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"New constellations" isn't necessarily being put to rest forever, but for the time being I'm going to start fresh with a new look and new title to keep up blogging adventures and the like. Capturing the little moments that make my days pretty magical.

Today, for example, is Valentine's Day. Considering this is the first time since the eighth grade that I find myself single on Valentine's Day, you might expect me to be experiencing the normal "single girl" reactions. Truth be told, I have spent the entire day in bed with tea, tissues, and chocolate, watching rom coms. That is however, because I am horribly sick! It was actually kind of nice to still be so sick (since Friday) and to skip classes all day and watch "You've Got Mail". I started "Sleepless in Seattle" but the bootlegged version kept pausing to load, I might try again later. It seems to me that my family must have been worried I was going to have some kind of emotional breakdown because they went to extra trouble to get me presents---my mom usually does, but my sister also got me a present: a frog that turns into a prince when you add water. It is still currently bubbling away to reveal the little guy.

At any rate, I'm only two weeks into my last semester at Wellesley, but already I can feel it slipping through my fingers. I am so lucky to be at this school, and I actually feel it right now, which is such a relief after last semester's seemingly unending #wellesleyblues striking me left and right. Sometimes, it really takes a few prods and pokes to get yourself back on track, to open your eyes to life's tiny miracles.

Every morning I wake up early, I am rewarded with beautiful daylight, softly singing birds, and the fresh scent in the air that means one beautiful thing is on the way....spring! "here's to opening and upward" wrote e.e. cummings....and here's to a new blog!

-lab