Nicole
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Senior Activities: Painting my Parking Spot, Sunrises, and Senioritis?🌻
I am already a semester into my senior year. 😕 As per usual, I need a sappy, sentimental, yet fun and exciting post to detail all of the senior activities I have participated in. I cannot grasp that the 4 academically monumental years of my life are coming to a close. I do think I…
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Christmas Shop With Me (Cracker Barrel, World Market, TJMaxx, Target) 🎁
Hello all! Welcome to Day 3 of the 2025 Christmas Chronicles! Today, I’m taking you all along to browse stores for Christmas decorations! Cracker Barrel 🛢️ This was my first time shopping at Cracker Barrel, and I found their decor the most surprising. They had adorable Christmas houses and salt and pepper shakers. Look at…
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You Stole Christmas. (a poem)
I remember the fir scented candles that lined aisle 17,Every other aisle smelled like Christmas, hot chocolate or hot ciderStacked with wreaths and reindeer on bath mats,Fake snow and gingerbread men,And every aisle in between smelled like acrylic megastore floors. Our shoes squeaked as my sister and I ducked away from you,You didn’t chase us…
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Dinner at a “Top 100 Most Scenic Restaurant in America,” Saratoga horse race, visiting Spa State Park, and an overview of my dental internship
Hello all and welcome to part two of my Upstate New York travels! If you haven’t already, go read part one first!: A Summer in New York🪻Lake George, Congress Park, & more (pt. 1) In today’s post, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite memories from my trip, as well as travel hot-spots that I…
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My Inconsistency & the Start of 25 Days of Christmas 🎄
Hi there! I’m Nicole. I thought I’d might as well reintroduce myself since I’ve been missing in action for almost three months. I suppose to an ordinary person, this would be an embarrassing thing to admit, but I’m quite over all of the extreme emotions, and instead, I’m trying to settle into a peaceful understanding…
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Meet Ian, an Incoming Freshman at Caltech 🦫
Students, back-to-school season has officially begun! For us Juniors and Seniors, it is the perfect time to find inspiration and motivation to strive for our very best. With schedules packed with SATs, college applications, school clubs, and more, things may feel overwhelming. I hope this interview with Ian Kim–Class of 2025 graduate and incoming freshman…
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A Summer in New York🪻Lake George, Congress Park, & more (pt. 1)
I have been a stranger to New York for 2 years… but just 4 years ago it was the place I called home. This summer I returned to New York State to intern at a dental office (future dentist here! 🦷). While I did not visit the renowned city I once lived in, I did…
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🌞 Kayaking in Crystal River, FL 🧡
Hello all, I hope your summer is going well! 🌿 In today’s post, I’ll be sharing a little glimpse into a recent day trip to Crystal Springs, where I had the chance to go kayaking for the first time in Florida! I’ve paddled and kayaked before (mainly in Mexico), but this trip was a new…
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🎶 6 Months Into 2025: Andrea Bocelli Concert, St. Augustine, Strawberry Farms, Painting Palms, UF Tour and New Recipes 🌴
It’s been a while since I’ve sat down to reflect on the exciting experiences that have been occupying my time. The last few posts have been brief glimpses into my everyday life, but they haven’t captured the new adventures and hobbies I’ve explored. It is time for an update! Welcome to the equivalent of a…
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The Bittersweet Final Activities as a High School Junior: Prom, Senior Crowns & Shirts, & more 🌺🌞
Hello beautiful people, it is a joy for me to share my final moments as a Junior in High School with you. This has been the most fulfilling year of my life, from exploring my interest in dentistry through an independent research project and starting a new sport, to traveling to two different countries and…
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Brief Catch Up: Where I’ve Been and my Summer Plans ✈️
Hello! Welcome to a long-awaited post. I’ve been busy. I know I ought to have a better excuse than that, but it’s true. Busy and undisciplined. In my free time, I have been creating drafts and drafts of posts that have never seen the light, because I’m somewhat of a perfectionist and cannot release mediocre…