senior week!

Since our finals period ended on May 18th, underclasswomen have been moving out and seniors have been celebrating the end of their undergraduate careers, and it's definitely been bittersweet. Lots of celebratory drinking, dancing, lying out in the sun, and all sorts of activities that we didn't have time for during our four years here...sprinkled with moments in which we take a sharp breath in and realize that it's really here.

One of the events that my friends and I went to was a casino night at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut...SUCH A BIZARRE PLACE. One of my friends won $200 in a Wheel of Fortune game, but besides that, not very exciting. When we realized that we were stuck there for 7 hours (the bus wouldn't leave until midnight...we got there at 5), we all groaned a little, but somehow managed to pass the time. We drank margaritas at "Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville", tried our hand at slot machine games, tried on expensive dresses we wouldn't buy at Caché and sat around in a ridiculous astrolabe-type lounge area that is pictured below. A strange, strange place; though we were all glad we had seen it as I don't believe any one of us will ever end up in a casino again.

Also...I got to play ultimate again!!! 15 Whiptails headed out to Appleton, Wisconsin to play in DIII Nationals, and it was GLORIOUS. We got to play teams we had never played before from various mid-western and western states and broke our seed! We were seeded 10th and then tied for 7th with one of our rivals from the Metro Boston area. All in all, it was a sunny,

gorgeous, fun-filled, exhausting weekend that I'm so glad I got to experience before leaving the Whiptails. Plus, I got to play one last time :)

The day after getting back from Nationals, my friends and I attended our Senior Gala, which was held at the Top of the Hub at the Prudential Center in downtown Boston! While there were some issues (not enough tables/chairs, not enough food...), it was a fun night, particularly because we haven't had many occasions to doll ourselves up for a fancy night out. We took

advantage of this occasion and took tons of pretty pictures of us in the gardens!

And to close out this lovely series of events, I was asked to play in the Cambridge v. Boston Showcase Game tonight with some of the best elite club players in the area/country! I was really anxious about it until the game started, but I think I did a decent job shutting down the Boston team's fastest female cutter! Tons of fun, and now I'm nursing some pretty bad turf burn on my left knee.

Now I'm packing some things in boxes and garbage bags so that move-out can be a little less insane...we'll see how much progress I make. Good night!