By: Alannah Wallace
May 11 – Renaissance frappes keeping me alive, pictured against the classic concrete hallways of SFU.
May 12 – Dogs, robe, PJs, and slippers. That’s all you need to get work done.
May 13 – Fuelling up for the week, and definitely not forgetting the Skittles.
May 14 – Tapping my card, not my wallet!
May 15 – Construction in the Education building.
May 16 – An SFU student’s second home: the library.
May 17 – The gloomy 145 bus line-ups
May 18 – Trying to get my readings done on the way to some much needed May long-weekend camping.
May 19 – Going for a dip at Stave Lake!
May 20 – Beautiful view from right in front of the campsite.
May 21 – When you need a caffeine boost but find rice in your frappe. Back at it on a Monday after a weekend of camping.
May 22 – One 15-hour day of studying paid off!
May 23 – A meeting with The Educational Review, a student-run journal here on campus.
May 24 – A view of the SkyTrain on the way to campus.
May 25 – Ugh.
May 26 – Weekends are for climbing in Squamish!
May 27 – Climbing on a route called Skypilot (and ignoring all my readings for the week to come).
May 28 – My companion, the robe.
May 29 – Picked up some study snacks for today.
May 30 – Dominic’s practice defense for his PhD!
May 31 – The line-up for the 145 bus at Production Station.
June 1 – A surprise party in the lab for Dominic after his defense, and for his supervisor, who just had a baby!
June 2 – Ignoring my readings again by taking an alpine skills course.
June 3 – Setting up our rope team for glacier travel at 4 a.m. in the Pemberton backcountry!
June 4 – Back to stacks of paperwork for my Research Assistant gig.
June 5 – Never-ending construction in the Education building.
June 6 – An angry Snapchat sent to my friends . . . I should start paying for parking.
June 7 – Study session: yes, the wine is necessary. Also, please note the parking tickets on the wall.
June 12 – Convocation week!
June 13 – A classic rainy SFU convocation.
