Today's the perfect day for an Instagram roundup! I just got out of my first final exam and am waiting to say goodbye to my roommate (Lauren I can't believe you're leaving me already), head to lunch with some close friends, and then take a long nap to rest my fried brain. Micro is hard, people!
Homecoming was sooo much fun! Hopkins Homecoming weekend happens in the spring, since our lacrosse team is awesome and we have a lot of lacrosse pride! We're actually headed to the NCAAs for our first Big 10 conference. I'm super excited for it and can't wait to watch the games at home with my parents and siblings. If only they were playing Rutgers, I could have seen it in person! And of course, what would homecoming be without a picture of my two best friends, Annaka and Josie?!
In honor of the last two weeks of classes, I needed to get myself organized. I love making lists, and checking the items off as I completed them made me feel like I could conquer the world. Now that my first final is over, I'm starting to feel like that again!! I love having a go-get-em attitude.
Alrighty - Spring Fair weekend was a huge blast! I went and got so much great food from the food trucks every day. I had gyros, Philly cheesesteaks, Island noodles, a fish po'boy, chicken-on-stick (a Hopkins classic), some yummy pizza, fried Oreos, funnel cake, deliiiicious strawberry lemonade, and Wild Bill's soda. Everything was amazing and I certainly ate my way through Spring Fair, as they say most students do. There was also tons of fun stuff going on - petting zoos, games, carnival rides, and vendors selling all sorts of handmade items. We also had a bunch of concerts on campus and everyone stops what they're doing for Spring Fair - so many thanks to the students who turn Johns Hopkins into Hopkins State University for a weekend each year!!
Surprise! I'm with Josie again. We loved our Theta Spring Fair tanks - the theme was Survivor, so they say KATch Us If You Can! The bright coral was the perfect color for this spring event, and we loved the gold foil letters!!
I finished off a great year of dancing with the annual Jaywalk Banquet at Tapas Adela in Fells Point, located near Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The food was delicious and I had such a great time with my teammates thinking back on the year and chatting without being in workout mode. We worked super hard to put on our showcase in April, and it totally paid off! It was one of our members' birthdays, so that made it even better. But the part that I loved most was that we got to sit outside in a special room that was actually a converted alleyway. Tapas Adela has a very rustic Spanish feel, and the redesign and repurpose of the alley for seating was so nice - the weather was perfect and we were surrounded by greenery (great use of sustainable urbanism for this Enviro major!).
We woke up on Tuesday morning to one of Hopkins's favorite traditions - flamingos on the quad!! This has been going on for years and makes the day before finals that much more fun. Everyone takes a study break and hangs out with the flamingos and takes photos. My roommate and I even each took one and brought them back to our room; they're so silly and I love it. Plus, flamingos are one of my favorite animals. No one knows who goes out and puts all the flamingos on the quad each year, but they're fun to have around and always make their way onto JHUSnaps, our school Snapchat, from weird locations all over campus!
Wednesday was my mom's birthday! I was super sad that I couldn't be home to celebrate, but in a week I get to come back home and give her the birthday present I got her, as well as spend a ton more time with her in person. I called my mom almost every day this year; she's my best friend and talking to her always makes my day better when there's a lot going on or I'm feeling stressed. And check out this photo - don't I look just like my mom?!
Wednesday night was Theta's formal! I had such a fun time with my date, Nick (left) and all my friends. My friend Mary took Nick's roommate, Miguel (right) and so all of my closest friends got to hang out together at formal. One of my Tumblr followers even recognized Miguel and asked how I knew him - he's stoked that he made it onto my blog and that someone knew who he was! He thinks he's famous now (lol).
Last but not least, I said goodbye to my roomie today after we both took exams this morning. We became so close this year and have so many great memories to look back on together. We already want to plan to meet up this summer and hang out! I seriously don't know what I would have done without Lauren this year - she's seen me through it all and I miss her so much already!!
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