{"id":126,"date":"2023-05-02T10:53:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T10:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juliannastratton.me.holycross.edu\/?p=126"},"modified":"2023-05-02T10:53:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T10:53:12","slug":"an-a-may-zing-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/2023\/05\/02\/an-a-may-zing-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"An a-MAY-zing Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last few weeks have ushed in a flurry of activities and events on campus as we all hunker down for the last weeks of studying. For me, the last few weeks have been filled with concerts, late-night studying, and a visit from my parents! In such a flurry of activity, it has been quite easy to &#8216;go&#8217; without stopping, and without acknowledging that I&#8217;m just a week and a half away from having finished a full year here on the hill. In light of that, I wanted to dedicate this post to highlighting all the things I&#8217;ve done in the past weeks that I never would&#8217;ve imagined myself doing a year ago:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I went to Clark University last weekend to perform in their arts showcase! It was so fun to pull out some old rep and just have fun performing solo for an audience, and to do a little improv with the dancers beforehand!<\/li>\n<li>I officially finished a YEAR of music theory courses (a major that, a year and a half ago, I had no intention of pursuing).<\/li>\n<li>I worked my first shift as a Kimball captain&#8230; (with only a few little messes)<\/li>\n<li>I went to a mini prom (Peter and Prom, a knockoff event of our usual Peter and Paul meetings).<\/li>\n<li>I somehow survived a year of college physics (an impressive feat, trust me).<\/li>\n<li>I said goodbye to my home for the year, Brooks &#8212; on to bigger (actually, smaller, but that doesn&#8217;t fit the saying) and better dorms!\n<figure id=\"attachment_134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-134\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/2115F46C-295A-40E6-B99F-DA209A06562F.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/2115F46C-295A-40E6-B99F-DA209A06562F.jpg 1034w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/2115F46C-295A-40E6-B99F-DA209A06562F-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/2115F46C-295A-40E6-B99F-DA209A06562F-821x1024.jpg 821w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/2115F46C-295A-40E6-B99F-DA209A06562F-768x957.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">peter &amp; prom \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-138\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3049.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3049.jpg 966w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3049-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3049-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3049-768x1025.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">last kimball shifts!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-133\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/1059F4B6-2831-4F2C-80BA-6D2C827CB7D2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/1059F4B6-2831-4F2C-80BA-6D2C827CB7D2.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/1059F4B6-2831-4F2C-80BA-6D2C827CB7D2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/1059F4B6-2831-4F2C-80BA-6D2C827CB7D2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/1059F4B6-2831-4F2C-80BA-6D2C827CB7D2-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the girls of peter &amp; prom \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-139\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3168.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3168.png 966w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3168-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3168-767x1024.png 767w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3168-768x1025.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">pre-physics final!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130\" style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-130\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_2869.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_2869.jpg 1718w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_2869-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_2869-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_2869-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_2869-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">performing at Clark!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3201.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3201-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/06\/IMG_3201-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">saying a final goodbye to brooks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last few weeks have ushed in a flurry of activities and events on campus as we all hunker down for the last weeks of studying. For me, the last few weeks have been filled with concerts, late-night studying, and a visit from my parents! In such a flurry of activity, it has been quite &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/2023\/05\/02\/an-a-may-zing-spring\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;An a-MAY-zing Spring&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":588,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,7,8,10,13,17,21,23,27,29],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-clubs","tag-community","tag-events-on-campus","tag-faith","tag-friends","tag-life-in-new-england","tag-reflections","tag-spots-on-campus","tag-weekend-fun","tag-working"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/juliannastratton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}