{"id":671,"date":"2011-04-08T16:30:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T20:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/?p=671"},"modified":"2011-04-08T16:30:36","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T20:30:36","slug":"a-day-in-the-life-of-colleen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/2011\/04\/08\/a-day-in-the-life-of-colleen\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day In the Life of Colleen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All those years ago when I first started this blog, my goal was (and remains) to show prospective students what life at Holy Cross is really like. I realize that most of my posts on here are general overviews of how life is going, but I haven&#8217;t really gone into detail about what each day holds for me. So, I spent yesterday taking photos (on my phone. Sorry about the quality!) to try and depict (literally) what an average day at Holy Cross entails for me. Now, granted, I was documenting Thursday, which is a bit busier than most days. But&#8230;here we go!<\/p>\n<p>Thursday morning started with my alarm going off at 6:25 a.m. No, I&#8217;m not in ROTC. I had to work the breakfast shift at Kimball, which starts at 6:45. I did, however, get to see the most beautiful sunrise on campus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00149-20110407-0638.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-672\" title=\"Campus at 6:30 am\" src=\"https:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00149-20110407-0638-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00149-20110407-0638-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00149-20110407-0638-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00149-20110407-0638-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00149-20110407-0638-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00149-20110407-0638.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00150-20110407-0642.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-673\" title=\"HC Magazine Cut-Out\" src=\"https:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00150-20110407-0642-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00150-20110407-0642-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00150-20110407-0642-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00150-20110407-0642-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00150-20110407-0642-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00150-20110407-0642.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See that clip above the time clock? Yup &#8211; that&#8217;s the piece on me that was in the HC Magazine. My boss cut it out for everyone at Kimball to see. Needless to say, most people didn&#8217;t make the connection since I have my long hair on for that photo!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00152-20110407-0839.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-674\" title=\"Welcome to Kimball\" src=\"https:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00152-20110407-0839-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00152-20110407-0839-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00152-20110407-0839-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00152-20110407-0839-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00152-20110407-0839-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00152-20110407-0839.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to what we do at Kimball. This is Patty, who is one of my friends that I met in Freshman year and fellow captain on the shift. My job isn&#8217;t glamorous, but it is fun.<\/p>\n<p>After my shift at Kimball (which ends at 10:15), I&#8217;m off to class. The first one is T.S. Eliot, which I&#8217;m auditing. The second class is Contemporary Literary Theory with Professor Mulrooney.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00155-20110408-1033.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-676\" title=\"Fenwick\" src=\"https:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00155-20110408-1033-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00155-20110408-1033-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00155-20110408-1033-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00155-20110408-1033-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00155-20110408-1033-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00155-20110408-1033.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We meet in Professor Mulrooney&#8217;s office since there are only four of us in the class. On Thursday, we discussed Ishiguro&#8217;s <em>Never Let Me Go<\/em>. Pr. Mulrooney uses the case studies as a tangible way of applying the theory that we read, and it&#8217;s extremely beneficial to synthesize the theory with actual literary works (makes sense, doesn&#8217;t it?).<\/p>\n<p>After class, it&#8217;s time to run around for RSO Re-recognition (we have to re-recognize Ballroom Dance as a club sport every single year. There&#8217;s so much paperwork involved), but then it&#8217;s Thesis Time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00157-20110408-1620.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Thesis Time\" src=\"https:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00157-20110408-1620-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Now you realize why I write my thesis in my room. And those are just the books for the parts on Flannery&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00156-20110408-1459.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-677\" title=\"Tea Time...?\" src=\"https:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00156-20110408-1459-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>It&#8217;s inevitable that if you write a thesis, you will drink lots of tea within a short amount of time. You might even render yourself immune to caffeine, which is not a good thing. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Unfortunately, I had to cut my time short with Mr. Thesis (as my friends call it, since I spend as much time with my thesis as I would a boyfriend) since we had our student-led ballroom dance practice until 10:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00153-20110407-1956.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-675\" title=\"Ballroom Dance\" src=\"https:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/files\/2011\/04\/IMG00153-20110407-1956-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00153-20110407-1956-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00153-20110407-1956-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00153-20110407-1956-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00153-20110407-1956-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/04\/IMG00153-20110407-1956.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We spent most of yesterday going over what people liked about the team this year, what they didn&#8217;t like, and what they&#8217;d like to see in the future. I&#8217;m getting ready to leave and Cecilia is preparing to work with another student as Co-Chair next year, so we&#8217;re trying to get all of our affairs in order as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>And that, my friends, is a typical Thursday. There&#8217;s always quite a bit to do, and the early start doesn&#8217;t help. Don&#8217;t worry &#8211; my Wednesdays and Fridays are a less structured (no classes on Friday. It&#8217;s a wonderful, wonderful thing).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All those years ago when I first started this blog, my goal was (and remains) to show prospective students what life at Holy Cross is really like. I realize that most of my posts on here are general overviews of how life is going, but I haven&#8217;t really gone into detail about what each day &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/2011\/04\/08\/a-day-in-the-life-of-colleen\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Day In the Life of Colleen&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-a-typical-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}