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End of an Era

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This week marked my last days in Cambridge, at least for this calendar year. The time has flown!   Monday marked Rebecca’s last day in Cambridge and after a hotpot dinner, a large group gathered at the Prince Regent to bid her adieu. Dom quickly realized that she still had some wine in her locker so we moved the party to the Judge lobby. I found some Cobra beers in Emily’s locker too. We spent an hour or so talking about the past year. Our highs, our lows, and most memorable moments. Rebecca went around and told us all the memories she has of meeting each of us for the first time. Then we played some 20 questions to try to guess what name we had on our sticky note. I was challenged to open a beer with another beer. This engineer struggled a bit with that one…overall this was such a special night. There was just something about reflecting on the year in the building that brought us all together. As Rebecca would say, it’s a core memory. Luckily I will be seeing Rebecca in a few short we

Good Enough

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What a week! I finished packing up my room here in Cambridge. Incredibly bittersweet. It put me in a weird funk for sure.  On Tuesday I explored the Whipple Museum and tried a new gelato place in Cambridge. Ran into some MBAs also getting snacks and ended the night with a trip to Jesus.  Rebecca really appreciated her shout-out in last week's blog :)  Judge posted a throwback from Michaelmas and it was funny to look back and see just how much this has changed us in a few short months. Wednesday was quiet; I enjoyed walking around Cambridge and soaking it all in. On Thursday I submitted my final essay...whoa. Then I trained to London to celebrate Jimmy's birthday at Electric Shuffle!    Dom, Jimmy, and Meredith were kind enough to let me stay the night at their flat! Friday we cooked breakfast tacos, and before I knew it, I was heading to the train to go to Stansted for a trip to Copenhagen!  Emily had the genius idea of another trip before I move back stateside and suggested Co