{"id":78,"date":"2023-05-16T16:12:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T16:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashleysok.me.holycross.edu\/?p=78"},"modified":"2023-05-16T16:12:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T16:12:01","slug":"to-the-mothers-and-mallory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/2023\/05\/16\/to-the-mothers-and-mallory\/","title":{"rendered":"To Mom and Mallory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the beginning of class my professor reminded us that we are entering the last month and a half of the semester, and I can\u2019t believe it. With this comes the exams, essays, and presentations, but needless to say we are enjoying the calm before the storm. A friend traveling to Brazil and myself to Iguazu, out of an abundance of caution, received the yellow fever vaccine. We experienced the small clinic, kind medics, and free public healthcare. We also delivered snacks and toys to the families at the Ronald McDonald house, a nonprofit organization that supports families while their children receive medical care.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the other hand, we celebrated my housemate\u2019s birthday, shout-out to Mallory! We felt right at home in the movie theater once again, funky carpets and all, as we watched the new Guardians of the Galaxy. Then we enjoyed a pottery night, a party organized by our host mom, and some late-night festivities. Lastly, on Sunday, I celebrated Mother\u2019s Day virtually with my mom at home as well as early with my host mom as Argentina\u2019s is in October.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-78 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/2023\/05\/16\/to-the-mothers-and-mallory\/img_9435\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/05\/IMG_9435-scaled-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/05\/IMG_9435-scaled-1.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/05\/IMG_9435-scaled-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/05\/IMG_9435-scaled-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/05\/IMG_9435-scaled-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/05\/IMG_9435-scaled-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-79'>\n\t\t\t\tArgentine Work of Art\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of class my professor reminded us that we are entering the last month and a half of the semester, and I can\u2019t believe it. With this comes the exams, essays, and presentations, but needless to say we are enjoying the calm before the storm. A friend traveling to Brazil and myself to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/2023\/05\/16\/to-the-mothers-and-mallory\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;To Mom and Mallory&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":590,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/ashleysok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}