Hello! My name is Sami, and I’ll be an outreach co-chair and a senior in chemical engineering next year. Just like everyone, my summer has been really wacky. Most of the time, between school, work, frisbee, and volleyball, I’m constantly busy. Now, I have time to try other fun things I’ve never had a chance to do (most of them pretty basic, I admit. But I’m having a good time). I figured I’d share some of my silly new hobbies and give my opinions.
- Gardening: Awesome. So great. Cannot recommend enough. I’ve become obsessed enough to make a board of my star plants. My happiness has become weirdly tied to the success of my little baby seedlings.
- Making fancy coffee: Pretty cool if you spend an obscene, shameful amount on coffee-shop coffee like I do. I now own a Ninja coffee bar system, a percolator, a cold brew diffuser, and a milk frother. I am not a morning person, but I do look forward to waking up to a custom (cheap) cup of coffee. Who needs Starbucks?
- Needlepoint: very cool, but very slow. Like very slow. I’ve had this for about a month and I’m still not very far along. But it’s been great for nights where I’m not doing anything except sitting around watching Avatar.
- Jogging: Nope. That lasted about a week. Not my jam.
Like everyone else, I can’t wait for this to be over. But I have to say, I’ve enjoyed getting a chance to do things I normally wouldn’t. I hope everyone is doing their best to stay healthy and stay positive 😊
-Sami
-Sami