Today was my birthday!
Birthdays away from home are scary, because you’re away from your family and it feels like you’re losing an important event with the people you would usually celebrate with. However, at SSP, I didn’t feel scared; I felt pretty happy, and I felt like if I had to spend another birthday with people like at the UNC SSP program, I’d be perfectly content with it, because I truly enjoy the company of my peers and I’m glad I get to call them my friends. We had a morning workshop working on our report and then tuned in to the afternoon lectures of our wonderful TA’s, Vishesh and Sonya. After dinner, we celebrated with ice cream cake, a treat that definitely lifted up the grim moods of all of us! 
-Katie
