyone's lives that I would never have seen in class. I think we should have a special zoom session where everyone brings their pet to watch lecture. EOM.

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