I was abroad for the fall semester and coming back to Cornell for the spring has been such a whirlwind. It feels like there has been one thing after another coming up and I can feel the stress already starting. I was so excited to see an arts and crafts activity as one of the events for this week. I thought it would just be a fun start to the semester, but little did I know how much I would need it. My Thursday was packed with classes and responding to emails and finding books for classes. I was exhausted and I almost forgot that I had a Rose Scholars event to attend. My friend Joanna and I love doing arts and crafts and the minute we got there I couldn’t help but smile. I loved making the snowflakes and lanterns. I think half the fun was messing up and still trying to make it work by writing it off as an artistic choice. I am so glad that I decided to sign up for this event and I’m pretty sure I got an A for effort. Not a bad start to the semester.