Author Archives: annieelizabeth27

My dorm is WAY nicer than I need, but that is a wonderful problem to have I think (except maybe the money part of it). I’m in Raney House at OSU, and my roommates are super nice. They’re all sophomores who already know each other, which was super intimidating, but we’re getting along quite well.Continue reading “I’m Moved In!”

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve last opened up WordPress. I logged on a little over a month ago to switch my email from my Rockwood account to my personal, and I just caught up on all of Durham’s posts through the entire pandemic so far. Here are some updates from me. 🙂 GraduationContinue reading “I finally have things to talk about! (buckle up, it’s a long one)”

What is your childhood favorite song? Do you have a specific memory of what made it your favorite song? Has it changed? How did people react when you sang it? (asked by Maggie St. John) I had quite a few songs that I really, really loved as a kid. The first one to come toContinue reading “Favorite Childhood Song”

At the end of the day, do you find that you’re more proud of what you’ve accomplished or disappointed in what you’ve left for tomorrow? Does our society cut ourselves enough slack? Why do you think we end up so engrossed in workaholism? I find it terribly ironic that I wrote my prompt on societyContinue reading “Fell Off for a bit (I’m sorry!!)”

I discovered this song a few months ago, but kind of forgot about it until the start of quarantine. Its lyrics have recently became very relatable, with lines such as “So you closed your eyes and dreamt your heart to a safer place and smiled for a while,” and “You’re always sayin’ that it’s allContinue reading “Social Distance Soundtrack”

I wanted to write a more positive post, so I am just gonna make a written highlight reel of my quarantine. I’ve tried so many new recipes, and found as long as I stay focused and don’t misread things, I execute lots of them very well! I made these peanutbutter chocolate chip cookies with myContinue reading “The Good Parts of Quarantine”

The news dropped yesterday that no Missouri K-12 school would be going back for the remainder of our spring semester. Lots of fun things I’ve been looking forward to for a while aren’t happening, bigger events like Wacky Olympics(and who knows the fate of our prom or graduation ceremony), but littler things too, like seniorContinue reading “Senior Year’s Over :(“

I’m officially a Buckeye! Last night, I committed to Ohio State as a Computer Science and Engineering major. This is the first truly good news I’ve had to share in almost a month now, and it was well-needed. I lived in Ohio until I was 11, and it didn’t hit me until after committing howContinue reading “A Splash of Good News”

I’ve been killing myself for three or four days now trying to get all of schoolwork done for the week. One fun assignment was for my band class: we were supposed to record 5-10 minutes of us practicing every day and then submit all the videos at the end of the week. I did notContinue reading “Nearly Caught Up (Finally)”

I attempted to catch up on all of my schoolwork once again today, which ended in a bit of a breakdown, but also a realization. I have no proper workspace at my home, and working from my bed wasn’t cutting it like it sometimes did for homework. I tried to set up a little areaContinue reading “More Reasons Why Working From Home Sucks”