Sparks XXII

Watching Through A Glass Darkly with Abby and Hannah

Foreign Films

Free popcorn

Psychology

Concerts in The Cabin

Frozen

Frozen soundtrack

Getting a solid twelve hours of sleep

Bum days

Getting coffee and pastries with Michelle, Ali, Dani, Michaela, Jessica, Emily, Becca and Lydia.  

Coffee cake and caramel macchiatos

Clothing adventures with Dani and Emily

Scarlet scarves

Geometric gold necklaces 

90's music

Vagina Monologue retreats

Meeting more feminist friends

Being surrounded by people working toward the same cause

Kind words

Time to recharge

A much needed cry

Learning how to sort my life

Knowing what aspects are priorities

But still taking time to have fun
Not wanting to write a Sparks because it seems like everything is crumbling, but somehow managing it because I know it is important
And they make me feel better

  

Sparks XXI

Chai tea and apple cinnamon muffins

Days and nights spent in The Cabin

Getting a spot on the comfy couches by the fire

Making new feminist friends

Smiles and compliments from strangers

Turning in the first research project

Beginning to figure out the demon that is SPSS

The Vagina Monologues

Getting the piece I auditioned for

Good hair days and new boots

Sugar Plum lipstick

The Beat movement and the poems that come with

Audre Lorde and her wisdom 

Textbooks I actually enjoy reading

Caramel cashew trail mix

Feeling myself really growing intellectually and as a person this semester

Knowing that I'm being stretched to my limits, but I'm handling it

For Hannah, Emilia, and Jo Ann believing so thoroughly in me

Amelia for just being herself and being so persistent with me

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays with Abby, Hannah, Alyse, and Allie

In the Loner Corner

For Sylvie, Emily, and Briana 

We are the smartasses in the back of the classroom literally passing notes and giving sassy commentary 

We are twenty

It's fine

The sass that radiates from my logistics group

Going through an entire pack of to do list post-it notes 

Tomorrow is Friday

I think I can make it