SWOSU Day 8: Ruoyi’s Day in the Life

Ruoyi’s Day in the Life at SSP – Sunday Edition 

After a busy first week at SSP Synth Chem, the long awaited Sunday arrived. It was a free day with virtually nothing scheduled except for the formal dinner. Read along as I recap what occurred during this eventful day. 

~ 12:00- 1 AM: Started the day with early morning essay writing for a PSET. After finishing, I went to sleep at around 1 AM. 

Caption: My desk set up while I was working on the PSET. 

~8:35-10 AM: I woke up and started my morning routine. Thankfully, there were no early morning lab which meant that I was able to take my time. Then I headed to breakfast/brunch at the Chemistry, Pharmacy, Physics (CPP) Building since the dining hall was closed. 

Caption: Snapped a quick mirror selfie of my outfit before heading to brunch. 

~ 10:00-11 AM: Finished brunch.

Caption: Food always tastes better when eating with friends!

~11:00-11:20 AM: Witnessed the grand opening of the IKEA Chair Shop owned by Wei, Jenny, and Isabelle.

Caption: A glimpse of the manufacturing process at the IKEA Chair Shop. 

Caption: The grand opening of the Shop while the three savvy businesswomen and I model the chair conformation with our hands. 

~ 11:20 AM-12:30 PM: Worked on the orgo problem sets until I got tired of chemistry and went on a walk in the nearby garden. 

Caption: Me at the so called “Chemistry Garden”. 

~12:30-3:15 PM: Finished up the orgo problem sets with much needed help from the lovely TAs. 

Caption: The modeling kit that I was using for visualling chiral centers. 

Caption: My notes that I consistently referenced when working on the PSETs. 

~3:30-4 PM: Played an intense but fun card game called Cameo before we needed to get ready for dinner. 

Caption: The game in action!

~4:20-4:40 PM: Headed to dinner and waited in a line that was out of the front door of the dining hall. 

Caption: Another mirror selfie but of the formal dinner outfit. 

Caption: Waiting in line in the 100+ Degrees Fahrenheit heat. It was not a good day for wearing a basically all black fit. 

~4:40-5:30 PM: Had dinner. The lines were all super long. 

~5:30-7:30 PM: Did some miscellaneous chores/tasks such as using the copier in the CPP building to create spectra small enough to paste into my lab notebook and vacuum cleaning my dorm room. 

Caption: On the walk to the CPP building with my spectra in hand. 

Caption: I was the first person to use the communal vacuum cleaner!

~7:30-9 PM: Played beach volleyball!

Caption: A snapshot of the volleyball game. Image courtesy of Wei. 

~9-11 PM: Went back to the dorm, and showered. After that, I started working on the blog that you are currently reading!

As I am currently writing this very sentence, it is 10:59 PM. I am planning to clean up the dorm room, do my nighttime skincare routine, review some of the organic chemistry content that I did not understand before, and wake up bright and early (hopefully) tomorrow for a morning group run. 

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Until next time,

Ruoyi