When most people graduate from college, they leave – but not me!
I graduated Lehigh University in May 2012 with a BA in English, having lovingly
studied authors including Shakespeare, Brontë, and Beckett (and begrudgingly
slogging through James Joyce). But it wasn’t enough! Because I
received a fifth year tuition free, I went back to Lehigh to complete my
second major, this time in Psychology. (And as my high school band
director used to say: “free! my favorite flavor!”)
Not content to just sit in a classroom for my second senior
year, I branched out into the wild world of Internships. In the fall, I interned at Bicycling
Magazine. In addition to the
normal intern-y responsibilities (fact
checking, picking up bicycle parts for photo shoots), I also wrote the feature 2,696 Pounds, 36 Lives: How Did They Do It? For this spring semester, I will be shifting gears (no
pun intended) from Bicycling Magazine to a newspaper, The Morning Call.
Besides classes, internship, and a part time
job, I even manage to make time for fun! Reading (as if I didn’t
get enough for class!), yoga (aka. body pretzels), trivia nights at the bar
with friends, crafting (mostly knitting and sewing), keeping abreast of women’s
issues, watching comedy shows – all typical activities and interests of
mine. During the fall, I love
going to football games but, as an alumna of the marching band, half time is my
favorite part of the game.
Did
I mention that my boyfriend and I have two cats (Sassy and Savannah)? I’m obsessed with them, so don’t get me
started!
And
I have a serious case of the travel bug!
I was fortunate to travel to Europe a few times with my parents and
sister growing up (France, the Netherlands, England, Scotland, Wales,
Italy). Then, my junior year, I
studied abroad in Montpellier, France and fell in love with the region (think
California weather with baguettes!).
I added a few more countries onto my growing list that semester (Spain,
the Czech Republic, Germany). Next
stop: Greece (hopefully)!
That
about covers it! (Oh, and if you
haven’t noticed, the parenthesis is my favorite punctuation mark.)
No comments:
Post a Comment